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Nebius GPU rental

Ranked 6 of 6 GPU clouds by recommenders

People recommend it for large memory and good pricing on RTX Pro 6000 GPU rentals. Critics question its AI infrastructure claims and say it was among the most broken services they tried.

People recommend it for large memory and good pricing on RTX Pro 6000 GPU rentals. Critics question its AI infrastructure claims and say it was among the most broken services they tried.

8 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
3
approval share
63%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 4 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
  • Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.

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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

  • Large memory and good pricing

    “I like the large memory and pricing I'm getting at Nebius for RTX Pro 6000”

    Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Reliability problems reported by one critic

    “I think most broken were Nebius and DigitalOcean”

    Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “MiMo v2.6”
  • Questions its AI infrastructure framing

    “"AI infrastructure" means just that they rent out GPUs they bought for themselves and did not find a use?”

    Comment from 13 Oct 2026 in “3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit”
  • Legal counsel vetoed its use

    “legal counsel veto'd them for this reason”

    Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure”

Other GPU clouds people recommend

The four most recommended other GPU clouds, 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.

Nebius GPU rental compared with 4 alternatives
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RunPod28585%11—Approved
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What people said

4 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“"AI infrastructure" means just that they rent out GPUs they bought for themselves and did not find a use?”

CriticizesComment from 13 Oct 2026 in “3rd Yandex Cloud Data Center Was Hit”

“I like the large memory and pricing I'm getting at Nebius for RTX Pro 6000”

RecommendsComment from 4 Oct 2026 in “Run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next (125B) on consumer hardware (RTX 4090) at 100T/s”

“I think most broken were Nebius and DigitalOcean”

CriticizesComment from 22 Sep 2026 in “MiMo v2.6”

“legal counsel veto'd them for this reason”

CriticizesComment from 23 Feb 2026 in “I tried building my startup entirely on European infrastructure”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.