# Thunder Compute vs Verda (slim)

> Verda scores 62.3 (B) on agent readiness against Thunder Compute's 56.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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 Thunder Compute's 56.1 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do compute gpu.

- Thunder Compute: C 56.1, rank #576 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thunder-compute.min.md
- Verda: B 62.3, rank #396 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verda.min.md
- Thunder Compute, good 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. Also No incidents deducted, where Verda loses 3 points for them.
- Verda, 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 Schema & documentation, 82 against 70; Agent ergonomics, 63 against 48; Security & auth, 68 against 51; Transparency & trust, 76 against 64. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Thunder Compute | Verda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 70 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 48 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 79 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 64 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Thunder Compute | Verda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Thunder Compute | Verda |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1` | `https://api.verda.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Price for compute gpu | $0.219 per GB per month | not published |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Thunder Compute's Terms and Conditions. The `tnr` CLI 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 | 28 | 18 |
| MCP registry | `io.github.Thunder-Compute/thunder-compute` | not listed |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-28 | 2025-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | no date given |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 34 stars | 10k PyPI/wk |