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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
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        ],
        "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"
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      "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"
        }
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      "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": "2026-10-10T03:53:33.628604246Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 200,
          "lastMs": 506,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 559,
          "p95ms24h": 1570,
          "samples24h": 125,
          "samples30d": 125,
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              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 85,
              "ok": 85
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 40,
              "ok": 40
            }
          ]
        },
        "versions": [
          {
            "registry": "github",
            "name": "Massed-Compute/massed-compute-mcp",
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            "released": "2026-07-24",
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            "registry": "mcp-registry",
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          {
            "registry": "npm",
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            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:14.528689429Z"
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "released": "2026-07-24",
            "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:04:15.405015566Z"
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        ],
        "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",
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          {
            "url": "https://vm.massedcompute.com/pricing",
            "kind": "pricing",
            "status": 200,
            "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:47:14.582656601Z",
            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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          {
            "url": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/privacy-policy/",
            "kind": "privacy",
            "status": 200,
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            "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
            "fingerprint": "71fd70e07907"
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          {
            "url": "https://massedcompute.com/legal/terms-conditions/",
            "kind": "terms",
            "status": 200,
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    "answer": "Vast.ai scores 62.6 (B) on agent readiness against Massed Compute's 42.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.",
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      "slug": "vast-ai",
      "name": "Vast.ai",
      "vendor": "Vast.ai Inc.",
      "vendorUrl": "https://vast.ai",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "gpu-compute",
      "summary": "Vast.ai is a marketplace for renting GPUs by the second from independent hosts and data centres, as Docker instances, virtual machines or autoscaling serverless endpoints. Agents use the `vastai` CLI, a Python SDK or a REST API.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vast-ai.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-cli",
      "license": "Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are MIT",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://console.vast.ai/api/v0",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "vastai"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "API key from the console's Keys page, sent as `Authorization: Bearer` to https://console.vast.ai/api/v0, or stored once with `vastai set api-key`. Access is self-serve after a browser signup and email verification. A key has full account access by default. Scoped keys take any of 11 permission categories (`instance_read`, `instance_write`, `billing_write` and others) and constraints that narrow an endpoint to resource IDs. Keys are shown once, and can be reset or deleted with immediate effect. The rate-limit page names an `api_key` query parameter as part of a caller's identity, while the authentication page documents only the header.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit with a $5 minimum deposit and no free tier or trial found. Each host sets its own rate per listing, so there is no fixed price list. Live rates are public at vast.ai/pricing and through `vastai search offers`. GPU time bills per second while an instance runs, storage per second while it exists (stopped included) and bandwidth per byte. Interruptible rentals are bid-priced and reserved rentals are prepaid for 1, 3 or 6 months. Serverless adds no fee on top of instance rates. Spent credit is not refunded (https://docs.vast.ai/guides/reference/billing.md, https://docs.vast.ai/guides/instances/pricing.md, checked 2026-10-08).",
      "priceSummary": "Pay per use",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, llms.txt, the agent pricing page or the OpenAPI file (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": 32699,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
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      "docsUrl": "https://docs.vast.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.vast.ai/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://docs.vast.ai/api-reference/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "compute.gpu",
        "compute.containers",
        "compute.serverless",
        "compute.endpoints"
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        "hosted",
        "marketplace",
        "usage-priced",
        "prepaid",
        "api-key",
        "scoped-keys",
        "openapi",
        "llms-txt",
        "python",
        "cli",
        "agent-skill",
        "serverless",
        "spot",
        "status-page",
        "soc2"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-10-02",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
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        "score": 62.6,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 425,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 72,
          "transparency": 62
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-08"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier.",
        "bestFor": "Cost-sensitive training, batch work and self-managed inference where the agent can search listings, set a price cap and tolerate host variance or interruption.",
        "strengths": [
          "API keys take 11 permission categories and per-endpoint constraints on resource IDs, and can be reset or deleted at once",
          "Public OpenAPI 3.1 file with 89 operations, llms.txt and Markdown docs pages",
          "MIT CLI and Python SDK, v1.8.3 on 2 October 2026, with 12 tagged releases since 27 July 2026",
          "Per-second billing, with serverless workers charged at the same rates as rented instances",
          "Vulnerability disclosure policy with safe harbour and triage within 5 business days, and an account audit log from the CLI"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "No SLA. The terms say availability is not guaranteed and the service can change without notice",
          "Rate-limit thresholds are unpublished and 429 responses carry no `Retry-After` header",
          "No free tier. Credit is prepaid with a $5 minimum deposit after a browser signup and email verification",
          "Hosts are independent. The security FAQ says individual hosts may have less formal security than Secure Cloud data centres",
          "The terms of 1 September 2026 prohibit scripts and automated access to the services without a separate written agreement, which conflicts with the public API"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Create a scoped key with `vastai create api-key --permissions` for the agent. A default key has full account access, billing and key management included",
          "Pass `--raw` on every CLI command for JSON output, and `-y` on `vastai destroy instance`, which otherwise waits for a confirmation prompt",
          "Register an SSH key with `vastai create ssh-key` before creating an instance, or the host is unreachable",
          "Destroy instances when finished. A stopped instance still bills storage, and a zero balance without a saved card leads to deletion",
          "Back off on HTTP 429 yourself when calling REST directly. The CLI retries 429 three times from 0.15 seconds",
          "Filter searches with `verified=true` or the Secure Cloud option for sensitive data, and set a `dph_total` price cap"
        ],
        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 62.6
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        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 57,
          "maintenance": 81,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 78,
          "security": 72,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 79
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "pip install vastai",
        "http": "curl -s -H \"Authorization: Bearer $VAST_API_KEY\" \\\n  \"https://console.vast.ai/api/v0/users/current/\"",
        "claudeCode": "/plugin marketplace add vast-ai/vast-claude-plugin\n/plugin install vastai"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/compute.gpu",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/vast-ai"
