A roundup of everything we shipped in February: Directory Snapshots for Sandboxes, a free GLM-5 endpoint, new billing API, and more.

Modal

Modal's February product update covers several new features: Directory Snapshots for Sandboxes allow snapshotting specific directories independently of the base image to speed up initialization; a free GLM-5 endpoint (partnered with Z.ai) is available through April for coding agents; the billing CLI and API are now GA for Team and Enterprise plans with a refreshed UI; and SDK updates include a modal changelog command, dashboard URL methods, and a Sandbox .detach() method. The update also highlights use cases around coding agents at scale and AI-accelerated research at Stanford.

Product Updates: Directory Snapshots, GLM-5, Billing updates and more

📁 Introducing Directory Snapshots for Modal Sandboxes

💲Better billing visibility: Refreshed UI and new billing API

🔬 AI research that accelerates AI research