I have 32 RTX 5090s on vast, were seeing a huge surge in demand and I just noticed everyone is running BIP39 on every single one of our GPUs. I looked up what BIP39 is and had a crazy thought, are we powering a coordinated coldcard recovery operation? If so that would be freaking awesome.
This has never happened to me before. I've been a vast.ai renter for almost a year now. I use RTX GPUs to help with supporting the mobile app that I'm building for AI inference alongside experimentation with AI open source models.
The craziest thing happened recently. I lost $100 of credits out of nowhere which I just bought! I suddenly realized I was not able to SSH into my instances anymore. I was shocked, so I look at my balance and I see NEGATIVE! Mind you, I bought $100 worth of credits the day before. I'm just renting RTX 3090s most of the time. Sometimes RTX 5070 tis or lower vram gpus, maximum I'll rent an rtx 6000ada for something really heavy. But no GPU on earth should make me lose $100 in a day even if I did something on accident!
Has this ever happened to anyone in the past?! What'd you do?! I am just lost for words here.
EDIT: Had to add this screenshot. Seems like this instance was the culprit. The instance id 47901033 is the exact same as above. I only had it live for 2-3 hours! Why am I being charged $100 for this?!
Which should I get I’m mainly going to rent it on vast.ai but I might go with 5090 for more future proofing.
5090 pc cost around 5k and the dual 4090 pc cost around 6.2k. I make 255/mo with 5090 and 322/mo with dual 4090. Also I don’t pay for electricity.
Hey everyone! I’ve been researching GPU hosting on Vast.ai for a while and I’m seriously considering getting started. Before I invest, I’d love to get some real-world insights from people with actual experience on the platform.
A few questions:
1. Earnings with RTX 4090
What’s the realistic hourly and monthly revenue with an RTX 4090 as a host? I’ve seen estimates ranging from $0.17 to $0.40/hr on hashrate.no, but I’d love to hear actual numbers from hosts running one.
2. Best GPU for price-to-earnings ratio
Is the 4090/5090 still the sweet spot in 2026, or are there better options considering the current market? I’m open to other cards if the ROI is significantly better.
3. Verified vs Unverified
How much of a difference does getting verified actually make in terms of utilization rate and hourly rate? Is it worth the effort to set up properly for verified status?
4. Tips and tricks for beginners
Any guides, resources, or advice you wish you had when you started? Things like optimal pricing strategy, best OS setup, network requirements, common mistakes to avoid, anything helps!!
Thanks in advance, really appreciate any help from this community!
I've meen messing around with the idea of renting out some GPU rigs for AI training. I came across the Clore.ai earning calculator, and threw in an example rig (see image).
It seems to combine earnings from renting out the rig, mining while it's not rented, and a little bonus for holding your mined tokens.
Profitability is drastically higher than other AI renting platforms like Vast.ai, or crypto mining alone.
Experience tells me, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Has anyone used this platform? Is it too good to be true?
Edit: Assuming the calculator is unrealisticly generous. Is it a good platform otherwise? How does it compare to platforms like Vast or Salad?
So I've learning how to use comfyui and I was hyped by minimax h3. I don't have a pc I can use, so I saw the option to use a cloud gpu service like vast. I'd like to know what's your guys' experience on using the service. Which gpu did you guys rent? How much time are you spending on it? How much are you guys paying per month? Also are you guys using the persistent storage or are you outsourcing from a different storage system? Would appreciate any suggestions.
