NVIDIA
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Records 7
- trialNVIDIA build
Inferencefree tieridentity any-phoneno cardlimit request-rateevidence documentedstale on 2026-12-04
- fails: identityNVIDIA Academic Grant
Computefree tieridentity institutionno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
- fails: identityNVIDIA DGX Cloud
Computeno free tieridentity institutionno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
- fails: identityNVIDIA DSX Air
Computefree tieridentity institutioncard?limit retention-clampedevidence reportedstale on 2026-11-06
- fails: identityNVIDIA Inception
Computefree tieridentity institutionno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-22
- deadNVIDIA LaunchPad
Computeidentity emailno cardlimit write-gatedevidence documentedchecked 2026-10-22
- deadnvidia ngc catalog
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedchecked 2026-10-21
NVIDIA build
Inference- Free allowance
- Free tier with no per-token billing, rate limited to up to 40 requests per minute (RPM) for most models; each account's own limit is shown in the dashboard
- Verdict
- triala time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- any-phoneno card, phone required
- Binding limit
- request-rateup to 40 requests per minute (RPM) for most models, per account; no per-token billing; the account's own limit is shown in the top-right of the dashboard
- Evidence
- documented38 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-04checked 2026-11-03 (live); stale on 2026-12-04
| Free tier | free tier with no per-token billing, rate limited to up to 40 requests per minute (RPM) for most models; each account's own limit is shown in the dashboard unit requests; metered on request-count; the FAQ states only the per-minute figure, up to 40 requests per minute for most models; it states no per-day request figure; the site's runtime copy file names 'Up to 40 rpm' and '10,000 requests per day' and the dashboard rate-limit chip renders only the per-minute value; the phone verification dialog lists 'Unlimited API requests without daily limits' as a benefit of verifying; whether a daily cap applies to an unverified account and not to a verified one is unverified: behind a sign-up |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | any-phone an NVIDIA account (email) plus a one-time password sent to a phone number before an API key can be generated; the phone form refuses numbers located in AF, BD, BY, CU, IR, KZ, KG, KP, PK, RU, SY, TJ, TZ and UZ; no card required; the phone form is shown only to an organization owner whose account is unverified, and a member who is not the owner counts as set up without it, but a member still needs the organization's API key permission (canGenerateAPIKey), otherwise the dialog shows 'API Access Restricted by your Organization' with a choice of another account or the account admin; whether the key service enforces the OTP for a member is unverified: behind a sign-up |
| Egress | not published |
| Interface | rest |
| Tooling | any OpenAI-compatible client; curl against POST {base}/chat/completions |
| Composes with | pairs with an agent only inside a trial |
| Reliability | the phone one-time-password step fails for some numbers with 'invalid' or 'exceeded limits' errors; NVIDIA's pinned forum post of 2026-02-17 states verification on build.nvidia.com has been challenging and routes failures to help@build.nvidia.com; the phone form validates a number with libphonenumber isValid only and drops the listed locations, and it offers a Phone Call channel after three SMS resends when the runtime flag killswitches/otp/phone.enabled is true (read true on 2026-11-03), while the WhatsApp and WeChat channels are off (flags read false on 2026-11-03); whether the OTP service accepts VoIP or virtual numbers, and whether a call is delivered where SMS fails, is unverified: behind a sign-up |
| Notes | Free tier: up to 40 requests per minute (RPM) for most models and no per-token billing; the account's own limit is shown in the dashboard. |
| Evidence note | documented the 40 requests per minute figure and the no per-token billing statement are quoted from the build.nvidia.com FAQ; the no-credit-card statement is quoted from build.nvidia.com/llms.txt |
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Evidence 38
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | build.nvidia.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash | 'Up to 40 rpm' and '10,000 requests per day' with throttling that 'may vary by model and traffic from other users', captured from the page JSON on 2026-10-07. The 2026-10-22 re-fetch of the same URL did not carry the rate string in the served text |
| 2026-10-28 | build.nvidia.com/search | the FAQ states the free tier is limited to up to 40 requests per minute for most models, with no per-token billing, and that the personal limit is shown in the dashboard |
| 2026-10-28 | build.nvidia.com/llms.txt | the first-party catalog text states no credit card is required for the free trial tier and that an API key is generated after sign-in |
| 2026-10-28 | docs.api.nvidia.com/nim/docs/api-quickstart | the quickstart's key-generation flow starts from an email address |
