Lightning AI: Up to 30 free credits (~80 GPU hours on interruptible machines) + 1 free Studio
Live free tier
The receipt
“You can run 1 Studio for free and get up to 30 free credits. Up to 30 free credits gets you ~80 GPU hours on interruptible machines”Verbatim from lightning.ai/pricing/, checked (HTTP 200).
- Credit value
- Up to 30 free credits (~80 GPU hours on interruptible machines) + 1 free Studio
- Eligibility
- Anyone; phone number required to prevent abuse; no credit card
- How to claim
- Sign up for the free tier
- Category
- Cloud & GPU
- Offer type
- Free tiers
- Status
- Live as of the last check
- Source
- https://lightning.ai/pricing/
- Last verified
- · HTTP 200
- Notes
- Vendor notes prices vary; free Studios run 24/7 but require a restart every 4 hours.
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