# Hyperbolic vs Verda

> Verda scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do compute gpu. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Verda scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do compute gpu.

- Hyperbolic: grade D, 48/100, rank #730 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hyperbolic.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbolic.json
- Verda: grade B, 62.3/100, rank #396 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verda.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verda.json

## Which one, for what

### Hyperbolic (D)

Good for: Agents that rent whole H100, H200 or B200 machines or multi-node clusters for training and batch work and that have a funded account.

Watch for: API keys carry no scopes or expiry in the reviewed documentation, and the same key can call `DELETE /v2/users/me`

### Verda (B)

Good for: Agents that rent whole GPU machines or clusters in Finland for training or batch work, or deploy scale-to-zero container endpoints, and that can run a local CLI for MCP.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 67 against 52
- Schema & documentation, 82 against 77
- Agent ergonomics, 63 against 55
- Security & auth, 68 against 47
- Payments & pricing, 20 against 15
- Maintenance & community, 83 against 42
- Transparency & trust, 76 against 61

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine

Watch for: No free tier. Accounts are prepaid, and instances are discontinued and volumes deleted when the balance reaches zero


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Hyperbolic | Verda | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 52 | 67 | Verda +15 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 77 | 82 | Verda +5 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 63 | Verda +8 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 47 | 68 | Verda +21 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 15 | 20 | Verda +5 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 83 | Verda +41 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 76 | Verda +15 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | -3 | |
| **Total** | | **48 · D** | **62.3 · B** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Hyperbolic | Verda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Hyperbolic Labs, Inc. | Verda |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hyperbolic.ai` | `https://api.verda.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Hyperbolic's Terms of Service. The unmaintained hyperbolic-mcp repository on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under Verda's Terms of Service. The CLI, the Python SDK and the Go SDK on GitHub are Apache-2.0 |
| Tools exposed | none | 18 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-03-24 | 2025-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |
| Popularity | none | 10k PyPI/wk |

## Verdicts

**Hyperbolic.** The API serves its own OpenAPI 3.1 document without a key, lists GPU prices on an open endpoint and dates the removal of legacy paths at 1 March 2027. API keys carry no scopes and can delete the account, rental creation has no idempotency key, and renting needs a browser signup and a $5 deposit.

**Verda.** The REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 document, a dated changelog, published rate limits with `Retry-After`, and an audit log endpoint. The CLI's MCP server refuses billed or destructive calls without `confirm: true`. Access needs a browser signup and a prepaid balance, credentials carry one scope, and instance creation has no idempotency key.

## Before you call either

### Hyperbolic

1. Read `GET /v2/on-demand/rental-options` first. It needs no key and lists what can be rented now, with `costPerHourCents` per GPU configuration.
2. Send `rentalType` and `gpuCount` to `POST /v2/on-demand/rentals`. Region defaults to `us-central-1` and GPU type to `h100`, so set both from the options list.
3. List active rentals before retrying a failed create call. There is no idempotency key and every ready rental bills hourly.
4. Save an SSH public key with `POST /v2/ssh-keys` before renting. Without `sshPublicKeyIds` the newest saved key is attached.
5. Do not create reserved rentals unless asked. They are paid in full up front and cannot be terminated early.

### Verda

1. Exchange the client ID and secret at `POST /v1/oauth2/token`, then send the access token as a Bearer header. It expires after 3,600 seconds, so refresh it.
2. Send `location_code` on every create call. Requests without it have returned 400 since March 2026.
3. Call `GET /v1/instance-availability` before launching. `POST /v1/instances` returns 503 `service_unavailable` when the location has no capacity.
4. List instances before retrying a failed launch, because create has no idempotency key.
5. Use the `delete` action to stop charges. `shutdown` keeps billing, and deleted volumes stay recoverable for 96 hours unless `delete_permanently` is set.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Hyperbolic or Verda?

Verda scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Hyperbolic's 48 (D), and leads in every scored category.

### Do Hyperbolic and Verda need an API key?

Hyperbolic needs an API key. Verda uses an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call Hyperbolic and Verda without installing anything?

Yes. Hyperbolic has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hyperbolic.ai and Verda at https://api.verda.com/v1.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbolic-vs-verda.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbolic-vs-verda.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "hyperbolic", "b": "verda"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare hyperbolic verda`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hyperbolic.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/verda.json

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