# Strong Compute

Official pricing: https://strongcompute.com  
Category: finops (GPU/LLM spend-management SaaS; legacy managed GPU training platform 'ISC') · Isolation: container

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Native product; see regime notes** (resource) [alt]

## Features

Yes: snapshots, fork/clone, pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), start from your own snapshot, your own Docker/OCI image, SSH, open internet, SOC 2, HIPAA, SSO, GPU, Python, EU data residency, spend limits, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, extra volumes, shared volumes

No: memory snapshots, idle auto-stop, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, public IPv4, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, static egress IP, self-hosting, BYOC, open source, arm64, Windows, macOS, Node.js, HTTP method/path egress rules, wake on request, live resize, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), inbound access rules, firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/strong-compute.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Public managed AI infrastructure; pricing page is sales-led, no verified per-resource tariff. Performance marketing is not a unit price. CPU/RAM/GPU/retention/egress total unknown.
- Current rendered homepage promotes an AI-spend management subscription $10,000/year; this is not a GPU rental price. Compute and agent tabs exist, but no verified all-in hardware tariff.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.

## How this provider charges


YC: Winter 2022; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/strong-compute

GPU orchestration / accelerated training

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native product; see regime notes | Incomplete or non-resource economics: rates remain null, never interpreted as free. | resource; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Unknown or native-unit billing; see facts below | https://strongcompute.com |
| Current applicable tariff unverified | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=None; included usage=$None; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://strongcompute.com |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://strongcompute.com |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://strongcompute.com |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://strongcompute.com |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://strongcompute.com |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Public managed AI infrastructure; pricing page is sales-led, no verified per-resource tariff. Performance marketing is not a unit price. CPU/RAM/GPU/retention/egress total unknown.
2. Current rendered homepage promotes an AI-spend management subscription $10,000/year; this is not a GPU rental price. Compute and agent tabs exist, but no verified all-in hardware tariff.

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

**Total: unknown.** This product does not publish a verified complete 4-vCPU/8-GiB tariff and/or the service bills a different unit. Fifty concurrent instances and eight-hour sessions are not automatically supported. Neither 30% utilization nor retained snapshots can be converted into free resources. Use the native plan terms above and request the missing CPU/RAM, retention, egress and concurrency quote.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/strong-compute

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.