On-Demand vs Spot

Clore.ai offers two rental types with different trade-offs. This guide helps you choose the right one.

Quick Comparison

Feature	On-Demand	Spot
Guaranteed access	✅ Yes	❌ No
Can be interrupted	❌ No	✅ Yes (outbid)
Base fee	10%	2.5%
Fee with PoH	5%	1.8%
Best for	Training, rendering	Mining, batch jobs

On-Demand Rental

How It Works

• You pay a fixed price for guaranteed GPU access

• No one can take over your rental

• Runs for your specified duration (6h - 3000h)

Best Use Cases

• ML/AI training - Long training runs that can't be interrupted

• 3D rendering - Projects with deadlines

• Development - When you need reliable access

• Production workloads - Critical tasks

Pros

• Guaranteed uptime

• Predictable costs

• No risk of interruption

Cons

• Higher fees (10% vs 2.5%)

• Less flexible pricing

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Spot Rental

How It Works

• You bid a price for GPU access

• Other users can outbid you at any time

• If outbid, your rental ends and you stop paying

Best Use Cases

• Cryptocurrency mining - Can handle interruptions

• Batch processing - Jobs that can be restarted

• Testing - Quick experiments

• Fault-tolerant workloads - With checkpoint/resume

Pros

• Much lower fees (2.5% vs 10%)

• Cost-effective for flexible workloads

• Good for price-sensitive users

Cons

• Can be interrupted anytime

• Not suitable for critical tasks

• Need to handle interruptions in your workflow

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When to Use Each

Choose On-Demand when:

• ✅ Your task cannot be interrupted

• ✅ You have a deadline

• ✅ Training a model that doesn't checkpoint well

• ✅ Running production services

• ✅ You need guaranteed availability

Choose Spot when:

• ✅ Your workload can handle interruptions

• ✅ You're mining cryptocurrency

• ✅ Running batch jobs with checkpointing

• ✅ Cost is your primary concern

• ✅ You're doing quick tests or experiments

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Cost Example

Renting a GPU at 10 CLORE/day for 7 days:

Type	Base Cost	Fee	Total
On-Demand	70 CLORE	7 CLORE (10%)	77 CLORE
Spot	70 CLORE	1.75 CLORE (2.5%)	71.75 CLORE

Savings with Spot: 5.25 CLORE (6.8%)

With PoH (2M+ CLORE):

Type	Base Cost	Fee	Total
On-Demand	70 CLORE	3.5 CLORE (5%)	73.5 CLORE
Spot	70 CLORE	1.26 CLORE (1.8%)	71.26 CLORE

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Tips

1. Start with Spot for testing, switch to On-Demand for production

2. Use checkpointing if using Spot for training

3. Monitor your Spot rentals - set up alerts for when you're outbid

4. Hold CLORE in PoH to reduce fees on both types