sfcompute is a scam. You can't buy GPUs at that price. They're running a "private beta" where people can bid for a spot GPU, but they let a limited number of people into the beta, so the prices are artificially low.
If a store advertised $0.50 burgers, but when you visit, they say they're not for sale, wouldn't you consider that a scam?
We don't have a limited number of slots!
We just go down a lot. It's VERY beta at the moment; we literally take the whole thing down about once a week. So if we know of some major problem, or we're down, we just don't let people on (since they'll have a bad experience).
You're right though that the prices are probably lower because of this. That's why we have a thing on our website that says "*Prices are from the sfcompute private beta and don’t represent normal market conditions."
If you'd like on anyway, I can let you on, just email me at evan at sfcompute, but it may literally break!
Also, I'm really impressed at how great your replies about your product are! You're a gem.
Yup, shall do!
> Also, I'm really impressed at how great your replies about your product are! You're a gem.
Thank you! :D
Its really not that hard to validate this claim, you can just rent for 4 hours at $1.50 - which is under $50
Also like I said, they are *not* the only one, shop around
I think you're right about the small private beta resulting in relatively low demand. But it's also a different value prop. If you need a large cluster for a reasonable period of time, you're not paying $1/hr. But if you can use the remnants of someone who contracted for a large allocation, but doesn't need part of it, they can offer it into the market and recoup what would otherwise just be wasted hours.
Currently they have some issues around stability, and spin up times are longer than ideal (ca. 15 min), but the team is super responsive and all of these are likely to be resolved in the near future. (No affiliation, just happy users rooting for the sfcompute team).