# Vast.ai vs Verda (slim)

> Vast.ai and Verda score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 62.6 (B) and 62.3 (B). Verda leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do compute gpu. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Vast.ai and Verda score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 62.6 (B) and 62.3 (B). Verda leads on agent ergonomics and transparency & trust. Both do compute gpu.

- Vast.ai: B 62.6, rank #384 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vast-ai.min.md
- Verda: B 62.3, rank #396 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/verda.min.md
- Vast.ai, good 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. 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 Agent ergonomics, 63 against 57; Transparency & trust, 76 against 62. Also Runs on your own machine.

| Category | Vast.ai | Verda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 78 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 63 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 83 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 62 | 76 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Vast.ai | Verda |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Vast.ai Inc. | Verda |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://console.vast.ai/api/v0` | `https://api.verda.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Vast.ai's Terms of Use Agreement. The `vastai` CLI and Python SDK on GitHub are 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 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-10-07 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-06-18 | no date given |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 223 stars, 33k PyPI/wk | 10k PyPI/wk |