Decentralised Compute evaluated across a fetchable price per GPU-hour, supply that is verified rather than self-reported, published utilisation and live availability, and recourse when a provider vanishes mid-job.
Ranked here: decentralised compute networks that supply the GPU capacity you need, compared on a fetchable price per GPU-hour, verified supply, utilisation and recourse if a provider vanishes. Not ranked here: anything other than a decentralised compute network that supplies GPU capacity.
#1 of 7 · published ranking
Akash Network
79ChainChoice Score
4199
Why it leads
Akash Network scores higher than everything else in this ranking on its dc supply verification and its dc utilisation disclosure.
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Best in this ranking on dc supply verification and dc utilisation disclosure
Cost
$245 your cost/yr · Usage per month: 10
ReviewedNext review by Published Methodology v2026.11.1
How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means every product ranked on this page was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
No provider can pay for a position in this table. The code that computes this order cannot read which links carry a referral code, and every build proves it. Every score below rebuilds from the published criteria.Ranking v2026.11.1 · 4 criteria · 7 products · same inputs, same order
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What decentralised compute cost you
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Metered usage beyond whatever the plan includes, for a year. Excludes egress, support tiers and enterprise minimums.
Published Utilisation and Live Availability — 9/10Trade-off: The entire network was 426 GPUs at the 15 September 2026 read, and H100 capacity is 6...
79score
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NosanaSolana GPU marketplace publishing per-m...
Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour — 8/10Trade-off: The flagship H100 tier is advertised at '$1.500/h' against '0 / 0 hosts' — the enterp...
75score
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Nosana · nosana.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
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io.netSolana GPU aggregator; public explorer...
Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour — 5/10Trade-off: io.net's own pages disagree on the H100 floor: $1.19/hr on the explorer and the /clou...
62score
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io.net · io.net. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
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FLFluenceCPU cloud that added GPU containers Oct...
Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour — 5/10Trade-off: The 'up to 85%' headline sits beside hyperscaler baselines for the H200 ('AWS Cloud $...
59score
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Fluence · fluence.ai. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
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AethirEnterprise GPU-as-a-service; one public...
Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour — 4/10Trade-off: 'Robust SLAs' appears on the enterprise page without a percentage or credit tier atta...
55score
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Aethir · enterprise.aethir.com. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
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Verified vs Self-Reported Supply — 3/10Trade-off: The newest dated item on golem.network's homepage is still 23 May 2022 and its footer...
53score
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Golem Network · golem.network. Provider links appear once we know which country you are browsing from: ChainChoice links to providers only where it serves in full.
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1 more assessed and ranked below — none of them hidden for commercial reasons.
Ranked on 4 published criteria weighted 30/30/20/20, which set goal alignment — 30 of the 86 points. The rest: regional access 20 (constant here), evidence depth 18 (constant here), ease of use 10 (constant here), institutional trust 8 (constant here). Profile match is shown in breakdowns but carries no weight.
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
Scored by Recourse When a Provider Vanishes Mid-Job · 20% (Akash Network 3/10, Nosana 2/10, io.net 2/10)
Information failure: the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.
Scored by Verified vs Self-Reported Supply · 30% (Akash Network 7/10, Nosana 6/10, io.net 4/10)
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour (30%), Published Utilisation and Live Availability (20%).
Audit
Infrastructure
Methodology
2026.11.1
published 10 November 2026
Providers tracked
860+
across 121 categories
Last verified
3 November 2026
newest dated pricing or sentiment read
Named on the roster
2 people
managing directors · 6 automated processes
Decision guide
What matters most before choosing in this category
The best compute network depends on whether you can get a price at all. Start with the two things this page scores hardest: can you fetch a price per GPU-hour without a sales call, and is the advertised supply verified or self-reported. Utilisation matters next — a large fleet sitting mostly idle can still be unavailable in the GPU class you need — and last, what recourse you have when a provider vanishes mid-job, which is the failure this market actually produces.
