Modal · FinOps Profile

Modal Labs Finops

FinOps view of Modal spend. Modal bills a monthly plan fee (Starter $0, Team $250, Enterprise custom) plus per-second usage of CPU cores, memory (GiB), and GPU time, and per-GiB-month Volume storage. Free monthly credits ($30 Starter, $100 Team) offset compute. Because Modal bills the underlying container resources rather than API calls, cost control centers on right-sizing GPUs, minimizing container wall-clock time, scaling to zero, and choosing cheaper GPU classes when sufficient.

Modal Labs Finops is the FinOps profile for Modal on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 6 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category usage-based.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Serverless, Compute, GPU, AI Infrastructure, and FinOps.

Category: Compute Pricing: Usage-Based Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
ServerlessComputeGPUAI InfrastructureFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseCreditAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Modal
PricingCategory
Usage-Based
ProviderName
Modal
PublisherName
Modal
ServiceCategory
Compute
ServiceName
Modal

Meters

gpu_seconds
Unit: seconds
GPU wall-clock time billed per second per GPU class (T4 through B200).
cpu_core_seconds
Unit: core_seconds
CPU core-seconds billed at $0.0000131 per core-second (0.125-core minimum).
memory_gib_seconds
Unit: gib_seconds
Memory billed at $0.00000222 per GiB per second of container runtime.
volume_gib_month
Unit: gib_month
Volume storage billed at $0.09 per GiB/month with 1 TiB included free.
plan_fee
Unit: months
Monthly subscription plan fee (Starter $0, Team $250, Enterprise custom).
included_credits
Unit: usd
Monthly free compute credits applied against usage ($30 Starter, $100 Team).

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