      },
      "area": "models",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Vast.ai Inc.",
        "domain": "vast.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "2017-12-16",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://vast.ai/terms",
        "privacy": "https://vast.ai/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.vast.ai",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-cli/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "The Terms of Use Agreement, version date 1 September 2026, names Vast.ai Inc. and its affiliates, covers the website and the rental service, and is governed by California law with JAMS arbitration in the Los Angeles area.",
          "The privacy policy, version date 18 June 2025, names Vast.ai Inc. and a Privacy Officer at contact@vast.ai. It is written for users of the website and contains an unfilled `[INSERT HYPERLINK]` placeholder.",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vast-ai.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\nWatch for: No status page, incident history or security.txt was found on any of the vendor's hosts\n\n### Vast.ai (B)\n\nGood for: Cost-sensitive training, batch work and self-managed inference where the agent can search listings, set a price cap and tolerate host variance or interruption.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 20\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 78 against 69\n- Security \u0026 auth, 72 against 61\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 81 against 51\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where Massed Compute loses 5 points for them\n\nWatch for: No SLA. The terms say availability is not guaranteed and the service can change without notice\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Massed Compute | Vast.ai | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 20 | 65 | Vast.ai +45 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 69 | 78 | Vast.ai +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 57 | Vast.ai +1 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 61 | 72 | Vast.ai +11 |\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 | 81 | Vast.ai +30 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 61 | 62 | Vast.ai +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -5 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **42.3 · E** | **62.6 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Massed Compute | Vast.ai |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Massed Compute | Vast.ai Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1` | `https://console.vast.ai/api/v0` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for gpu compute | $5.43 per GPU-hour | not published |\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 Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 17 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.github.Massed-Compute/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-07-24 | 2026-10-02 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2025-06-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\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 | 223 stars, 33k PyPI/wk |\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**Vast.ai.** API keys can be limited by permission category and by resource ID, the REST API has a public OpenAPI 3.1 file, and the CLI ships weekly with a skill file for coding agents. Machines belong to independent hosts, prices move with the market, rate-limit thresholds are unpublished, and there is no SLA or free tier.\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### Vast.ai\n\n1. Create a scoped key with `vastai create api-key --permissions` for the agent. A default key has full account access, billing and key management included\n2. Pass `--raw` on every CLI command for JSON output, and `-y` on `vastai destroy instance`, which otherwise waits for a confirmation prompt\n3. Register an SSH key with `vastai create ssh-key` before creating an instance, or the host is unreachable\n4. Destroy instances when finished. A stopped instance still bills storage, and a zero balance without a saved card leads to deletion\n5. Back off on HTTP 429 yourself when calling REST directly. The CLI retries 429 three times from 0.15 seconds\n6. Filter searches with `verified=true` or the Secure Cloud option for sensitive data, and set a `dph_total` price cap\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Massed Compute or Vast.ai?\n\nVast.ai scores 62.6 (B) on agent readiness against Massed Compute's 42.3 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Massed Compute and Vast.ai need an API key?\n\nMassed Compute takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Vast.ai needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Massed Compute and Vast.ai without installing anything?\n\nYes. Massed Compute has a hosted endpoint at https://vm.massedcompute.com/api/v1 and Vast.ai at https://console.vast.ai/api/v0.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-vast-ai.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-vast-ai.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"massed-compute\", \"b\": \"vast-ai\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare massed-compute vast-ai`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/massed-compute.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/vast-ai.json\n\n## Other comparisons with Massed Compute or Vast.ai\n\n- [Baseten vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baseten-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Baseten vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/baseten-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Beam vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Beam vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beam-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Cerebrium vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Cerebrium vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cerebrium-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [CoreWeave vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coreweave-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [CoreWeave vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/coreweave-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Crusoe Cloud vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crusoe-cloud-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Crusoe Cloud vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/crusoe-cloud-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Hugging Face Inference Endpoints vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hugging-face-inference-endpoints-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Hugging Face Inference Endpoints vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hugging-face-inference-endpoints-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Hyperbolic vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbolic-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Hyperbolic vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hyperbolic-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Koyeb vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/koyeb-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Koyeb vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/koyeb-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Lambda Cloud vs Massed Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lambda-vs-massed-compute.md)\n- [Lambda Cloud vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lambda-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Modal](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-modal.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Nebius AI Cloud](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-nebius-ai-cloud.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Northflank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-northflank.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Replicate Deployments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-replicate-deploy.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Runpod](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-runpod.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Thunder Compute](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-thunder-compute.md)\n- [Massed Compute vs Verda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/massed-compute-vs-verda.md)\n- [Modal vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/modal-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Nebius AI Cloud vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nebius-ai-cloud-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Northflank vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/northflank-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Replicate Deployments vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-deploy-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Runpod vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/runpod-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Thunder Compute vs Vast.ai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/thunder-compute-vs-vast-ai.md)\n- [Vast.ai vs Verda](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/vast-ai-vs-verda.md)\n",
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