RunPod alternative
RunPod routes crypto through payment processors and asks for any required KYC first. AnchorGPU rents dedicated cards for a fixed 7 or 30 days, funds accounts on-chain in BTC, XMR, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL or LTC, and needs a username, not an ID. A 30-day H100 SXM is $1,352 ($1.88 per hour of the term); the same 720 hours at RunPod's on-demand rates cost $1,936.80 to $2,512.80.
Create your account, deposit from $20, credited in about one minute.
The offer
USD per card, per term.
You rent one dedicated GPU for exactly 7 or 30 consecutive days: 15 models from the RTX A5000 (24 GB) to the B200 (180 GB) and AMD MI300X (192 GB), in nodes of 1, 2, 4 or 8 cards in Dallas, Ashburn and Portland.
The benefit is a budget that holds: one debit per term when the deployment is accepted, no repricing mid-term, and a lower price on every card as the node grows.
| Node | 7 days | 30 days | Node discount | Per card-hour, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1× H100 SXM | $380 | $1,352 | 0% | $1.88 |
| 2× H100 SXM | $722 | $2,569 | 5% | $1.78 |
| 4× H100 SXM | $1,398 | $4,975 | 8% | $1.73 |
| 8× H100 SXM | $2,736 | $9,734 | 10% | $1.69 |
Why choose AnchorGPU
Seven assets fund your balance on-chain, Monero included, each with a published confirmation count; deposits start at $20 and are credited within about a minute once the network confirmations are reached. No processor account and no identity check sit between your wallet and your balance, while RunPod asks for any required KYC before the first crypto payment. See every asset and network.
Signup is a username, a password of 12 to 128 characters and eight one-time recovery codes. No email, phone, selfie or ID. RunPod's privacy policy lists name, email and phone as contact data. Fewer identifiers, less to link. How no-KYC rental works.
One charge per term, never repriced, and renewals reuse the accepted price. RunPod's Pod discount is a 3- or 6-month savings plan paid upfront; here a fixed month needs no such commitment. Price your node.
192 GB of HBM3 per card means fewer cards per model: $360 per 7 days or $1,272 per 30 days, and $9,158 for an 8× node after the 10% node discount. MI300X specs and node prices.
RunPod stops every running Pod at a $0 balance and terminates Pods without a network volume. Here the term is prepaid, so no balance drains mid-run; at expiry without renewal the node stops, and a 72-hour grace window lets you renew before release. Read the instance lifecycle.
An AnchorGPU H100 SXM card comes with 24 vCPU, 192 GB of RAM and 3.84 TB of local NVMe. RunPod's H100 SXM Pod lists 20 vCPU and 125 GB of RAM, with disk from $0.10/GB per month. Checkpoints fit at no extra charge. See the H100 SXM configuration.
Facts
Every figure is from the published catalog and docs.
| Item | What you get |
|---|---|
| Price unit | Per dedicated card, in USD, for exactly 7 or 30 consecutive days |
| Minimum | One card for 7 days, from $44 (RTX A5000, 24 GB) |
| Minimum deposit | $20 (USD 20 equivalent in crypto) |
| Node sizes | 1, 2, 4 or 8 cards; 0, 5, 8 or 10% off every card |
| Availability | Available — deposit from $20, credited in about one minute |
| Regions | Dallas (US-TX-1), Ashburn (US-VA-1), Portland (US-OR-1) |
| Crypto assets and networks | BTC on Bitcoin (1 confirmation), ETH on Ethereum (12), USDT on TRC-20 (19), USDC on ERC-20 (12), XMR on Monero (10), SOL on Solana (32), LTC on Litecoin (6); credited within about a minute once the network confirmations are reached |
| KYC scope | Never asked at signup: legal name, address, email, phone, selfie, ID. Recorded: username, password hash, SSH keys, API-key hashes, ledger and deposit records. Still applies: Acceptable Use Policy, valid legal process |
| Charge timing | Full term debited once from your USD balance when the deployment is accepted or starts |
| Fees | No setup fee; $0 deposit fee in the quote; blockchain network fees paid by the sender |
| Options, per term | Per 7 / 30 days: IPv4 $3 / $10 · extra 10 TB bandwidth $12 / $39 · extra 1 TB NVMe $9 / $29 · private VLAN $25 / $85 |
| Provisioning time | 20 to 90 minutes depending on configuration |
| Key conditions | No hourly meter; stopping does not pause the term; no prorated refund for early release; auto-renew off by default |
Detail behind each row: billing ledger, crypto FAQ, terms.
Head to head
RunPod: public on-demand Pod rates × 720 hours.
| GPU | AnchorGPU, 30 days | Per hour of term | RunPod Secure, 720 h | RunPod Community, 720 h | AnchorGPU cheaper above (Secure / Community) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM | $1,352 | $1.88 | $2,512.80 ($3.49/h) | $1,936.80 ($2.69/h) | 388 h / 503 h |
| H200 SXM | $1,832 | $2.54 | $3,304.80 ($4.59/h) | $2,584.80 ($3.59/h) | 400 h / 511 h |
| B200 SXM | $3,112 | $4.32 | $4,888.80 ($6.79/h) | $4,305.60 ($5.98/h) | 459 h / 521 h |
| A100 SXM | $792 | $1.10 | $1,144.80 ($1.59/h) | $1,000.80 ($1.39/h) | 499 h / 570 h |
| L40S | $416 | $0.58 | $784.80 ($1.09/h) | $568.80 ($0.79/h) | 382 h / 527 h |
| RTX 4090 | $312 | $0.43 | $532.80 ($0.74/h) | $244.80 ($0.34/h) | 422 h / not within 30 days |
| MI300X | $1,272 | $1.77 | Not listed | Not listed | No RunPod price |
Above 570 hours in 30 days (19 hours a day), the fixed term beats both RunPod tiers on every card here except the RTX 4090; against Secure Cloud alone, from 382 to 499 hours.
