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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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MimicPC
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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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AI/ML API
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Single API and playground for 1000+ AI models (chat, image, video, audio) with pay-as-you-go billing.

223K visits/mo5.7K saves
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Lightning AI
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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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ZenMux
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Enterprise unified API gateway giving one integration point to 100+ LLMs like Claude, GPT, and Gemini with reliability guarantees.

435K visits/mo11K saves
Pricing

No public pricing

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

Free trial available

Pay As You Go: $20 top-up (pay per use, all models)

Free trial available

No public pricing

No public pricing

Core features
  • 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
  • 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
  • One API for 1000+ models
  • OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoints
  • Chat, image, video, audio and embedding models
  • AI playground/sandbox
  • Pay-as-you-go billing across models
  • Enterprise dedicated infrastructure option
  • 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
  • Unified API for 100+ AI models
  • Intelligent request routing across models
  • AI Model Insurance for quality/reliability guarantees
  • Enterprise-focused LLM access layer
Use cases
  • 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
  • Running ComfyUI/Stable Diffusion without a local GPU
  • Training custom LoRA models
  • Face swapping and voice conversion
  • Generating images, video, and audio at scale
  • Integrating many AI models via one API
  • Prototyping and scaling AI apps
  • Cost-controlled multi-model access
  • Prototype and train ML models in the cloud
  • Fine-tune and deploy foundation models
  • Run reproducible AI experiments collaboratively
  • Building applications that need failover across multiple LLM providers
  • Consolidating billing/access to many AI models under one API
  • Enterprises requiring guaranteed model output reliability
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