Modal vs OVHcloud
- GPUs
- 11 3
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.59/hr $0.88/hr
- Price wins
- 1/2 1/2
Modal and OVHcloud split the 2 GPUs they both rent. Modal carries 8 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
Cloud provider that rents GPU instances and dedicated servers from European datacenters, billed by usage or on monthly terms.
Best for: GPU servers with European hosting
Price by GPU
The 2 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Modal | OVHcloud | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.95/hr | $1.80/hr | 8% |
| NVIDIA L4 24GB | $0.80/hr | $1.00/hr | 25% |
Prices last checked: Modal 1 Oct 2026, OVHcloud 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Modal 9
Only on OVHcloud 1
Company facts
| Fact | Modal | OVHcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  New York City, United States |  Roubaix, France |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| GPUs priced | 11 | 3 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB | NVIDIA L40S 48GB |
| 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 OVHcloud?
- Modal: Serverless GPU platform where code runs as functions for inference, batch jobs and training, billed per second with no commitments. OVHcloud: Cloud provider that rents GPU instances and dedicated servers from European datacenters, billed by usage or on monthly terms.
- Is Modal cheaper than OVHcloud?
- Modal and OVHcloud split the 2 GPUs they both rent. Modal carries 8 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA L40S 48GB cost on Modal and OVHcloud?
- Modal charges $1.95 per GPU-hour and OVHcloud charges $1.80 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Modal and OVHcloud?
- 2 GPUs, including NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA L4 24GB.
- 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.
