Getting started 2 min read updated 2026-09-03
Quickstart
Five minutes from nothing to a GPU shell prompt. No card, no KYC — an email, a password and a few dollars of crypto.
1 · Create an account
Open the console, choose email + password, pass the anti-bot check. There is no confirmation email and no trial paperwork — the account exists immediately. New accounts start with a $0.00 balance.
2 · Top up credits
Billing → Add credits. Pick an amount ($30 minimum — plenty for a first session) and a coin — USDT (TRC-20 or ERC-20), BTC, XMR, LTC, ETH, TRX or SOL. Send the exact amount shown to the generated address; the payment page tracks confirmation live and credits land automatically. TRON and Solana confirm in seconds, Bitcoin takes 10–30 minutes.
Send on the network shown on the payment page. USDT on the wrong network is the one mistake support cannot always undo.
3 · Deploy a GPU
The console home is the offer search. Filter by GPU (say, RTX 4090 at $0.262/hr), pick a machine, hit Deploy:
- Template — PyTorch for a first run (Jupyter + SSH included);
- Disk — 50 GB is enough to start (billed $0.08/GB/mo, per second);
- Mode — on-demand for interactive work; interruptible is −50% for jobs that can pause.
Deploys need a balance of at least $0.10. The instance reaches running in about 30 seconds for cached templates.
4 · Connect
The instance page lists every mapped port with copyable endpoints:
# SSH (key added at deploy, or web terminal in the console)
ssh root@i-9f2c41ab.powergpu.io -p 2201
# Jupyter — open the mapped 8888 link, token shown on the instance page
nvidia-smi # your GPU, your prompt5 · Stop or destroy
Two different verbs, two different bills:
| Action | GPU billing | Disk billing | Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | ends that second | continues | kept — restart anytime |
| Destroy | ends | ends | gone (volumes survive) |
Balance hits zero? Running instances stop automatically and you get an email — nothing is destroyed. Details in billing.
Where next
- Instance lifecycle — states, actions, interruptions;
- Volumes — storage that outlives instances;
- REST API & CLI — script everything you just clicked.