| 2026-10-28 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/phone-verification-fails-inval | a user post of 2026-08-04 on the NVIDIA developer forum reports a phone-number verification step before an API key can be generated (reported, not a vendor statement) |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the build.nvidia.com phone-verification form, titled 'We'll need to verify your phone number', states a one-time password is required before an API key can be generated |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/config/otp-unsupported-countrie | the runtime list otp-unsupported-countries.yaml, which the phone OTP form reads to drop locations from its selector and disable Send Code, names these country codes |
| 2026-10-30 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/account-access-verification-up | NVIDIA's pinned post of 2026-02-17 on its developer forum states build.nvidia.com verification has been challenging and points affected users to help@build.nvidia.com; replies report 'exceeded limits' errors |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the first step of the OTP form is a phone number verification |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the phone OTP form reads its refused-location list from the runtime config otp-unsupported-countries.yaml |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/0bz4psqrhk1gy.js | the Generate API Key dialog shows the phone OTP form instead of the key generator to an organization owner whose account is not verified |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/1_3acgk-ajkbl.js | the getting-started step 'Create and verify your account' is complete only when the account is verified or is not the organization owner; a blocked account is sent to support |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the phone form maps an HTTP 429 answer of the OTP endpoint to the 'exceeded limits' error |
| 2026-10-30 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/turkey-90-is-not-available-for | a user post of 2026-07-15 reports Turkey was added to the phone-verification location list, so the refused list changes over time (reported) |
| 2026-10-30 | build.nvidia.com/search | the FAQ still states the free tier is rate limited to up to 40 RPM for most models with no per-token billing |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the phone form adds a Phone Call channel only when the voice flag c and the attempt counter h (smsAttempts >= 3) are both true |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/content/copy.yaml | the site's runtime copy file still carries both a per-minute and a per-day figure |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/1_3acgk-ajkbl.js | the account set-up step is complete for a logged-in, unblocked account that is verified or is not the organization owner |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/search | the FAQ still states up to 40 requests per minute for most models with no per-token billing |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the Send Code button is disabled only when the number fails the parse and validity functions or its location is on the unsupported list |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the form's validity function is the libphonenumber isValid check, a numbering-plan test with no VoIP exclusion in the form |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | each SMS resend from the code-entry step increments the counter that unlocks the Phone Call channel |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/30k3_pgjfqlvh.js | the phone verification dialog lists unlimited API requests without daily limits as a benefit of verifying |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/killswitches/otp/phone.enabled | the runtime flag that gates the Phone Call channel read true on 2026-11-03 |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/killswitches/otp/whatsapp.enabl | the runtime flag that gates the WhatsApp channel read false on 2026-11-03 |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/killswitches/otp/wechat.enabled | the runtime flag that gates the WeChat channel read false on 2026-11-03 |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-v4.1-flash | the served model page embeds the runtime copy data that names 10,000 requests per day |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/1_3acgk-ajkbl.js | the dashboard rate-limit chip renders the per-minute key of the copy file only |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/0bz4psqrhk1gy.js | the Generate API Key dialog shows the phone form only to an organization owner whose account is unverified |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/2xv_0hdneb8vt.js | a user without API permission in the current organization sees an organization-restricted notice in the key dialog |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/2xv_0hdneb8vt.js | the restricted notice offers choosing another account or contacting the account admin |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/_next/static/chunks/2ifqamf77-4t0.js | key generation is allowed by a per-organization role check and a not-blocked flag, with no verified test |
| 2026-11-03 | build.nvidia.com/api/runtime/config/otp-unsupported-countrie | the unsupported-location list read names the same 14 country codes |
