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Chameleon Cloud

Compute

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Free allowance
"Chameleon operates on a 'soft allocation model' where each project, if approved, receives a startup allocation of 20,000 SUs for six months.
Verdict
fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
Cost
free tier
Identity
emailno card, no phone
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
Free tier"Chameleon operates on a 'soft allocation model' where each project, if approved, receives a startup allocation of 20,000 SUs for six months. This allocation can be both recharged (more SUs added) and renewed (duration extended)"; "Users can expect a project decision within one business day".
unit hours; metered on wall-clock; kind not stated
Pricenone stated
Bindingnone no binding constraint identified
Identityemail not published
Egressnot stated
Interfaceunknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed
Toolingnot stated
Composes withnot established
Reliabilityno reliability event recorded
Notesno open question recorded
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 4
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-22chameleoncloud.org/learn/frequently-asked-questions/startup allocation of 20,000 SUs for six months, rechargeable and renewable, decision within one business day, quoted
2026-10-22blog.chameleoncloud.org/posts/tips-and-tricks-getting-access"PI status is limited to faculty and research staff at US-based academic institutions", quoted
2026-10-22blog.chameleoncloud.org/posts/tips-and-tricks-getting-accessDaypass "lets anyone request temporary access to system resources for the purpose of reproducing an experiment published on Trovi ... No allocation, no project membership, no approval from a PI required", quoted
2026-10-22blog.chameleoncloud.org/posts/interactive-science-made-easy-Daypass is for reproducing a published artefact, the request is reviewed by the artefact's project PI, and the suggested default reservation length is 6 hours, quoted
More fields 1
facets{"class": null,"free_tier_kind": null,"shape": null}
Unknown values 7
  • egress metered: egress metering was not published
  • egress terms: a source was read and is silent on this field
  • interface: the access interface was not established
  • per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
  • reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
  • retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
  • tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field

Chameleon Cloud (TACC / UChicago)

Storage

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Free allowance
534 nodes across KVM@TACC, CHI@UC, CHI@TACC, CHI@NRP; 62 nodes with >1TB total storage, dedicated 'storage' (20) and 'storage_nvme' (10) node classes, plus 297 nodes at 400GB-1TB
Verdict
fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
Cost
free tier
Identity
institutionno card, no phone
Binding limit
noneno named constraint binds
Evidence
reported4 sources; a third party said so
Freshness
stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
Free tier534 nodes across KVM@TACC, CHI@UC, CHI@TACC, CHI@NRP; 62 nodes with >1TB total storage, dedicated 'storage' (20) and 'storage_nvme' (10) node classes, plus 297 nodes at 400GB-1TB
unit mixed; metered on stored-bytes
Pricenone stated
Identityinstitution institution
Egressfree within allocation; no published byte meter
Per-object capnot stated
RetentionAccounts deactivate after 120 days' inactivity (120 days)
Interfacessh, cli OpenStack API (Nova/Cinder/Blazar), CLI, Jupyter; ssh to instances
Toolingpython-chi, openstackclient, blazar reservations, Trovi artifacts, Daypass for artifact reproduction
Composes withbare-metal reservation -> local NVMe -> object store you run yourself
ReliabilityProject expiry immediately revokes all access and the allocation; storage is not offered as a durable service.
Parsed numbers
  • has-free-tier 1
Evidence 4
datesourcewhat it proved
2026-10-21blog.chameleoncloud.org/posts/tips-and-tricks-getting-access'PI status is limited to faculty and research staff at US-based academic institutions'
2026-10-21chameleoncloud.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/pi_eligibility.eligibility list: academic institutions (research staff/faculty in supervisory positions), federal agencies, 'a limited number of international PIs with ongoing, active collaborations with scientists in the US', NSF Graduate Student Fellows, US museums/libraries/labs, K-12 educators; 'We do occasionally provide case-by-case exceptions ... in well-justified cases'
2026-10-21www.chameleoncloud.org/terms/Deactivation after 120 days inactivity
2026-10-21chameleoncloud.org/hardware/534 nodes; 20 storage, 10 storage_nvme, 62 nodes >1TB; per-node inventory with r740xd/r630 chassis listed
More fields 1
dead end{"failure_class": "quota","why": "534 nodes across KVM@TACC, CHI@UC, CHI@TACC, CHI@NRP; 62 nodes with >1TB total storage, dedicated 'storage' (20) and 'storage_nvme' (10) node classes, plus 297 nodes at 400GB-1TB","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"}
Unknown values 3
  • per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
  • retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read