machine0
Ranked 15 of 21 VPS hosts by recommenders
Persistent CPU and GPU cloud VMs with root access, per-minute billing and a CLI built for agents. Critics say pricing is unclear and the minimal API is not a strong moat.
Persistent CPU and GPU cloud VMs with root access, per-minute billing and a CLI built for agents. Critics say pricing is unclear and the minimal API is not a strong moat.
17 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 76%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Per-minute billing, cheaper compute
“The per-minute billing on persistent VMs solves a real gap between serverless and reserved instances.”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” “It's also a lot cheaper, especially for compute intensive workloads.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” Root access and GPU passthrough
“machine0 is a persistent VM you own: root, your own driver/CUDA/kernel, GPU passed straight through”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” “Very cool! I'll definitely check this out for auto-research like experiments, esp. with GPUs”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: machine0 – Persistent NixOS VMs You Control from the CLI” Easy to use with agents
“customers are happy to pay for agent first DX coupled with the performance and reliability you expect from an established cloud”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” “Great product super easy to use with claude code.”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: machine0 – Persistent NixOS VMs You Control from the CLI” Reliable VMs without DevOps
“customers are happy to pay for agent first DX coupled with the performance and reliability you expect from an established cloud”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” “just want to be able to spin up a powerful & reliable VM without worrying about DevOps”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pricing unclear or hidden
“If you’re gonna pretend to give pricing give pricing.”
Comment from 18 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI” “If you’d rather hide it, don’t throw out $0.013”
Comment from 19 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: machine0 (YC S26) – Persistent CPU and GPU VMs from the CLI”
Other VPS hosts people recommend
The four most recommended other VPS hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetzner | 415 | 212 | 66% | 13 | 5 yrs40 owners | — |
| DigitalOcean | 133 | 117 | 53% | 12 | 10 yrs15 owners | — |
| exe.dev | 115 | 56 | 67% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Hetzner Cloud | 99 | 28 | 78% | 12 | 3 yrs8 owners | Approved |
| machine0This page | 13 | 4 | 76% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
17 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The per-minute billing on persistent VMs solves a real gap between serverless and reserved instances.”
“If you’d rather hide it, don’t throw out $0.013”
“But your minimal API isn’t a great moat.”
“If you’re gonna pretend to give pricing give pricing.”
“machine0 is a persistent VM you own: root, your own driver/CUDA/kernel, GPU passed straight through”
“customers are happy to pay for agent first DX coupled with the performance and reliability you expect from an established cloud”
“This does the opposite (lock in with a specific vendor).”
“this certainly won't be cheap”
“It's also a lot cheaper, especially for compute intensive workloads.”
“just want to be able to spin up a powerful & reliable VM without worrying about DevOps”
“Very cool! I'll definitely check this out for auto-research like experiments, esp. with GPUs”
“you get code you can use to build on any nix box and you'll always get the same result”
“I'm so happy to be building this :)”
“So happy to see this, finally.”
“Great product, with great explanation”
“I'm happy to see this, and I have lots of thoughts about this.”
“Great product super easy to use with claude code.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.