Thunder Compute

Thunder Compute is a low-cost GPU cloud offering on-demand virtual GPU instances (T4, A6000, A100 80GB, L40, H100 PCIe) billed per minute. Developers provision and manage instances primarily through the tnr CLI, with a documented REST API at https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1 for creating, listing, modifying, and deleting instances, managing snapshots and SSH keys, and reading pricing/specs. A Terraform provider wraps the same API.

Thunder Compute publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Instances API, Pricing API, Snapshots API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include GPU, Cloud, Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, and Compute.

Thunder Compute’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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36.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

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Composite quality — 36.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.3 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.8 / 18

Access Clarity 7.1 / 18

Operational Transparency 4.0 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 6.2 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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APIs 8

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

Thunder Compute CLI (tnr)

The tnr command-line interface is the primary developer surface for Thunder Compute, wrapping the REST API to log in, create, connect to, snapshot, and delete GPU instances and ...

Thunder Compute Instances API

The Instances API from Thunder Compute — 6 operation(s) for instances.

Thunder Compute Pricing API

The Pricing API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for pricing.

Thunder Compute Snapshots API

The Snapshots API from Thunder Compute — 3 operation(s) for snapshots.

Thunder Compute Specs API

The Specs API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for specs.

Thunder Compute SSH Keys API

The SSH Keys API from Thunder Compute — 3 operation(s) for ssh keys.

Thunder Compute Templates API

The Templates API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for templates.

Thunder Compute Tokens API

The Tokens API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for tokens.

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Open Collections 9

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances Pricing API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances Snapshots API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances Specs API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances SSH Keys API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances Templates API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute Instances Tokens API

OPEN COLLECTION

Thunder Compute API

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Thundercompute Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thundercompute Rate Limits

3 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Thundercompute Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Thundercompute Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Thundercompute Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

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

Thundercompute Agentic Access

16 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: thundercompute
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thundercompute/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Thunder Compute
kind: company
description: Thunder Compute is a low-cost GPU cloud offering on-demand virtual GPU instances (T4, A6000, A100 80GB, L40,
  H100 PCIe) billed per minute. Developers provision and manage instances primarily through the tnr CLI, with a documented
  REST API at https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1 for creating, listing, modifying, and deleting instances, managing snapshots
  and SSH keys, and reading pricing/specs. A Terraform provider wraps the same API.
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thundercompute.png
tags:
- GPU
- Cloud
- Infrastructure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Compute
tags_raw:
- GPU
- Cloud
- Infrastructure
- AI
- Compute
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-cli
  name: Thunder Compute CLI (tnr)
  tags:
  - CLI
  - tnr
  - Developer Tools
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs/cli-reference
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs/cli-reference
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/Thunder-Compute/thunder-cli
    type: SourceCode
  description: The tnr command-line interface is the primary developer surface for Thunder Compute, wrapping the REST API
    to log in, create, connect to, snapshot, and delete GPU instances and transfer files. Authenticates with an API token
    set via TNR_API_TOKEN.
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-instances-api
  name: Thunder Compute Instances API
  description: The Instances API from Thunder Compute — 6 operation(s) for instances.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-instances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-pricing-api
  name: Thunder Compute Pricing API
  description: The Pricing API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for pricing.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Pricing
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-pricing-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-snapshots-api
  name: Thunder Compute Snapshots API
  description: The Snapshots API from Thunder Compute — 3 operation(s) for snapshots.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Snapshots
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-snapshots-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-specs-api
  name: Thunder Compute Specs API
  description: The Specs API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for specs.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Specs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-specs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-ssh-keys-api
  name: Thunder Compute SSH Keys API
  description: The SSH Keys API from Thunder Compute — 3 operation(s) for ssh keys.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - SSH Keys
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-ssh-keys-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-templates-api
  name: Thunder Compute Templates API
  description: The Templates API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for templates.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Templates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-templates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
- aid: thundercompute:thundercompute-tokens-api
  name: Thunder Compute Tokens API
  description: The Tokens API from Thunder Compute — 1 operation(s) for tokens.
  humanURL: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  baseURL: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/v1
  tags:
  - Tokens
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/thundercompute-tokens-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api.thundercompute.com:8443/openapi.json
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/thundercompute.opencollection.json
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/thundercompute-capability-edges.yml
  name: Thunder Compute Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/thundercompute-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thundercompute-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/thundercompute-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Thunder-Compute
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thunder-compute
- type: Website
  url: https://www.thundercompute.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs
- type: Plans
  url: plans/thundercompute-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/thundercompute-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/thundercompute-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.thundercompute.com/blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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