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Serverless cloud compute platform allowing developers to define and run containerized Python workloads with instant GPU scaling.

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GitHub Stars 528 Python
Starting Price Free / Custom usage based
MCP Compatibility ✅ Native Support Cloud Only

Pricing & Quota Breakdown

Every user receives $30/month in free compute credits perpetually. Pay-as-you-go CPU starts at $0.000015/core-second; NVIDIA GPUs (T4 to H100) are metered per millisecond.

Developer Free

$0 / month
Billed per credit
  • ✓ Community support
  • ✓ Standard rate limits
  • ✓ Core API access

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