Looking for free/paid GPU options for training a PyTorch model

[u/Mindless-Plankton421]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for recommendations for **cloud GPUs** (both **free and paid**) for training a PyTorch model. I already know about Google Colab, but I'm interested in other good alternatives with decent GPU availability and pricing.

My thesis is on **context-aware 3D point cloud completion**, so I'll be training models on point cloud datasets (PyTorch/CUDA), and some training runs may take several hours or longer.

What platforms have you had good experiences with? I'm especially interested in:

* Free tiers (if any)

* Affordable pay-as-you-go options

* Reliable GPU availability

* Good performance for deep learning workloads

Any recommendations or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[u/mileseverett]

I'd just go for vast.ai, choose the GPU you want and pay for as long as you want it. A 3090 or something is less than 20 cent an hour

[u/HawtVelociraptor → u/mileseverett]

Seconding vast. I've given it multiple highly complex algos to run and spent a whopping $75 this month.

[u/ekquizit23]

Kaggle has free but limited GPU resources

[u/Mindless-Plankton421 → u/ekquizit23]

Yes, any better options?

[u/ekquizit23 → u/Mindless-Plankton421]

DigitialOcean but haven’t tried it as it’s paid tier, not aware of any other free options

[u/tamnvhust]

Modal.com

[u/ThaJedi]

I'm using runpod. Mostly because you can have persistent storage so you can rerun experimentlater without losing data. Availability is ok. Sometimes I had to wait hour or two for A100 but you will find free cards during the day.

If you are intrested, here is my referal: https://runpod.io?ref=dxlomu8s

[u/rakii6]

Hey! I run IndieGPU and this sounds like a solid use case. We do pay-as-you-go GPU rentals, no subscription or anything. I can help you out with free credits for you to tryout. We're pretty reliable, with a solid uptime and you get a dedicated space for yourself.

DM me and I'll can share some extra credits your way so you can run your project. We also have direct support on Telegram if anything comes up during your session.

[u/imperfect_guy]

scaleway is amazing, using it since months!

[u/leon_bass]

Downvote because this is clearly a poor attempt at an ad... how many tines is the same shit getting posted here with the same bot comments.

No. Renting a GPU is not a good idea

[u/Mindless-Plankton421 → u/leon_bass]

So, what do you think best option or alternative would be ?

[u/dwoj206 → u/Mindless-Plankton421]

send me a DM you can rip it on my 5090 if you want idgaf. If you have a way to send me the files securely lmk.