How long does a single job run, and can it restart if a provider drops out?
Do you need a specific GPU class, and is it actually available today?
What recourse do you have if a supplier vanishes mid-job?
Current engine lead
The #1 overall and the scoring weights
Akash NetworkData checked Nov 2026
Cosmos-based compute marketplace; live GPU prices and inventory via public API
Cosmos-based compute marketplace; live GPU prices and inventory via public API. Strongest on published utilisation and live availability (9/10): Akash's public console API lists live allocated-versus-allocatable counts per GPU model and network-wide (424 GPUs, 319 allocated; H100 45 of 69 allocated), checkable before committing. Two small models show more allocated than allocatable (RTX 4090 7 of 4). Weakest on recourse when a provider vanishes mid-job (3/10): Akash documents that a provider can close a lease and that unused escrow then returns to the renter. It publishes no network uptime percentage and no service credits; the 99.9% uptime figure in its docs is an example provider attribute, not a network commitment. Published price: Live from Akash's own console API, /v1/gpu-prices (fetched 3 Nov 2026, 14:14 UTC; a live feed of provider bids that moves between fetches), USD per GPU-hour: h100 80Gi SXM5 "min":2.04,"max":3.16,"avg":2.58,"weightedAverage":2.73,"med":2.56 (4 providers, 69…
Best forPublished Utilisation and Live Availability — 9/10
Main tradeoffThe entire network was 426 GPUs at the 15 September 2026 read, and H100 capacity is 69 cards held by four providers. One operator withdrawing is a double-digit-percent capacity event, and there is no reservation or queue mechanism to protect an in-flight workload. Rates are bands of provider bids (h100 $2.04–$3.16/hr), not one firm rate.
Verify before signupLive from Akash's own console API, /v1/gpu-prices (fetched 3 Nov 2026, 14:14 UTC; a live feed of provider bids that moves between fetches), USD per GPU-hour: h100 80Gi SXM5 "min":2.04,"max":3.16,"avg":2.58,"weightedAverage":2.73,"med":2.56 (4 providers, 69 cards / 25 available); a100 80Gi SXM4 "min":1.07,"max":1.91 with "med":1.49 (200 cards / 35 available); pro6000se 96Gi "min":1.52,"max":2.09 (81 cards / 25 available); rtx4090 24Gi "min":0.36 (4 cards / 0 available); rtx5090 32Gi "min":0.57; b300 288Gi listed at "min":0.23 with 16 cards / 0 available. No h200 entry in the feed. 24 NVIDIA model entries, two (gtx1050ti, rtx3090ti) with "price":null. Network-wide "total":424,"available":114 (arithmetic: (424 - 114) / 424 = about 73% leased). No plan or monthly fee is published; deployments docs: "Provider is automatically paid per block from escrow in ACT".
Weighted criteria
Fetchable Price Per GPU-Hour30%
Verified vs Self-Reported Supply30%
Published Utilisation and Live Availability20%
Recourse When a Provider Vanishes Mid-Job20%
Methodology
How this category is reviewed
Reviewed on a fetchable price per GPU-hour, supply verified against the network's own API, published utilisation, and recourse when a provider vanishes mid-job.
The order on this page is the published ranking for this category. Every criterion, weight and source behind it is on the methodology page.
Frequently asked
Questions people ask before choosing compute
Why are advertised node counts not scored?
Because they are self-reported, and this category has a documented history of inflated supply. What is scored is the number the network's own API returns today, against the price you can fetch for it.
Is idle capacity the same as available capacity?
No. A large fleet sitting mostly idle can still be unavailable in the GPU class you need, which is why published utilisation is scored separately from raw supply.
What happens when a permissionless supplier disappears?
That is the criterion. A permissionless marketplace has no SLA behind an individual supplier, so what matters is whether the network re-schedules your job, refunds you, or leaves you to notice.
Reviewed3 November 2026Method4 criteriaCategorydecentralised_compute
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