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Compute

Machines, sandboxes, notebooks, GPU time, platform hosts and how long each runs before it is reaped.

Best per needFree or trial GPU timeFree compute with no cardCheapest rented machines by USD a month

Key
★ qualifies
usable as stated; the read path was probed
caveat
usable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
trial
a time-boxed or one-time trial, not a recurring allowance
paid
no free allowance; listed for its price
fails: identity
the identity required is not reachable without it
fails: egress
data cannot be read back out at a usable rate or price
fails: quota
the free allowance is too small to matter
dead
the offer or the service no longer exists
self-hosted, last resort
software or a node that the user installs, runs and maintains. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware.
free tier, no free tier
the record states a free allowance, or states that it has none
identity email
what a signup asks for. A question mark after it: a placeholder, not read from a source
no card, card, card?
a payment card is not asked, is asked, or the record does not say
limit
the limit that runs out first, for example request-rate or volume-quota
evidence
how the record is backed, strongest first: measured, documented, reported, inferred, unverified
fresh until, stale since
the check is inside its window, or past it, on today's date
inherited, checked live
inherited: the record was carried from an earlier source, and its check date is an upper bound. Checked live: the record was checked against the service. The chip filters on it
verdict
a judgement of the whole offer for the need of its topic. The data holds no number as a cut-off. Read the free allowance and the limits of the record, and decide for your own need
duplicate, disagrees
another record holds the same offer, or a sibling record states another value

How to read a record

Usable 482

Cloud VM 105

Container and VM sandbox 67

VPS 46

Platform host 39

NAT VPS 30

GPU cloud 28

Browser host 28

Inference API 26

Dev environment 15

Shared shell 14

Windows VPS 11

IPv6 only VPS 10

Notebook runtime 7

MacOS host 7

Serverless runtime 7

CI runner 7

Managed database 4

Windows host 3

Other 28

Trial 133

Cloud VM 54

GPU cloud 20

Container and VM sandbox 12

Platform host 10

Dev environment 10

Inference API 8

Browser host 6

Other 13

507 hosted offers have no free allowance and are listed for their price, on Compute: paid only, with 11 self-hosted at its end.

Self-hosted, the last resort 17

Software or a node that the user installs, runs and maintains. Self-hosted options are listed last, because this site is for users who have no hardware. This page lists the usable and trial ones; the 11 paid-only and 6 rejected or dead ones are at the end of their pages.