| 2026-11-03 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/google-voice-number-not-accept | a user post of 2026-03-25 reports a Google Voice number was not accepted by the phone form (reported; no vendor answer on the page) |
| 2026-11-03 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/phone-verification-blocked-on- | a user post of 2026-03-18 reports the OTP generate call passes an edge reputation service before the SMS is sent (reported) |
| 2026-11-03 | gotsms.org/en/check/nvidia | a reseller of SMS numbers claims virtual numbers are mostly rejected, with no method published (reported, commercial source) |
| 2026-11-03 | dev.to/alaminnna/how-i-bypassed-nvidias-phone-verification-t | a third-party write-up claims the key-creation API call returned a key for an owner account without a phone check (reported, not reproduced) |
| 2026-11-03 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/not-able-to-generate-apikeys/3 | a user post of 2026-07-11 reports the API Keys page message shown to an account without the organization's API key permission (reported) |
Unknown values 3
- egress metered: egress metering was not published
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
NVIDIA Academic Grant
Compute- Free allowance
- 'Up to 30,000 NVIDIA H100 80 GB hours or equivalent (max. of eight concurrent GPUs)' plus 'Up to two NVIDIA DGX Spark'.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gateda four-page proposal reviewed by an awards panel, gated on full-time faculty status at a PhD-granting institution, so an unaffiliated applicant fails before the proposal is read.
- 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 | 'Up to 30,000 NVIDIA H100 80 GB hours or equivalent (max. of eight concurrent GPUs)' plus 'Up to two NVIDIA DGX Spark'. 'GPU hours provided to the PI will expire six months after the award; unused GPU hours will be forfeited.' Eligibility: 'Must be a full-time faculty member at an accredited academic institution that awards research degrees to PhD students.' The vendor page now states 'While our Academic Grant Program is currently not accepting new applications'. unit hours; metered on wall-clock; one-time-credit |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | institution not published |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | The DGX Spark is shipped hardware rather than a hosted slice, so it does not compose with a cloud allowance; the H100 hours are consumed on NVIDIA's side and cannot be redirected to another vendor. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The permanent one is the faculty gate: postdocs and graduate students must route through a full-time faculty member, and there is no independent-researcher lane. The transient one is the closed portal: the vendor page says not accepting, a third-party portal page says 'Application Halted', and a June 2026 forum thread shows the 30 June round closing early. Worth re-checking each quarter rather than marking dead, because NVIDIA has run this as a rolling quarterly call and an award is USD-equivalent to roughly 30,000 H100-hours. A second variant circulates through university research offices quoting '32,000 A100 40GB hours' and 'one DGX Spark' for other interest areas, which is the same program with a different resource line per call for proposals. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | dam-cdn.nvd.orangelogic.com/AssetLink/drvk2c5agrv0s0myqncgl6 | the AI Inference, Agents, and Systems Software call for proposals: 'Up to 30,000 H100 80 GB hours or equivalent (max. of eight concurrent GPUs)', 'GPU hours provided to the PI will expire six months after the award', 'Full-time faculty at accredited academic institutions that award research degrees to Ph.D. students are eligible. Postdocs and graduate students must work with a full-time faculty member to submit on their behalf', quoted; PDF 4 pages, 200 |
| 2026-10-22 | www.nvidia.com/en-us/industries/higher-education-research/ac | 'While our Academic Grant Program is currently not accepting new applications, we remain committed to supporting the research community', quoted; and the requirements block repeats the full-time faculty condition |
| 2026-10-22 | academicgrants.nvidia.com/academicgrantprogram/s/application | the program's own portal page is titled 'Application Halted' and reads 'The NVIDIA Academic Grant Program is not accepting new applications at this time.', per search snippet |
| 2026-06-30 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/academic-research-grant-portal | an NVIDIA staff reply on the developer forum: 'I just checked with the team, and unfortunately we are currently not accepting new applications', after a submitter found the 30 June 2026 portal closed at 09:50 EDT |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "research-credit","free_tier_kind": "one-time-credit","shape": {"vcpu": null,"ram_gib": null,"gpu_class": "H100 80GB","gpu_count": 8}} |
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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
NVIDIA DGX Cloud
Compute- Free allowance
- No self-serve free tier.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedworkspace activation is a manual review by an NVIDIA technical account manager, and the USD 100,000 credit lane is limited to named VC portfolios.
