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    "a": {
      "slug": "massed-compute",
      "name": "Massed Compute",
      "vendor": "Massed Compute",
      "vendorUrl": "https://massedcompute.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "gpu-compute",
      "summary": "Massed Compute is a US GPU cloud that rents NVIDIA GPU virtual machines by the hour from hardware it owns, with bare metal and clusters by quote. Agents use its REST API or a hosted MCP server.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/massed-compute",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/massed-compute.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/massed-compute.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/massed-compute.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Massed Compute's Terms \u0026 Conditions and End User Licence Agreement. The `massed-compute-mcp` wrapper on GitHub is MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "massed-compute-mcp"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "massed-compute-mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve. The owner signs up in a browser, verifies an email address and creates a named API token at vm.massedcompute.com/settings/api, choosing Full access or Read only. The token is shown once, travels as a Bearer header and is revoked from the token table. The same token works for the REST API and the MCP server. MCP clients that send no token get a 401 with an OAuth challenge, and the owner signs in and approves full or read-only access. Grants are listed and revoked under Connected Apps. The older marketplace API on `api.massedcompute.com` issues keys only through support.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "No free tier or trial credit was found. The owner adds a card or pays in crypto, makes a first deposit and sets an auto-recharge threshold of at least $5 before any launch. Running VMs are debited every minute at a published hourly rate. On 9 October 2026 a single A30 was $0.35 an hour, an RTX A6000 $0.57, an L40S $0.97, an A100 80 GB $1.35 and an H100 80 GB $2.73. No bandwidth charge per the pricing page. Bare metal, clusters and the marketplace API are by quote (https://vm.massedcompute.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the two OpenAPI files, the MCP server card or the pricing page. The billing docs describe crypto top-ups made by the account owner, which is not a machine payment protocol (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 17,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 1,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://vm-docs.massedcompute.com",
      "llmsTxt": "https://massedcompute.com/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://vm-docs.massedcompute.com/redocusaurus/plugin-redoc-0.yaml",
      "registryName": "io.github.Massed-Compute/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "compute.gpu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "usage-priced",
        "openapi",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "api-key",
        "read-only-keys",
        "node",
        "python",
        "card-required",
        "crypto-payments",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-07-24",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 42.3,
        "grade": "E",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 896,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 18,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 56,
          "maintenance": 51,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 20,
          "schema": 69,
          "security": 61,
          "transparency": 61
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": -5,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "8 June 2026. The `instances_list` and `instances_get` MCP tools returned the cleartext VM password although their descriptions said it was redacted. Fixed in `massed-compute-mcp` 1.0.3 and later moved server-side, with rotation advice in the changelog. No GitHub advisory is published. Fixed and documented, so 3 points (https://github.com/Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md).",
          "9 October 2026. The product page lists SDKs for Go and a Terraform provider, webhooks and per-project quotas. None appears in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the vendor's public GitHub organisation. 2 points (https://massedcompute.com/products/inventory-api/)."
        ],
        "verdict": "The hosted MCP server and REST API accept OAuth grants or API tokens in read-only and full-access tiers, and all 17 tools carry typed schemas and safety annotations in a public server card. No status page, rate limit figures or API changelog were found, a launch has no idempotency key, and the governing terms could not be read.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that rent whole GPU VMs by the hour for training, fine-tuning or a model server and want a small MCP tool set with a read-only mode.",
        "strengths": [
          "API tokens and OAuth grants come in read-only and full-access tiers, and tokens are revoked one at a time in the console",
          "A public server card lists all 17 MCP tools with JSON Schema inputs and `readOnlyHint`, `destructiveHint` and `idempotentHint` annotations",
          "Hourly prices for 23 GPU configurations, from $0.35 for an A30 to $52.80 for eight B300s, are public without a login",
          "A public OpenAPI 3.0 file covers the 14 REST operations at `https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1`",
          "The sub-processor list names 23 processors with locations, was updated on 10 September 2026 and has an RSS feed for changes"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No status page, incident history or security.txt was found on any of the vendor's hosts",
          "A 429 answer exists but no rate limit figures are published, and the OpenAPI file documents no error response",
          "`POST /instance/launch` has no idempotency key, so a retried launch can start a second billed VM",
          "Until a fix dated 8 June 2026, `instances_list` and `instances_get` returned the cleartext VM password although their descriptions said it was redacted",
          "The product page lists Go and Terraform SDKs and webhooks that the docs, the OpenAPI file and the public GitHub organisation do not show",
          "A stopped instance is billed at the full hourly rate. Only termination ends billing, and it deletes the data"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Use `https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1`. The older docs at api-docs.massedcompute.com describe a separate marketplace API on `api.massedcompute.com` whose keys come from support.",
