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A step-by-step guide to rent Pictor Network's GPUs for your AI workloads

Access Pictor Network’s high-performance GPUs for your AI workloads and other GPU-intensive tasks, on demand and at a fraction of the cost.

Step 1: Create Pictor Account

Go to app.pictor.network and sign in with your Google account or connect to a crypto wallet (like Aptos's Petra).

Step 2: Top up Credits

Note: To rent GPUs on Pictor Network, you will need credits.

• You can purchase credits by depositing cryptocurrency (USDT) or Fiat Currency (via PayPal) directly.

• Alternatively, you can currently claim free credits by checking in daily.

Top up credits

Navigate to the Credit section on the sidebar, and deposit crypto (currently, we support USDT) or Fiat (via PayPal) to buy credits.

Crypto Top-up

Fiat Top-up

Note:

• 1 USDT = 1 credit

• PayPal charges 4.4% the payment amount + $0.3 fee

Claim free credits

Alternatively, navigate to the Rewards on the sidebar >> Daily Check-In section and claim free credits by checking in daily.

Step 3: Create an Instance

Navigate to GPU Renting on the sidebar > Marketplace tab, and start creating your instance.

1. Select Operating System

Select the OS type you want.

Currently, we support both Linux and Windows

• Linux: Ubuntu 22.04

• Windows 10

If you choose Linux, you will connect to the instance via SSH.

If you choose Windows, you will connect to the instance via Remote Desktop.

1. Select hardware specs

• Select the instance hardware specs. You can also search for the particular GPU Model as you want.

• Decide on the GPU count and storage for the instance.

1. Configure rental settings

• Add a name for your instance.

• Select the rental duration

• Enable/disable the Auto Renewal feature

• Set up connection settings

🔹 Add SSH Keys if you choose Linux

🔹 Add password for Remote Desktop if you choose Windows

Add SSH Key for Linux

Add Remote Desktop password for Windows

1. Rent the instance

Review all the settings in the Summary section, and click Rent Instance, then confirm to create it.

Review rental settings

Confirm to rent the instance

Note:

1. Auto Renew:

• Enabled: Instance automatically renews for the same duration when it expires

• Disabled: Instance will be terminated at the end of the duration period

1. Storage fee:

• $0.2 per 1GB/month.

• This fee is applied regardless of the instance status (running or stopped). and will only stop once the instance has been completely deleted.

Step 4: Connect to Instance

Once your instance is created, it will appear in the Instance tab.

The instance may take approximately 5 to 10 minutes to start.

• Once the status displays Running, click this Connect button.

• Connect to the instance:

🔹 Linux instance: Copy the command line provided, and you can connect to your instance and start working directly from the command line.

Copy command line

Connect to the Linux Instance via Command Line

🔹 Windows instance: Download the RDP file, enter your password to access to the remote machine.

Enter Remote Desktop password

Remote machine window

From the same tab, you also have other options to manage the instances.

Learn how to manage running instances - stop/start, extend time, disable/enable auto-renew, manage SSH keys, and delete instances on Pictor.