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San Francisco Compute Company

San Francisco Compute Company (SF Compute) operates a market for buying short-duration time on H100 and H200 GPU clusters with no long-term contracts. Customers reserve VM nodes for any quantity, duration, and start time through the sf CLI and the sfcompute.com Orders API, with managed Slurm and bare-metal clusters available by request.

San Francisco Compute Company publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Images API, Money API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include AI, Cloud, Clusters, Compute, and GPU.

San Francisco Compute Company’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, signup flow, pricing, engineering blog, changelog, support, and 13 more developer resources.

45.5/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try
7 APIs 6 Features
AICloudClustersComputeGPUMachine LearningMarketplaceTraining

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 45.5/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.6 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.5 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

SF Compute Orders API

The SF Compute Orders API is the REST control plane for placing, listing, and managing orders that reserve GPU node-hours on H100 and H200 clusters. Orders specify node count, d...

San Francisco Compute Company Account API

The Account API from San Francisco Compute Company — 4 operation(s) for account.

San Francisco Compute Company Images API

The Images API from San Francisco Compute Company — 5 operation(s) for images.

San Francisco Compute Company Money API

The Money API from San Francisco Compute Company — 4 operation(s) for money.

San Francisco Compute Company Nodes API

The Nodes API from San Francisco Compute Company — 6 operation(s) for nodes.

San Francisco Compute Company Orders API

The Orders API from San Francisco Compute Company — 2 operation(s) for orders.

San Francisco Compute Company VMs API

The VMs API from San Francisco Compute Company — 5 operation(s) for vms.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

SF Compute API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Sf Compute Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 6

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Market-Based GPU Pricing

Per-node hourly pricing fluctuates with supply and demand, with no long-term contracts.

Flexible Node Reservations

Reserve any number of H100 or H200 nodes for custom durations and start times.

Managed Slurm Clusters

Slurm-scheduled clusters available on request for larger training jobs.

Bare Metal Clusters

Direct bare-metal access for advanced workloads on request.

Hardware Failure Refunds

Automatic refunds for failed nodes with hardware-level monitoring.

Cancel Anytime

Cancel or resell unused capacity without penalty.

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Sf Compute Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Sf Compute Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Sf Compute Agentic Access

32 operations · 14 acting

32 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: sf-compute
name: San Francisco Compute Company
description: San Francisco Compute Company (SF Compute) operates a market for buying short-duration time on H100 and H200
  GPU clusters with no long-term contracts. Customers reserve VM nodes for any quantity, duration, and start time through
  the sf CLI and the sfcompute.com Orders API, with managed Slurm and bare-metal clusters available by request.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/sf-compute.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sf-compute/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Producer
tags:
- AI
- Cloud
- Clusters
- Compute
- GPU
- Machine Learning
- Marketplace
- Training
apis:
- aid: sf-compute:orders-api
  name: SF Compute Orders API
  description: The SF Compute Orders API is the REST control plane for placing, listing, and managing orders that reserve
    GPU node-hours on H100 and H200 clusters. Orders specify node count, duration, and start time. Authentication uses bearer
    tokens generated via the sf CLI.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Clusters
  - GPU
  - H100
  - H200
  - Orders
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.sfcompute.com
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-account-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company Account API
  description: The Account API from San Francisco Compute Company — 4 operation(s) for account.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-images-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company Images API
  description: The Images API from San Francisco Compute Company — 5 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-images-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-money-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company Money API
  description: The Money API from San Francisco Compute Company — 4 operation(s) for money.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Money
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-money-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-nodes-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company Nodes API
  description: The Nodes API from San Francisco Compute Company — 6 operation(s) for nodes.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-nodes-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-orders-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company Orders API
  description: The Orders API from San Francisco Compute Company — 2 operation(s) for orders.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-orders-api-openapi.yml
- aid: sf-compute:sf-compute-vms-api
  name: San Francisco Compute Company VMs API
  description: The VMs API from San Francisco Compute Company — 5 operation(s) for vms.
  humanURL: https://docs.sfcompute.com
  baseURL: https://api.sfcompute.com/v0
  tags:
  - VMs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/sf-compute-vms-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/sf-compute-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/sf-compute-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/sf-compute-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://sfcompute.com
- type: Developer
  url: https://docs.sfcompute.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.sfcompute.com
- type: Signup
  url: https://sfcompute.com/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://sfcompute.com/signin
- type: Pricing
  url: https://sfcompute.com/prices
- type: Blog
  url: https://sfcompute.com/blog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://sfcompute.com/changelog
- type: Support
  url: https://sfcompute.com/contact
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sf-compute
- name: sf CLI
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute/cli
  type: CLI
- name: Nodes API Go SDK
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute/nodes-go
  type: SDKs
- name: Nodes API TypeScript SDK
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute/nodes-typescript
  type: SDKs
- name: SFC Go SDK
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute/sfc-go
  type: SDKs
- name: SFC TypeScript SDK
  url: https://github.com/sfcompute/sfc-sdk-typescript
  type: SDKs
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Market-Based GPU Pricing
    description: Per-node hourly pricing fluctuates with supply and demand, with no long-term contracts.
  - name: Flexible Node Reservations
    description: Reserve any number of H100 or H200 nodes for custom durations and start times.
  - name: Managed Slurm Clusters
    description: Slurm-scheduled clusters available on request for larger training jobs.
  - name: Bare Metal Clusters
    description: Direct bare-metal access for advanced workloads on request.
  - name: Hardware Failure Refunds
    description: Automatic refunds for failed nodes with hardware-level monitoring.
  - name: Cancel Anytime
    description: Cancel or resell unused capacity without penalty.
- type: GPUs
  data:
  - name: NVIDIA H100
    description: 80GB Hopper GPU nodes available with market-based pricing (around $1.97/hr average).
  - name: NVIDIA H200
    description: 141GB HBM3e Hopper GPU nodes available for hourly and longer-term rental.
  - name: NVIDIA B300
    description: Blackwell Ultra GPU nodes listed as upcoming on the SF Compute roadmap.
- type: Customers
  data:
  - name: NVIDIA
  - name: Roboflow
  - name: Datology
  - name: Liquid AI
  - name: MIT
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.sfcompute.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com