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, AI, and Compute.

Thunder Compute’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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37.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessPaidSelf serve
8 APIs
GPUCloudInfrastructureAICompute

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Composite quality — 37.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 13.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 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 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 1

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

Thunder Compute API

OPEN COLLECTION

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

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · 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/thundercompute.png
tags:
- GPU
- Cloud
- Infrastructure
- AI
- Compute
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
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: 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