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How the platform works
ComputeCubed is a two-sided compute marketplace. Providers attach Linux machines to a managed cluster and choose which capacity can be rented. Renters select an advertised allocation and receive either a private workspace or a Kubernetes namespace. ComputeCubed coordinates identity, connectivity, allocation, lifecycle, and billing while the provider retains responsibility for reliable hardware and the renter retains responsibility for their workloads and data.
The five objects to know
Cluster
A provider-owned capacity boundary with a declared accelerator family: CPU-only, NVIDIA, or AMD.
Node
A Linux machine joined to one cluster and tracked through connectivity, inventory, benchmark, and readiness states.
Listing
A versioned offer that describes scope, allowed rental modes, resource ranges, prices, and the last date for new contracts.
Rental
A renter’s accepted allocation. Its complete accepted price and end date are recorded at launch and remain fixed for that rental.
Wallet
Rental Balance pays for usage; Earnings Balance receives provider proceeds. The balances are intentionally separate.
A complete lifecycle
- 01
Onboard
Create an account, accept the current Terms when prompted, add an SSH public key if you will rent workspaces, and complete provider preparation if you will supply hardware. - 02
Supply
Create a cluster, join one or more nodes, wait for inventory and benchmarks, then publish a node or cluster listing. - 03
Discover
Renters search live node and cluster listings and compare real hardware, uptime, software, network, disk, and benchmark data. - 04
Allocate
The renter chooses a supported mode, resources, GPUs, image, and—where required—a pinned node. Capacity is checked again at launch. - 05
Use and settle
Access is private over WireGuard. Billing starts when capacity is usable, pauses for detected node outages, and settles when the rental ends.
What is covered
The provider guides cover prerequisites, cluster and node onboarding, validation, listings, pricing, active-rental obligations, delisting, maintenance, earnings, and removal. The renter guides cover marketplace evaluation, workspace and namespace modes, SSH keys, workspace images, WireGuard, SSH tunnels, kubeconfig access, current cost, ending rentals, and reviews. Billing has its own end-to-end guide because money moves through several distinct stages. Selected accounts also have a public API guide for key management and supported automation.
Product behavior changes. The Console remains authoritative for the controls currently available to your account, and the price confirmation shown before launch is authoritative for a new contract.
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