Cua Fleets vs Modal

Cua Fleets costs $0.044625 per vCPU-hour and Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Cua Fleets runs gVisor. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

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Cua Fleets

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
Not listed

Modal

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
$30 credit every month
Max session
24 hours

What is different

4 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Cua Fleets
Modal
vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Modal: $0.024012
SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Cua Fleets: $0.044625
Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour
Cua Fleets: $0.0223125
Modal: $0.024012
Storage
Cua Fleets: Free
Modal: Not listed
Free tier
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: Pay as you go
Billing
Cua Fleets: Per second
Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Cua Fleets: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Cua Fleets: gVisor
Modal: gVisor
GPU
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal:
Snapshots
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal:
Pause and resume
Cua Fleets: No
Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Cua Fleets: Python, TypeScript, Rust
Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations
Cua Fleets: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP, Claude Code
Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License
Cua Fleets: Not listed
Modal: Not listed
BYOC
Cua Fleets: Your AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal account
Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Cua Fleets
Modal
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.089
Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.179
Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Cua Fleets: $0.357
Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Cua Fleets fits when

  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK or MCP.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.179 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • You need the sandboxes in your own cloud account.
  • You need SOC 2.

Modal fits when

  • You need GPUs.
  • You use the Claude Agent SDK.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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