- Evidence
- documented3 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 | No self-serve free tier. The product's own documentation states 'As DGX Cloud Lepton is still in early access, the workspace needs to be activated after it is created... Contact your TAM to activate your Workspace. TAM will review your request and contact you.' A default Workspace is created only when you create an Organization. NVIDIA separately offers 'up to $100,000 in GPU capacity credits' through DGX Cloud Lepton, restricted to portfolio companies of Accel, Elaia, Partech and Sofinnova Partners. unit none; metered on wall-clock; none-self-serve |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | institution a business relationship is the gate: workspace activation is a manual review by an NVIDIA technical account manager — "Contact your TAM to activate your Workspace. TAM will review your request and contact you." — and the USD 100,000 credit lane is limited to "eligible portfolio companies" of Accel, Elaia, Partech and Sofinnova Partners. No card, phone, hold or identity document is stated, and an aggregator's "no credit card, no approval" claim is contradicted by the vendor documentation |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | The credits compose with nothing for an individual: they are portfolio-gated. A developer who does hold an NVIDIA cloud partner relationship can rent from the Lepton marketplace, which is a normal paid GPU rental. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | The aggregator row is the trap was asked to check. It reads as an instant self-serve free tier and it appears to be a restatement of the pre-acquisition Lepton AI Basic plan. The current vendor documentation replaces 'instant' with a TAM review, so the finding is the gate, not the 48 CPU figure. |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
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| 2026-10-22 | docs.nvidia.com/dgx-cloud/lepton/get-started/workspace/index | 'Contact your TAM to activate your Workspace. TAM will review your request and contact you.', quoted from the workspace activation section |
| 2026-10-22 | investor.nvidia.com/news/press-release-details/2025/NVIDIA-D | 'up to $100,000 in GPU capacity credits' offered 'to eligible portfolio companies' of Accel, Elaia, Partech and Sofinnova Partners |
| 2026-10-22 | aicredits.dev/submissions/45-lepton-ai-nvidia-dgx-cloud-lept | a credit aggregator claims a free Basic plan with 'up to 48 CPUs + 2 GPUs concurrently' and 'Instant Signup and get credits instantly - no credit card, no approval'; the claim is not supported by NVIDIA's documentation, which requires TAM activation |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "refutation","free_tier_kind": "none-self-serve","shape": null} |
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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
NVIDIA DSX Air
Compute- Free allowance
- As indexed from the account-setup page: a free trial with 60 concurrent vCPUs, 60 GiB concurrent memory, 10,000 compute-hour credits and a 1 year duration, restricted to NGC organization owners, and the page states that a business email address is required and that personal addresses such as...
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institutioncard unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- retention-clampedthe trial must be started by an NGC organization owner behind a non-public domain mailbox, and a trial machine sleep date can be pushed at most 72 hours at a time, so 10,000 compute hours are reachable only by an operator who re-arms a...