          "Ask the owner for a read-only token unless the task must launch or terminate. Read-only credentials cannot call launch, restart, terminate or SSH key changes.",
          "Call `gpu_inventory_list` and `images_list` before `instances_launch`. Product names and image IDs are free values, and SXM-only images do not run on PCIe cards.",
          "Expect 402 on launch until the owner has added credit and set a recharge amount and threshold. List instances before retrying a launch.",
          "Terminate to end billing. Stopping keeps the full hourly charge, and termination deletes the instance data."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "E",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 42.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 56,
          "maintenance": 51,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 20,
          "schema": 69,
          "security": 61,
          "transparency": 53
        },
        "provenanceScore": 68
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "npm install -g massed-compute-mcp",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http massed-compute https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer MC_TOKEN\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "massed-compute": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer MC_TOKEN"
              },
              "type": "http",
              "url": "https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/massed-compute"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "A30 24 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.35,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "RTX A5000 24 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.44,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "RTX A6000 48 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.57,
          "note": "Billed per minute. An alternative configuration is $0.55"
        },
        {
          "item": "RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.79,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "L40 48 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.86,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.92,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "L40S 48 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.97,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "A100 80 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 1.35,
          "note": "Billed per minute. SXM4 and DGX variants are $1.38"
        },
        {
          "item": "RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 2.19,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "H100 80 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 2.73,
          "note": "Billed per minute. H100 NVL is $3.11 and H100 SXM5 $3.14"
        },
        {
          "item": "H200 NVL 141 GB VM",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 3.62,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "B200 SXM6 VM, 8 GPUs",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 5.43,
          "note": "Sold only as eight GPUs at $43.46 an hour. Our division, rounded"
        },
        {
          "item": "B300 SXM6 VM, 8 GPUs",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 6.6,
          "note": "Sold only as eight GPUs at $52.80 an hour. Our division"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Massed Compute, Inc.",
        "domain": "massedcompute.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2021-10-28",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/terms-conditions/",
        "privacy": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms \u0026 Conditions page is the document the DPA calls the Principal Agreement. Its body is an embedded Termly viewer drawn by script, and we could not read it.",
          "The End User Licence Agreement, last updated 15 September 2026, names Massed Compute, Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada, and applies Nevada law. The older docs site's footer says Massed Compute LLC.",
          "The privacy policy, last updated 22 July 2026, covers the website, a mobile application and the Services in general.",
          "The REST API and the MCP server answer at vm.massedcompute.com, on the vendor domain.",
          "/.well-known/security.txt answers 404 on massedcompute.com and on vm.massedcompute.com.",
          "RDAP for massedcompute.com gives a registration date of 2021-10-28.",
          "No status page was found on the site, the docs or the pricing page.",
          "The changelog linked is the MCP wrapper's. No API changelog was found.",
          "A Data Processing Agreement, last modified 27 March 2026, and a sub-processor list, last updated 10 September 2026, are published."
        ],
        "score": 68
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/massed-compute.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "massed-compute",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:15.43079726Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 559,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 563,
          "p95ms24h": 1577,
          "samples24h": 107,
          "samples30d": 107,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 85,
              "ok": 85
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 22,
              "ok": 22
            }
          ]
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp",
            "version": "v1.1.0",
            "released": "2026-07-24",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:15.605664679Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "npm",
            "name": "massed-compute-mcp",
            "version": "1.1.0",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:14.528689429Z"
          },
          {
            "registry": "pypi",
            "name": "massed-compute-mcp",
            "version": "1.1.0",
            "released": "2026-07-24",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:15.405015566Z"
          }
        ],
        "githubStars": 1,
        "npmWeekly": 37,
        "pypiWeekly": 20,
        "pages": [
          {
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp/main/CHANGELOG.md",
            "kind": "changelog",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:44:33.145231849Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "7fa22cb79429"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://vm.massedcompute.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:47:14.582656601Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "fb389d9be37c"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:48.306296743Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "71fd70e07907"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/terms-conditions/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:41:50.386665594Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "0a8bdfcc06c0"
