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A step-by-step guide to rent GPUs on Pictor for your AI/ML tasks

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, you will need credits.

• You can purchase credits by depositing cryptocurrency (USDT via the logged-in wallet) or Fiat Currency (USD via PayPal).

Navigate to the Payment & Billing page on the sidebar, and deposit crypto (currently, we support USDT) or Fiat (USD via PayPal) to buy credits.

USDT Deposit

USD Deposit

Note:

• The minimum deposit amount is 10 USDT/USD

• 1 USDT = 1 Credit

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

Step 3: Create an Instance

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

1

Select the Operating System

Select the OS type you want to rent.

Select OS type

Currently, we support Linux (Ubuntu 22.04) and 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.

2

Select Hardware Specs

• Select a GPU model that you want to rent.

• Customize the GPU count and storage for the instance (if needed).

Customize hardware specs

3

Configure Rental Settings

• Add a name for your instance

• Select the rental duration

• Enable/disable the Auto Renewal feature (please note that the default duration for auto-renewal is set to 1 hour.)

• Set up connection settings

🔹 Linux Instance

Add SSH Keys if you choose Linux.

👉Learn how to add SSH Keys on Pictor (step 4)

Add SSH Key for Linux instance

🔹 Windows instance

Note:

1. Auto-Renew:

• The default duration for auto-renewal is set to 1 hour

• 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:

• $0.00028/GB/hour.

• This fee is charged regardless of the instance status (running or paused), and will only stop once the instance has been completely deleted (terminated).

4

Rent the Instance

Review all the settings in the Summary section, and click Rent Instance

Review rental settings

Then, confirm to create it.

Confirm to rent the instance

Step 4: Connect to Instance

1

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

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

2

Once the status displays Running, click the Connect button.

3

Connect to the instance

🔹 Linux instance

• Copy the command line provided and paste it into your terminal app.

Copy the command line

• Connect to your instance and start working directly from the terminal.

Note:

Make sure to include the correct private SSH key path along with the public key that you added during Step 3.

Paste the command line into the Terminal app and Connect to the instance

🔹 Windows instance

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

• Stop/start the instance

• Extend rental time

• Disable/enable auto-renew

• Manage SSH keys (add or remove SSH keys from the instance)

• Delete the instance

👉 Learn how to Manage Instances on Pictor.