Modal vs Oracle Cloud (OCI)
- GPUs
- 11 7
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.59/hr $4.50/hr
- Price wins
- 4/4 0/4
Modal is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Modal carries 4 more GPUs.
Serverless GPU platform where code runs as functions for inference, batch jobs and training, billed per second with no commitments.
Best for: Serverless inference and batch jobs
Hyperscaler that rents bare metal and virtual GPU instances on demand or reserved, with RDMA cluster networking.
Best for: Bare metal GPU clusters at scale
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Modal | Oracle Cloud (OCI) | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | $6.25/hr | $14.00/hr | 124% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.95/hr | $10.75/hr | 172% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $4.54/hr | $10.00/hr | 120% |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | $3.03/hr | $4.50/hr | 48% |
Prices last checked: Modal 1 Oct 2026, Oracle Cloud (OCI) 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Modal 7
Only on Oracle Cloud (OCI) 3
Company facts
| Fact | Modal | Oracle Cloud (OCI) |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  New York City, United States | Austin, TX |
| Type | GPU cloud | Hyperscaler |
| GPUs priced | 11 | 7 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 GPU 186GB |
| Services | Serverless GPU compute, inference, batch jobs, training, sandboxes | n/a |
| Pricing models | Pay-per-second, no commitments | n/a |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between Modal and Oracle Cloud (OCI)?
- Modal: Serverless GPU platform where code runs as functions for inference, batch jobs and training, billed per second with no commitments. Oracle Cloud (OCI): Hyperscaler that rents bare metal and virtual GPU instances on demand or reserved, with RDMA cluster networking.
- Is Modal cheaper than Oracle Cloud (OCI)?
- Modal is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. Modal carries 4 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB cost on Modal and Oracle Cloud (OCI)?
- Modal charges $6.25 per GPU-hour and Oracle Cloud (OCI) charges $14.00 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Modal and Oracle Cloud (OCI)?
- 4 GPUs, including NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