| Criterion | AnchorGPU | RunPod |
|---|---|---|
| Crypto payment route | On-chain, 7 assets on named networks | Integrated payment processors; coins not published |
| Identity for crypto | None requested; the account is a username | “Complete any required KYC verification before your first crypto payment” |
| Monero (XMR) | Yes, 10 confirmations | Not published |
| Account data | Username, password, 8 recovery codes | Privacy policy lists name, email and phone among contact data collected; Google or GitHub login |
| Billing unit | Fixed 7- or 30-day term, charged once | Per second, from prepaid credits |
| Shortest discounted commitment | 7 days; node discount up to 10% | Savings plans: 3 or 6 months upfront |
| Data transfer | Extra 10 TB: $12/week, $39/month | No ingress or egress fees |
| Regions | 3 in the US | 31 worldwide |
Run the numbers on your node
Pick card, node size and term; the quote shows the full USD total before any charge.
Fair comparison
Bottom line. RunPod for elasticity; AnchorGPU for multi-day runs paid in crypto, on an account with no email, phone or ID.
Migration checklist
Export last month's RunPod usage. Above the crossover hours, a fixed term costs less.
The H100 SXM, H200, B200, A100 SXM, L40S and RTX 4090 are on both price lists; the MI300X only here. Pick 1, 2, 4 or 8 cards, and 7 days for a pilot or 30 for steady runs.
Pull your containers onto a standard image and copy weights to local NVMe, with a backup elsewhere.
Choose a username, store the eight recovery codes offline, and add an Ed25519 or ECDSA P-256 SSH key. Automation uses the /api/v1 API with bearer keys.
Price the node; availability is confirmed in your account for your order before any payment is requested.
Step-by-step setup: quickstart guide and SSH access.
Before you switch
The published card price plus chosen options: an H100 SXM month is $1,352, plus $10 for a dedicated IPv4 if needed. No setup fee, and an active term is never repriced. Every price is on the pricing page and in the catalog reference.
The blockchain network fee, paid by the sender. Prices are set in USD, the quote shows a $0 deposit fee, and the crypto amount is an indicative, time-stamped conversion of the USD total. The minimum deposit is $20. Crypto payment FAQ.
You create the account and price the node; availability is confirmed in your account for that order before any payment is requested. A quote alone does not reserve capacity.
Your crypto deposit is credited within about a minute once the network confirmations are reached; provisioning time is 20 to 90 minutes depending on configuration, not promised in advance. Plan deadline-bound runs around it.
Releasing a healthy instance early brings no prorated refund, so start with 7 days when unsure. A failed deployment or duplicate debit is corrected with a compensating ledger entry.
You see every term before you pay: deposit from $20, credited in about one minute is requested, the USD total is quoted before any charge, and the rules for term debits, renewal prices, the grace window and ledger corrections are published in the billing ledger guide. Help is self-service: documentation, FAQ and status page.
Our recommendation
You pay in crypto and want an account without email, phone or ID, a card will run most of the month, you need an MI300X, H200 or B200 in a node of up to 8, and you want one number for the budget.
Your jobs are bursty or serverless, or need regions outside the US, more than 8 GPUs, or an RTX 4090 month under $312.
Do this now
Create your username account, save the recovery codes, and price your node. deposit from $20, credited in about one minute.
FAQ
Crypto, KYC, billing and migration.
Yes, through integrated payment processors; its billing documentation names no coins or networks and does not mention Monero. Business invoices over $5,000 can also be settled through Coinbase, per RunPod's funding guide.
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For crypto, RunPod's billing documentation says to complete any required KYC verification before your first crypto payment, and its funding guide recommends clearing crypto.com's KYC checks in advance. AnchorGPU asks for no ID, email or phone; the account is a username, a password and eight recovery codes.
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Yes. XMR is accepted on the Monero network with 10 confirmations, alongside BTC, ETH, USDT on TRC-20, USDC on ERC-20, SOL and LTC. Prices stay in USD; the XMR amount is an indicative conversion. Deposits start at $20 and are credited within about a minute once the network confirmations are reached. How Monero payment works.
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No. The shortest term is 7 days: $380 for an H100 SXM, or $2.26 per hour of the week. No meter runs inside a term, and stopping does not pause it.
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No. Signup skips identity fields, but the service keeps your username, password hash, SSH public keys, billing ledger and deposit records, and the Acceptable Use Policy and valid legal process still apply.
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Auto-renew is off by default; when enabled, it runs 24 hours before expiry at the stored price if your balance covers it. Otherwise the instance stops at expiry, stays renewable for a 72-hour grace window, then is released and its local data permanently deleted.
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Yes. You get administrative access to run containers. Start from PyTorch 2.8 with CUDA 12.8, vLLM or ComfyUI on NVIDIA, or ROCm 6.4 on the MI300X, then pull your images. See the machine images.
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