- Evidence
- reported4 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-06checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-06
| Free tier | as indexed from the account-setup page: a free trial with 60 concurrent vCPUs, 60 GiB concurrent memory, 10,000 compute-hour credits and a 1 year duration, restricted to NGC organization owners, and the page states that a business email address is required and that personal addresses such as gmail.com are not accepted. unit hours; metered on wall-clock; trial-credit |
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| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | institution institution, in the form of a business mailbox: the account-setup page states a business email address is required and that personal addresses such as gmail.com are not accepted, and the trial must be started by an NGC organization owner. A forum report adds that public-suffix addresses such as QQ, Gmail and Outlook are rejected and that a domain mailbox was accepted at signup. No card, hold, phone number or ID document is stated in any evidence row: unknown. The page was read through the search index, not first-party. |
| Egress | not stated |
| Retention | the trial must be started by an NGC organization owner behind a non-public domain mailbox, and a trial machine sleep date can be pushed at most 72 hours at a time, so 10,000 compute hours are reachable only by an operator who re-arms a calendar every three days. |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | 60 vCPU and 60 GiB concurrent with 10,000 compute hours is the largest single free CPU allowance found, and it composes with a domain: a custom-domain mailbox is the price of entry, which the domains topic already prices. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | Two independent forum reports disagree on whether the sleep window is 72 hours or 24. DSX Air is a data-centre simulation product, so the machines are network simulators and not a general build host; that is a tooling note and not a rejection. The business-email gate is the finding: this is another institution-shaped free allowance with a five-figure compute-hour number beside it. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | docs.nvidia.com/networking-ethernet-software/nvidia-air-v2/A | the search index of this page carries the trial table of 60 vCPU, 60 GiB, 10,000 compute hours, 1 year, and the sentence that personal email addresses such as gmail.com are not accepted |
| 2026-05-21 | lewuxian.com/17288/ | reported, translated: a domain mailbox is required and public-suffix addresses such as QQ, Gmail and Outlook are rejected; the machine needs re-arming every 3 days; 10,000 hours is about 416 days of one vCPU |
| 2026-05-19 | www.nodeloc.com/t/topic/85975 | forum thread titled around using Nvidia's 60c60g machine for free for a year confirms the shape and that a domain mailbox was accepted at signup |
| 2026-05-20 | www.nodeseek.com/post-738507-1 | counter-report, translated: no stock was available; the token expires immediately; login and machines must be raced for; and a later reply says the machine now sleeps automatically every 24 hours, which contradicts the 72 hour figure |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "vendor-trial","free_tier_kind": "trial-credit","shape": {"vcpu": 60,"ram_gib": 60,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": 0}} |
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Unknown values 6
- 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
- tooling: a source was read and is silent on this field
NVIDIA Inception
Compute- Free allowance
- A free program with no application fees, deadlines or cohorts.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedThe incorporation requirement fails first, so the member-only cloud credits and preferred hardware pricing are unreachable without a legal entity; the credit amount itself is not published.
- Evidence
- documented3 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 | A free program with no application fees, deadlines or cohorts. Members get developer tools and training, preferred pricing on NVIDIA hardware and software, and 'access to free cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners'. Minimum requirements state the company must be officially incorporated and less than 10 years old. Solo founders with no other employees may apply. unit none; metered on wall-clock; membership-perks |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | institution Explicitly requires the company to be 'officially incorporated', a working website, a business email on a non-generic domain (gmail.com and info@ aliases refused), and two named contacts, with a carve-out that solo founders may apply. The incorporation requirement is the binding term and is not waived for solo founders. |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | Inception is the front door to the partner credit offers rather than a credit in itself, and the published partner credit found here, Lambda, is USD 1,000 and also demands incorporation. The chain is short and every link needs a company. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | Membership is free and the partner credits are the actual value, but no dollar figure is published for the NVIDIA-side cloud credits at all, so the amount is null rather than guessed. This is the refutation of the GPU-vendor startup path: the program that gates every partner credit requires a legal entity. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | programs.nvidia.com/phoenix/application | qualification requires the company to be 'officially incorporated', less than 10 years old, with a working website and a non-generic business email, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | programs.nvidia.com/phoenix/application | 'Solo founders with no other employees may also apply' alongside the incorporation requirement, quoted |
| 2026-10-22 | www.nvidia.com/en-us/startups/ | benefits include 'Access free cloud credits from NVIDIA and partners', with no amount, tier or expiry published, quoted |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "startup-credit","free_tier_kind": "membership-perks","shape": null} |
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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
NVIDIA LaunchPad
Compute- Free allowance
- Withdrawn. The 2024-02-29 capture states 'NVIDIA LaunchPad provides free access to enterprise NVIDIA hardware and software through an internet browser' and 'Try up to $20,000 (cloud-equivalent) of accelerated compute infrastructure for free'.
