Heroku vs Modal
HerokuCloud Hosting
ModalCloud Infrastructure
From $0.000164 / GPU-sec (T4)Published price
Heroku Cloud Hosting Focus on apps, not ops. | Modal Cloud Infrastructure Run generative AI models, large-scale batch jobs, and more. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | Cloud Hosting | Cloud Infrastructure |
| What it is | Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications without managing infrastructure. | Modal is a serverless cloud platform for running AI inference, data processing, and compute-intensive tasks with automatic scaling, GPU access, and pay-per-second pricing. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | Eco: $5/month - 1,000 dyno hours shared Basic: $7/month per dyno Standard: $25-50/month per dyno Performance: $250-500/month per dyno Enterprise: Custom pricing | From $0.000164 / GPU-sec (T4) Per-second serverless compute (vendor). GPU from $0.000164/sec (Nvidia T4; ~$0.59/GPU-hr), H100 $0.001097/sec, B300 $0.001972/sec. CPU $0.0000131/core/sec (min 0.125 cores) plus m… |
| Pricing model | Tiered plans | Usage-based |
| Free options | Free plan | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2007 | 2021 |
| Team size | 1,001-5,000 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | New York, New York |
| Featured clients | Toyota, Citrix, Macy's | Suno, Ramp, Midjourney |