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A Vast.ai alternative for Windows design work.

Vast.ai rents GPU containers and virtual machines, mostly Linux, that you reach by SSH and set up yourself. Coreframe rents a ready-to-work Windows desktop with a dedicated RTX GPU and your design software installed: you open D5, Revit or Blender and work.

By the Coreframe Cloud team · Updated

The short answer.

If you train models or run containers from a terminal, Vast.ai is built for that. If you open design software and work in it, you want a ready-to-work cloud virtual workstation: Windows, the GPU, the drivers and the applications already there, ready in four clicks and billed per minute, from $1.49/hr with no GST.

Side by side.

What it isCoreframe: A ready-to-work cloud virtual workstation: a full Windows desktop with a dedicated NVIDIA RTX GPUVast.ai: A GPU cloud marketplace: capacity comes from many hosts, from community providers to data centres
Operating systemCoreframe: Windows, set up and maintained for youVast.ai: Linux: Docker containers by default, or virtual machines from Ubuntu templates
How you connectCoreframe: The Coreframe Connect app for Windows streams the desktop; four clicks to launchVast.ai: SSH, Jupyter or a custom entrypoint (virtual machines by SSH)
SoftwareCoreframe: D5 Render, Twinmotion, Unreal Engine and Blender preinstalled; Revit, 3ds Max, SketchUp Pro, Lumion and Enscape on your own licenceVast.ai: The image or template you pick; you install and configure the rest
Your filesCoreframe: Kept on your project drive between sessions; an optional persistent workstation keeps your own Windows diskVast.ai: Container storage and persistent volumes; storage is charged while an instance is stopped
BillingCoreframe: Per minute from when you connect, from a prepaid wallet in US dollars; preparing the workstation is freeVast.ai: Per second while an instance runs, from prepaid credits; storage and data transfer are billed separately
Where it runsCoreframe: A Tier III data centre in India; all customer data stays in IndiaVast.ai: Depends on the host you pick
Built forCoreframe: Architects, interior designers, 3D artists and engineers who open design software and work in itVast.ai: AI training, inference and development, containers and scripted jobs

Vast.ai facts read from vast.ai and docs.vast.ai on 1 November 2026. Their prices vary by host, so none are quoted here.

Choose Vast.ai if you train models.

Training or fine-tuning a model, serving inference, running Docker containers or a scripted batch job all work best on a Linux machine you control from a terminal, with the image of your choice. Vast.ai is built for that, with a wide choice of GPUs and hosts and per-second billing. Coreframe has no SSH and no Linux image, so for that work we would point you to a GPU cloud like Vast.ai.

Choose Coreframe if you open design software.

Design work is interactive: you orbit the model, change a material and watch the render resolve. That needs a Windows desktop with a display driver and the application installed, not a terminal. On Coreframe the preinstalled software is there before you connect, licensed applications run on your own licence, your files stay on your project drive between sessions, and the workstation is hosted in a Tier III data centre in India.

What a workstation costs here.

From $1.49/hr, with no GST. Billed per minute from when you connect, not per whole hour. Preparing the workstation and uploads are free. If you don't connect within 10 minutes of your workstation being ready, it shuts down and those 10 minutes are charged. If a connection fails on our side, nothing is charged. Every GPU and its price.

Questions.

Is Coreframe a Vast.ai alternative?

For Windows design work, yes. Vast.ai rents GPU containers and virtual machines, mostly Linux, that you reach by SSH or Jupyter and set up yourself. Coreframe rents a ready-to-work Windows desktop with a dedicated NVIDIA RTX GPU and design software installed, streamed to your own PC through the Coreframe Connect app. For AI training and containers, Vast.ai is the better fit.

Can I run Revit, 3ds Max or SketchUp on Vast.ai?

Those are Windows applications. Vast.ai's documented images are Linux containers and Ubuntu virtual machines, so you would have to find or build a Windows setup and a remote desktop yourself. On Coreframe they run on a standard Windows desktop with your own licence, signed in as on a new PC.

Which is cheaper?

It depends on the job. Vast.ai prices vary by host and GPU and are often low for headless compute. Coreframe charges from $1.49/hr with no GST, per minute from when you connect, with the desktop, drivers and design software included, so no hours go on setting up a machine. Compare the hours you would spend installing and configuring as well as the hourly rate.

Where is my data on Coreframe?

In India. Coreframe's GPU workstations are hosted in a Tier III data centre in India, and all infrastructure and customer data stay in India. Customers anywhere in the world use the same workstations.

Do I need a Linux or command-line background to use Coreframe?

No. You install the Coreframe Connect app for Windows, sign in, pick a GPU and launch. The desktop appears in about two minutes. There is no SSH, no terminal and no image to build.

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