- Verdict
- deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedaccess was never automatic: each lab needed a submitted application and a manual approval before the environment was provisioned.
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- checked 2026-10-22checked 2026-10-22 (live)
| Free tier | Withdrawn. The 2024-02-29 capture states 'NVIDIA LaunchPad provides free access to enterprise NVIDIA hardware and software through an internet browser' and 'Try up to $20,000 (cloud-equivalent) of accelerated compute infrastructure for free'. On 2026-10-22 the URL redirects to build.nvidia.com/explore/discover, an NVIDIA moderator wrote on 2025-11-24 that 'the lab has been discontinued and not just redirect folks over to build.nvidia.com', and the lab host dx.nvidialaunchpad.com now serves 'Your environment is no longer active'. unit none; metered on wall-clock; guided-lab-access |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
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| Identity | email not published |
| Egress | not stated |
| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
| Tooling | not stated |
| Composes with | Nothing chains now. The successor is build.nvidia.com, whose free tier is a request-rate allowance on hosted inference and carries no accelerator of its own. |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Notes | This is the refutation exists to record: the largest published number in the accelerator-programme market, USD 20,000 of cloud-equivalent capacity, belonged to a programme NVIDIA has closed. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 4
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | web.archive.org/web/20240229143632/https://www.nvidia.com/en | archived 2024-02-29 capture of the LaunchPad page carrying 'Try up to $20,000 (cloud-equivalent) of accelerated compute infrastructure for free' and the four-step 'Choose a Lab / Fill in the Application Form / Wait for Approval / Take Additional Labs' workflow |
| 2026-10-22 | forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/morpheus-ai-and-launchpad/3524 | NVIDIA staff reply dated Nov 24 2025: 'The Morpheus product page needs to be updated to reflect that the lab has been discontinued and not just redirect folks over to build.nvidia.com.' |
| 2026-10-22 | www.nvidia.com/en-us/launchpad/ | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | dx.nvidialaunchpad.com/ | the lab host serves 'NVIDIA Developer Experience / Your environment is no longer active' |
More fields 1
| facets | {"class": "refutation","free_tier_kind": "guided-lab-access","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
nvidia ngc catalog
Storage- Free allowance
- Curated by NVIDIA, not user-writable: containers, models and Helm charts published by NVIDIA and partners. api.ngc.nvidia.com is an authenticated pull path (404/401 unauthenticated), and…
- Verdict
- deadthe offer or the service no longer exists
- Cost
- no price stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- checked 2026-10-21checked 2026-10-21 (inherited)
| Free tier | Curated by NVIDIA, not user-writable: containers, models and Helm charts published by NVIDIA and partners. api.ngc.nvidia.com is an authenticated pull path (404/401 unauthenticated), and… unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
| Parsed numbers |
|
Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | catalog.ngc.nvidia.com/ | the text of Free tier, above |
| 2026-10-21 | api.ngc.nvidia.com/v2/models/nvidia/clip/versions | cited as the basis of the rejection: Curated by NVIDIA, not user-writable: containers, models and Helm charts published by NVIDIA and partners. api.ngc.nvidia.com is an authenticated pull path (404/401 unauthenticated), and the |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "dead-service","why": "Curated by NVIDIA, not user-writable: containers, models and Helm charts published by NVIDIA and partners. api.ngc.nvidia.com is an authenticated pull path (404/401 unauthenticated), and…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
|---|
Unknown values 7
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field