RunPod vs Vast.ai vs Runcrate.

import Runcrate from "@runcrate/sdk";

const rc = new Runcrate({ apiKey: "rc_live_YOUR_API_KEY" });

// Deploy an H100 GPU instance in 60 seconds
const instance = await rc.instances.create({
  name: "my-gpu-instance",
  gpuType: "H100",
  gpuCount: 1,
  sshKeyId: "sk_...",
  template: "pytorch-cuda",
  storage: 100,
});

// Check availability and pricing
const gpuTypes = await rc.instances.listTypes({ gpuType: "A100" });
console.log(gpuTypes); // [{ hourlyRate: 1.06, region: "us-east", ... }]

// Get instance IP for SSH
const status = await rc.instances.getStatus(instance.id);
console.log("ssh root@" + status.ip);

// Or skip GPUs entirely — use the inference API
const response = await rc.chat.completions.create({
  model: "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});

// Manage storage
const volumes = await rc.storage.list();
console.log(volumes);

// Terminate when done — per-minute billing stops immediately
await rc.instances.terminate(instance.id);