Freestyle VMs vs Modal

Freestyle VMs costs $0.04032 per vCPU-hour and Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour. Freestyle VMs runs full VMs. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Freestyle VMs

Full Linux virtual machines for AI agents.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Free plan, $0 forever
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Freestyle VMs profile

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

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

Visit site Modal profile

What is different

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

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vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Modal: $0.024012
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

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Freestyle VMsfreestyle.sh/pricingfreestyle.sh

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.04032; Modal: $0.070956
RAM, per GiB-hour: Freestyle VMs: $0.0129; Modal: $0.024012
Storage: Freestyle VMs: $0.000086 per GiB-hour; Modal: Not listed
Free tier: Freestyle VMs: Free plan, $0 forever; Modal: $30 credit every month
Paid plan from: Freestyle VMs: $50 / month; Modal: Pay as you go
Billing: Freestyle VMs: Per second; Modal: Per second

Limits

Max session: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Modal: 24 hours
Idle stop: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Freestyle VMs: 32 vCPU · 64 GiB; Modal: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Freestyle VMs: Up to 400; Modal: Not listed

Platform

Isolation: Freestyle VMs: Full VM; Modal: gVisor
GPU: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Modal:
Snapshots: Freestyle VMs:; Modal:
Pause and resume: Freestyle VMs:; Modal: Not listed

Developer

SDKs: Freestyle VMs: JavaScript; Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go
Integrations: Freestyle VMs: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code; Modal: Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code

Trust

License: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Modal: Not listed
BYOC: Freestyle VMs: Not listed; Modal: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Freestyle VMs

Modal

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.066; Modal: $0.119
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.132; Modal: $0.238
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Freestyle VMs: $0.264; Modal: $0.476

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Freestyle VMs fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
You want the lower list price: $0.132 against $0.238 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
You need pause and resume.

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

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