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        ],
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T02:07:15.43079726Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "Thunder Compute scores 56.1 (C) on agent readiness against Massed Compute's 42.3 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Massed Compute leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "thunder-compute",
      "name": "Thunder Compute",
      "vendor": "Thunder Compute",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.thundercompute.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "gpu-compute",
      "summary": "Thunder Compute is a US GPU cloud renting RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100 instances by the minute and GPU sandboxes by the second. Agents use its REST API, a hosted MCP server with OAuth, or the `tnr` CLI.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/thunder-compute.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/Thunder-Compute/thunder-cli",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Thunder Compute's Terms and Conditions. The `tnr` CLI on GitHub is MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "go",
          "name": "github.com/Thunder-Compute/thunder-cli"
        },
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "thunder-sandbox"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "Self-serve. The hosted MCP server uses OAuth 2.0 with discovery. The first connection opens a browser to sign in and approve, tokens refresh, and the scopes are `instances:read`, `instances:write`, `snapshots:read`, `snapshots:write`, `sandboxes:read`, `sandboxes:write`, `billing:read` and `org:read`. The REST API takes a named API token as a Bearer header. Tokens are created and revoked one at a time in the console, or with the MCP `create_token` tool, and no token scopes were found. The CLI and the sandbox SDK read `TNR_API_TOKEN` for headless use. Price, specification, availability and template endpoints need no token.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "No general free tier. Instances are billed by the minute while they run, paid by saved card or preloaded credit that is non-refundable. Per GPU an hour on 9 October 2026, RTX A6000 is $0.35, L40 $0.79, A100 80 GB $1.09 and H100 $3.20. Sandboxes are billed by the second and need access enabled by the vendor. Students with a US university email get $20 of credit for A6000 and L40 GPUs. Reserved capacity is by quote (https://www.thundercompute.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.04 / vCPU-hr",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs corpus, the OpenAPI document or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 28,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 34,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://www.thundercompute.com/docs",
      "llmsTxt": "https://www.thundercompute.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.Thunder-Compute/thunder-compute",
      "capabilities": [
        "compute.gpu",
        "compute.containers"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "usage-priced",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "mcp",
        "cli",
        "oauth",
        "api-key",
        "python",
        "go",
        "status-page",
        "card-required",
        "closed-source"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-09-16",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 56.1,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 640,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 11,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 48,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 70,
          "security": 51,
          "transparency": 64
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "The hosted MCP server signs in with OAuth and separate read and write scopes, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 document with keyless price and availability endpoints. No rate limits, SLA or API changelog were found, instance creation has no idempotency key, and instances cannot be stopped, only deleted.",
        "bestFor": "Agents in coding tools that rent a single persistent GPU machine for development, fine-tuning or a model server, at low hourly prices and over MCP.",
        "strengths": [
          "Hosted MCP server at `https://www.thundercompute.com/mcp` with OAuth and ten scopes that separate read from write for instances, snapshots and sandboxes",
          "Public OpenAPI 3.1 document with 41 operations, plus `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt` and a Markdown copy of every docs page",
          "`GET /v2/pricing`, `GET /v2/specs` and `GET /v2/status` return prices, configurations and live availability without a token",
          "Section 28 of the terms, dated 28 September 2026, permits access by AI agents, scripts and SDKs through the account holder's own credentials",
          "The status page lists no incidents for July to October 2026 on its Website, API and Instances components"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA were found in the reviewed documentation, and the terms disclaim availability",
          "`POST /instances/create` has no idempotency key, so a retried launch can start a second billed instance",
          "Instances cannot be stopped. Pausing means taking a snapshot, deleting the instance and restoring later",
          "No general free tier. The $20 credit is limited to students with a US university email",
          "No security.txt or disclosure policy was found, and the SOC 2 Type II claim in `llms.txt` has no report or trust page linked",
          "The sub-processor list, last updated 27 August 2025, names Firebase for sign-in while the MCP docs name Stytch"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Call `GET /v2/status` or the `get_availability` tool before creating an instance. Availability can change before launch, and creation fails when a type is sold out.",
          "List instances before retrying a failed create, because the call has no idempotency key.",
          "Pass `public_key` on create. If omitted, the response carries a generated private key that is returned once.",
          "To pause work, create a snapshot, delete the instance and later create a new instance from the snapshot. Snapshot storage keeps billing until deleted.",
          "For headless use set `TNR_API_TOKEN` to a token from the console. The MCP server needs a browser sign-in on first connection."
