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MimicPC
✓ verifiedFreemium

Cloud platform to run open-source AI apps like ComfyUI and Stable Diffusion and train LoRAs on rented GPUs, billed hourly.

299K visits/mo
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Vast ai
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GPU rental marketplace with per-second billing across thousands of GPUs, aimed at AI training, inference, and fine-tuning workloads.

1.4M visits/mo
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Lightning AI
✓ verifiedFreemium

Cloud platform from the makers of PyTorch Lightning for building, training and deploying AI in browser-based GPU Studios.

467K visits/mo3.8K saves
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Groq
✓ verifiedFreemium

Fast, low-cost AI inference provider running LLMs on custom LPU chips via GroqCloud's pay-as-you-go API.

3.6M visits/mo
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✓ verifiedFreemium

Serverless AI cloud for running inference, training and sandboxes on GPUs with fast cold starts and pay-per-use billing.

988K visits/mo
Pricing
Essential: $13.95/mo (+$12 credit)
Advanced: $26.95/mo (+$25 credit)
GPU hardware: from $0.29/hr

Free trial available

No public pricing

No public pricing

GPT-OSS 20B: $0.075 per 1M input tokens ($0.30 per 1M output)
GPT-OSS 120B: $0.15 per 1M input tokens
Starter: $0/mo + compute ($30 free credit)
Team: $250/mo + compute
Core features
  • Pre-installed open-source AI apps (ComfyUI, SD, Fooocus)
  • LoRA and custom model training
  • Image, video, audio, and LLM workflows
  • Hourly GPU rental across several tiers
  • Private storage and shareable workflows
  • No-deployment, browser-based access
  • On-demand GPU cloud with per-second billing
  • Interruptible instances at discounted rates for batch/fault-tolerant jobs
  • Reserved capacity with 1, 3, or 6-month terms for steady workloads
  • Serverless deployment with autoscale-to-zero for inference endpoints
  • Dedicated multi-node clusters with InfiniBand for large-scale training
  • Python SDK and CLI plus REST API for programmatic provisioning
  • Access to 68+ GPU types across 40+ data centers
  • Pre-configured templates for popular open-source models
  • Browser-based Lightning Studios with on-demand GPUs
  • PyTorch Lightning training framework
  • Model training, fine-tuning and deployment
  • Collaborative, shareable ML environments
  • Scalable multi-GPU/multi-node compute
  • LPU custom inference hardware
  • GroqCloud tokens-as-a-service API
  • High-speed, low-latency inference
  • Pay-as-you-go token pricing
  • Free API key to start
  • Broad open-model support
  • Serverless GPU compute defined in Python
  • Sub-second container cold starts
  • Autoscale 0 to 1000+ GPUs
  • Inference, training and batch workloads
  • Secure sandboxes for untrusted code
  • Built-in logging and observability
Use cases
  • Running ComfyUI/Stable Diffusion without a local GPU
  • Training custom LoRA models
  • Face swapping and voice conversion
  • Generating images, video, and audio at scale
  • ML engineers training or fine-tuning models on rented GPUs
  • Startups running inference at scale without owning hardware
  • Developers needing quick, low-cost access to specific GPU types
  • Teams building AI agents that autonomously provision compute
  • Prototype and train ML models in the cloud
  • Fine-tune and deploy foundation models
  • Run reproducible AI experiments collaboratively
  • Running LLM inference at high speed
  • Cutting inference costs at scale
  • Powering low-latency AI chat apps
  • Serving models via a hosted API
  • Deploying and scaling model inference
  • Fine-tuning and training models
  • Running batch/parallel AI jobs
  • Executing untrusted code in sandboxes
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