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E2B vs Modal: startup credits compared

Side-by-side amounts, eligibility and access paths, both verified against the official program pages.

E2BOne-time $20,000 in E2B credits + Pro tier membershipVerified Nov 4, 2026ModalFree Modal credits, tiered by stage (amount set on approval)Verified Nov 3, 2026

At a glance

FactE2BModal
ValueOne-time $20,000 in E2B credits + Pro tier membershipFree Modal credits, tiered by stage (amount set on approval)
TypeCredits + discountCredits
Duration1 yearNot stated
StagesPre-seed, Seed, BootstrappedSeed, Series A, Series B+
RegionsGlobalGlobal
Max funding raised$5,000,000Not stated
Max company age3 yearsNot stated
Ways to get it
  • Apply directly — $20,000 in credits + Pro tier
  • Y Combinator, a16z Speedrun or Antler — Additional E2B credits (amount not published)
  • Modal VC partner network — Seed to Series A tier credits
  • Apply directly — Seed to Series A tier credits
  • AWS Activate — Additional Modal credits for Activate members
Requirements
  • Raised less than $5M
  • Founded less than 3 years ago
  • First-time E2B user
  • Building AI agents (coding agents, data analysis, computer use, evals, deep research or similar)
  • Company or institutional email address
  • New to Modal (no prior credits in the tier)
  • VC funding from a Modal partner fund, or more than $1M raised from any fund (Seed to Series A tier)
  • More than $30M raised or beyond Series B for the custom Scaling tier
Not eligible
  • Teams already on Pro or another paid tier do not get Pro for free
  • Reselling or redistributing credits or platform access
  • Companies that already received credits in the same tier
  • Cloud-provider credits (AWS, GCP, Azure) cannot be applied to Modal usage
VerificationVerified· Nov 4, 2026Partially verified· Nov 3, 2026

Which should you pick?

The two programs are not directly comparable on dollar value. Both accept the same range of funding stages. Note that only E2B is fully verified against its official page; double-check the other before relying on it. If you qualify for both, there is usually no reason not to apply to both; the programs are independent.

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