aid: vast-ai
name: Vast.ai
description: Vast.ai is a decentralized GPU marketplace that matches buyers with 40+ datacenters and individual
  hosts renting out NVIDIA GPUs at market prices. It exposes a REST API, Python SDK, and vastai CLI for
  searching GPU offers, renting instances, attaching persistent volumes, and running serverless workloads
  across 68+ GPU types including H100, H200, B200, A100, and consumer RTX cards.
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url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/vast-ai/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Producer
tags:
- AI
- Cloud
- Compute
- GPU
- Machine Learning
- Marketplace
- Serverless
apis:
- aid: vast-ai:rest-api
  name: Vast.ai REST API
  description: The Vast.ai REST API is the control plane for the GPU marketplace. It supports searching
    offers across hosts, renting and managing instances, configuring machines and templates, attaching persistent
    volumes, managing serverless endpoints, and querying billing and usage. Authentication uses bearer tokens
    issued from the Keys management page.
  humanURL: https://docs.vast.ai/api/
  baseURL: https://console.vast.ai/api/v0
  tags:
  - Billing
  - GPU
  - Instances
  - Marketplace
  - REST
  - Search
  - Serverless
  - Templates
  - Volumes
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.vast.ai/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.vast.ai/api/authentication
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://vast.ai
- type: Developer
  url: https://docs.vast.ai
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.vast.ai
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.vast.ai
- type: SignUp
  url: https://cloud.vast.ai/create
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.vast.ai/login
- type: Pricing
  url: https://vast.ai/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://vast.ai/blog
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://vast.ai/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://vast.ai/privacy
- type: Support
  url: https://vast.ai/contact
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/vast-ai
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vast-ai
- name: vastai CLI
  url: https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-cli
  type: CLI
- name: Vast.ai Python SDK
  url: https://github.com/vast-ai/vast-sdk
  type: SDK
- name: Vast.ai Base Image
  url: https://github.com/vast-ai/base-image
  type: Samples
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: GPU Marketplace
    description: Market-driven matching of buyers with 40+ datacenters and individual hosts across 68+ GPU
      types.
  - name: On-Demand Instances
    description: Per-second-billed GPU rentals with guaranteed uptime, with no minimum hours.
  - name: Interruptible Instances
    description: Fault-tolerant workloads priced 50%+ cheaper than on-demand with potential preemption.
  - name: Reserved Capacity
    description: Up to 50% discounts on 1, 3, or 6-month commitments for stable workloads.
  - name: Serverless Endpoints
    description: Serverless GPU workers built on the pyworker agent for autoscaling inference.
  - name: Templates
    description: Pre-configured instance templates for fast launching of common workloads.
- type: GPUs
  data:
  - name: NVIDIA B200
    description: Blackwell-generation flagship GPU available across hosts.
  - name: NVIDIA H200
    description: 141GB HBM3e GPU available across hosts.
  - name: NVIDIA H100
    description: 80GB Hopper GPU widely available across the marketplace.
  - name: NVIDIA A100
    description: 80GB Ampere GPU widely available across the marketplace.
  - name: NVIDIA RTX 4090
    description: 24GB consumer GPU, popular for inference and fine-tuning.
  - name: NVIDIA RTX 3060
    description: 12GB consumer GPU at entry-level price points.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Docker
    description: Bring-your-own Docker image support across all rental instances.
  - name: SSH
    description: Direct SSH access to rented instances for development and orchestration.
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: https://docs.vast.ai/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com