# Nscale

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nscale/  
**Website:** https://www.nscale.com  
**APIs profiled:** 5

Nscale is an AI/GPU cloud that pairs serverless, OpenAI-compatible inference with on-demand GPU compute. The Serverless Inference API serves open models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, GPT OSS, Mistral, Flux) at https://inference.api.nscale.com/v1 with pay-per-token billing, while the platform API provisions GPU clusters, compute instances, networks, and storage.

## Kin Score — 42.1 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 42.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 66.2 |
| Governance | 11.4 |
| Contract Governance | 11.4 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 30.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **Nscale Chat API** — OpenAI-compatible chat completions.
- **Nscale Completions API** — OpenAI-compatible legacy text completions.
- **Nscale Embeddings API** — Vector embeddings of text input.
- **Nscale Images API** — Text-to-image generation.
- **Nscale Models API** — Model catalog discovery.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nscale Agentic Access** — 6 operations · 4 acting

## Security (2)

- **Nscale Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Nscale Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Nscale Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Artificial Intelligence, GPU, Inference, Serverless, Cloud Compute

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nscale/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.