Modal vs Vers

Modal costs $0.070956 per vCPU-hour and Vers costs $0.04 per vCPU-hour. Modal runs gVisor, offers GPUs and limits a session to 24 hours. Vers runs full VMs.

Updated Oct 14, 2026

Modal

Serverless compute with sandboxes and GPUs.

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

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Vers

Linux computers you can branch, checkpoint, and restore.

Isolation: Full VM
Free tier: Starting credit
Max session: Not listed

Visit site Vers profile

What is different

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

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Modal

Vers

vCPU, per hour: Modal: $0.070956; Vers: $0.04
Free tier: Modal: $30 credit every month; Vers: Starting credit
Isolation: Modal: gVisor; Vers: Full VM
SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby

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Pricing

vCPU, per hour: Modal: $0.070956; Vers: $0.04
RAM, per GiB-hour: Modal: $0.024012; Vers: Not listed
Storage: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Kept commits are billed. No rate on the pricing page.
Free tier: Modal: $30 credit every month; Vers: Starting credit
Paid plan from: Modal: Pay as you go; Vers: Pay as you go
Billing: Modal: Per second; Vers: Per second

Limits

Max session: Modal: 24 hours; Vers: Not listed
Idle stop: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Not listed
Largest sandbox: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Not listed
Concurrent sandboxes: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Not listed

Platform

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

Developer

SDKs: Modal: Python, JavaScript / TypeScript, Go; Vers: Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, Ruby
Integrations: Modal: Claude Agent SDK; Vers: Not listed

Trust

License: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Not listed
BYOC: Modal: Not listed; Vers: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Size

Modal

Vers

1 vCPU · 2 GiB: Modal: $0.119; Vers: Not listed
2 vCPU · 4 GiB: Modal: $0.238; Vers: Not listed
4 vCPU · 8 GiB: Modal: $0.476; Vers: Not listed

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Modal fits when

You need GPUs.
You use the Claude Agent SDK.
You need a desktop in the sandbox.
You need SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR.

Vers fits when

You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
You need pause and resume.

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