A Linux desktop with a dedicated GPU — in your browser or the native Mac and Windows apps. Your files and environment stay put. Boost to a bigger GPU in one click.
From $3.99/hr · Auto-pause when idle · Native Mac & Windows apps
The problem
Rented pods are disposable. Your work isn't. The same evening, two ways.
Boost
The same job on the same 24 GB card — with and without a way out.
Features
Everything an AI creator needs in a single environment that follows you across devices.
Your workstation hibernates after 15 minutes idle and wakes with everything intact. You don't pay for idle time.
One click swaps in a bigger GPU for a single training run, billed by the hour. It reverts automatically when you're done.
One product, two ways to pay. Monthly subscription if you work daily, hourly pay-as-you-go if you don't. Switch any time.
Every tier streams 1440p60 with modern compression. Upgrades buy GPU power, not resolution.
The AI Workstation image ships with CUDA, PyTorch, JupyterLab, VS Code, and the common ML libraries. Open it and start.
Run it in your browser, or get the native Mac and Windows apps — the same live session either way.
No lock-in
A full Linux desktop with the tools you already use, preinstalled. Import your data from any source and export it to any destination. No vendor lock-in, no closed ecosystems.
ComfyUIBlenderPyTorchHugging FaceOllamaCUDALangChainvLLMJupyter
Pricing
Same workstation either way. Switch anytime.
Dedicated L4
$3.99/hr
Most popular
Dedicated L40S
$4.99/hr
Dedicated RTX Pro 6000
$6.99/hr
Pay-as-you-go bills active time by the minute — auto-pause stops the meter when you step away.
Active work20 h/week
≈ 87 active hours a month
Subscriptions include 100 active hours per workstation. Extra active time uses the lower subscriber rate shown above.
Storage billed separately by allocated GB-minute · Boost billed per hour at the delta rate
How we compare
Pro, our most popular tier, is a dedicated L40S — the same card RunPod rents — with a full desktop that stays put instead of a terminal you rebuild.
| RunPod | Vast | Lambda | HF Pro | Hinode Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | L40S · 48 GB | RTX A6000 · 48 GB | A100 · 40 GB | ZeroGPU · shared | L40S · 48 GB |
| GPU access | Dedicated | Dedicated | Dedicated | Quota + queue | Dedicated |
| Interface | SSH / Jupyter | SSH / Jupyter | SSH / Jupyter | Spaces (web) | SSH, Native desktop |
| Session | Lost on stop | Tied to one host | Lost on terminate | Ephemeral | Persistent + auto-pause |
| Devices | Browser | Browser | Browser | Browser | Browser + native apps |
How it works
01
Create an account in seconds. No time-limited trial.
02
It boots AI-ready: CUDA, PyTorch, and the everyday tools preinstalled.
03
Open the desktop in your browser, or in the native Mac and Windows apps.
04
Jump to a bigger GPU for a heavy run, then drop back automatically.
What is Hinode?
A cloud Linux desktop with a dedicated GPU, in your browser or the native Mac and Windows apps. Your environment persists between sessions, so you never set it up twice.
How does billing work?
Pick a monthly subscription or hourly pay-as-you-go at signup, and switch any time. Auto-pause means you're not charged while the workstation is idle.
What is Boost?
A one-click upgrade to stronger hardware for a single task. Run a job on a bigger GPU, then drop back to your tier automatically. You pay the hourly delta.
Do I pay while idle?
No. Your workstation pauses after 15 minutes of inactivity. Waking it takes a couple of minutes and brings back your files and everything you installed — a pause shuts the machine down, so anything that was running does not survive it.
Which devices can I use?
Any supported browser, plus native Mac and Windows apps. The same live session follows you across all of them.
Which browsers work?
Chrome, Edge, and other recent Chromium browsers. The client needs WebTransport and WebCodecs, which Safari and Firefox don't fully support yet.
Can I skip the desktop and just use a terminal?
Yes. Run `tailscale up` on the workstation to join your own tailnet, then reach it over Tailscale SSH — same GPU, same files, no streaming involved. Handy when you're far from the region your workstation runs in, since a terminal doesn't care about latency the way a live desktop does.
What about my data?
Active workstations run on encrypted volumes; paused ones are snapshotted to object storage. Export your data anytime.
Sign up and launch your first GPU desktop.