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 56.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 48,
          "maintenance": 79,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 70,
          "security": 51,
          "transparency": 51
        },
        "provenanceScore": 77
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Thunder-Compute/thunder-cli/main/scripts/install.sh | bash",
        "http": "curl https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v2/pricing",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http thunder-compute https://www.thundercompute.com/mcp",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "thunder-compute": {
              "url": "https://www.thundercompute.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/thunder-compute"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "RTX A6000 48 GB instance",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.35,
          "note": "Billed per minute. One GPU per instance"
        },
        {
          "item": "L40 48 GB instance",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 0.79,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
        },
        {
          "item": "A100 80 GB instance",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 1.09,
          "note": "Billed per minute. 4 and 8 GPU shapes cost $1.49 a GPU per the price endpoint"
        },
        {
          "item": "H100 80 GB instance",
          "unit": "gpu-hour",
          "usd": 3.2,
          "note": "Billed per minute"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/thunder-compute.json\n- Best GPU and serverless compute for AI workloads: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/gpu-compute/index.md\n- All 167 gpu compute comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gpu-compute/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Massed Compute (E)\n\nGood for: Agents that rent whole GPU VMs by the hour for training, fine-tuning or a model server and want a small MCP tool set with a read-only mode.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 56 against 48\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 51\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or security.txt was found on any of the vendor's hosts\n\n### Thunder Compute (C)\n\nGood for: Agents in coding tools that rent a single persistent GPU machine for development, fine-tuning or a model server, at low hourly prices and over MCP.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 79 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Massed Compute loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No rate limits, 429 guidance or SLA were found in the reviewed documentation, and the terms disclaim availability\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Massed Compute | Thunder Compute | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 20 | 65 | Thunder Compute +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 70 | Thunder Compute +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 48 | Massed Compute +8 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 51 | Massed Compute +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 79 | Thunder Compute +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 64 | Thunder Compute +3 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.3 · E** | **56.1 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Massed Compute | Thunder Compute |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Massed Compute | Thunder Compute |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1` | `https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for gpu compute | $5.43 per GPU-hour | $0.219 per GB per month |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Massed Compute's Terms \u0026 Conditions and End User Licence Agreement. The `massed-compute-mcp` wrapper on GitHub is MIT | Proprietary service under Thunder Compute's Terms and Conditions. The `tnr` CLI on GitHub is MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 17 | 28 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.Massed-Compute/mcp` | `io.github.Thunder-Compute/thunder-compute` |\n| Last release | 2026-07-24 | 2026-09-16 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-28 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 1 stars | 34 stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Massed Compute.** The hosted MCP server and REST API accept OAuth grants or API tokens in read-only and full-access tiers, and all 17 tools carry typed schemas and safety annotations in a public server card. No status page, rate limit figures or API changelog were found, a launch has no idempotency key, and the governing terms could not be read.\n\n**Thunder Compute.** The hosted MCP server signs in with OAuth and separate read and write scopes, and the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 document with keyless price and availability endpoints. No rate limits, SLA or API changelog were found, instance creation has no idempotency key, and instances cannot be stopped, only deleted.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Massed Compute\n\n1. Use `https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1`. The older docs at api-docs.massedcompute.com describe a separate marketplace API on `api.massedcompute.com` whose keys come from support.\n2. Ask the owner for a read-only token unless the task must launch or terminate. Read-only credentials cannot call launch, restart, terminate or SSH key changes.\n3. Call `gpu_inventory_list` and `images_list` before `instances_launch`. Product names and image IDs are free values, and SXM-only images do not run on PCIe cards.\n4. Expect 402 on launch until the owner has added credit and set a recharge amount and threshold. List instances before retrying a launch.\n5. Terminate to end billing. Stopping keeps the full hourly charge, and termination deletes the instance data.\n\n### Thunder Compute\n\n1. Call `GET /v2/status` or the `get_availability` tool before creating an instance. Availability can change before launch, and creation fails when a type is sold out.\n2. List instances before retrying a failed create, because the call has no idempotency key.\n3. Pass `public_key` on create. If omitted, the response carries a generated private key that is returned once.\n4. To pause work, create a snapshot, delete the instance and later create a new instance from the snapshot. Snapshot storage keeps billing until deleted.\n5. For headless use set `TNR_API_TOKEN` to a token from the console. The MCP server needs a browser sign-in on first connection.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Massed Compute or Thunder Compute?\n\nThunder Compute scores 56.1 (C) on agent readiness against Massed Compute's 42.3 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Massed Compute leads on agent ergonomics and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Massed Compute and Thunder Compute need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Massed Compute and Thunder Compute without installing anything?\n\nYes. Massed Compute has a hosted endpoint at https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1 and Thunder Compute at https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-thunder-compute.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-thunder-compute.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"massed-compute\", \"b\": \"thunder-compute\"}`. 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