Vast.ai Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.1

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Considering 49 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the support team for being helpful, responsive, and knowledgeable, often highlighting their human interaction and quick problem resolution. Many people appreciate the staff's positive attitude and expertise, making interactions pleasant and effective. The overall customer service is frequently described as excellent, with consumers noting the efficiency and ease of their experience. However, some customers also noted issues with service reliability, experiencing problems like degraded GPU performance, non-functional services, or difficulties with platform access. A few other people also felt that customer support was unresponsive or unhelpful, leading to frustration and wasted time. Additionally, some reviewers mentioned unexpected charges for internet bandwidth or paying full price for underperforming machines.

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Service

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Staff

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Vast.ai is my go-to place when it comes down to training my large 14B AI videos or highly time sensitive projects, not only for their global reach and infrastructure and ease of use, but also for thei... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The support team really impresses me ! A few time, I encountered unexpected situations or needed advising. Through their chat online, which is 100 % human, they always show quickly available and gi... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Was having problems with a error message that would not allow me to access instance searching. I uses the Help desk chat box and was connected to Emmunuel within the the tech support department and h... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

These people care about what they do. They are easy to reach, and always helpful. Best integrated support chat I have seen on any website. I'm impressed by their character, and will choose them over a... See more


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Vast.ai is a global GPU marketplace. Use one simple interface to search the marketplace and rent powerful cloud GPUs at reasonable prices. Save 5-6X vs major competitors on cloud GPU rental rates.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Service is not good

Service is not good, your instance gpus can get scheduled from another guy and you have to copy data which costs bandwidth to another instance just so you can open another even if its targeted as "on demand" your still off better going for competitor sites i dont recommend it at all. Customer service is bad as well they seem like they get paid minimum wage and dont even care to help you just give you some copy pastes or some ai bs

January 5, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customers support

I had a beatiful experience for 2 weeks using this platform, but I had a little problem today. However, Thai of customers support helped me to solve it. Tysm

January 5, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Faulty Ostris AI template and fraudulent internet bandwitdh claims

Their Ostris AI template is constantly faulty, Stuck at photo upload, never starting jobs, extremely slow/unresponsive UI. I have been using Ostris AI toolkit locally, and never faced these issues. Bandwidths stated on machine descriptions are totally fake. A claimed 1500Mbps is barely 100Mbps. I will never use this service again. Waste of money and time.

January 2, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Serice

Very easy interface. Straight forward. But what got me was the technical support. More than helpful, they were very patient and resolved my problem. Great 5-Star service.

December 31, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Vast Rocks!!!

Emmanuel was very helpful and resolved my issues in a timely manner. Vast rocks!!!!!

December 21, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Resolved Host Issue

I had to contact support following a host issue. This issue affected many hosts, so I know the staff were busy working on it. Nick and Anthony helped me resolve the problem successfully. I appreciate your time!

December 11, 2025
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Thank you! And thanks for using Vast.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Best price, sometimes a bit wonky, stellar customer support

Sometimes my instances just stop but that can be ameliorated by aggressive checkpointing. Customer Service is fast and just all around nice.

4/5 for rare infra issues which at this price point is a 5/5 really :)

December 11, 2025
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Reply from Vast.ai

Hi there,

Thank you for the thoughtful and balanced review :)

You’re absolutely right: with any spot-style / marketplace infrastructure, occasional interruptions can happen, and aggressive checkpointing is the right best practice to minimize impact. We appreciate you sharing that practical tip for other users.

We’re also really glad to hear our support team has been responsive and pleasant to work with! I'll pass that along.

If you ever think an interruption goes beyond the “rare infra issue” category (or if you suspect any data impact), please reach out via support with your instance ID and we’ll take a close look. Sometimes we have a policy to cover certain cases, depending on the server type.

Thanks again for using Vast.ai and for the 4/5 — we’re aiming to earn that full 5/5 on reliability soon!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My experience with Vast.ai has been extremely disappointing and far below any acceptable standard for a cloud computing provider.

I rented a GPU instance for an important project, but the server was suddenly disconnected without warning. After that, I was completely unable to reconnect to the instance — even when the host clearly showed it was back online.
What makes the situation even worse is that I repeatedly contacted support, and they either gave contradictory information or made promises they never fulfilled. I was told that I would be reconnected as soon as the host came online, yet nothing happened. No action, no solution, and no real support.
Meanwhile, Vast.ai continued to charge my account, even though I had zero access to the server. This is unacceptable for a service that claims to be reliable and user-friendly.
My data was stuck on a machine I couldn’t access, my time was wasted for more than 24 hours, and the overall stress caused by their unresponsive support was simply terrible. For a company operating in the cloud computing and AI training space, this level of service is shocking.
At this point, I cannot recommend Vast.ai to anyone who needs a stable, trustworthy GPU provider.
If you care about your time, your data, and your money, be very cautious with this platform.

December 9, 2025
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Reply from Vast.ai

Hi there — I’m genuinely sorry for what you experienced. Losing access to an instance mid‑project, having your data stuck, and then getting inconsistent answers from support is not acceptable.

Over the weekend we had an incident. In some cases, a host could appear “online” while access to specific instances was still restricted or unstable during recovery. That doesn’t excuse the impact to you — and we should have communicated more clearly and consistently.

You’re also right to call out billing. Being charged while you had zero access isn’t OK. We’ve been issuing refunds/credits for impacted customers in line with a new policy we put in place, and we want to make sure your account was handled correctly and that you’re compensated appropriately.

Please reach out so we can fix this directly:

Reply to your existing support ticket or open a new one from your Vast.ai dashboard, and

link to this Trustpilot review (and please don’t post personal/account details publicly here).

We’ve also added additional mitigations and monitoring to reduce the chance of this happening again, along with improvements to incident handling and communication.

— Vast.ai Support Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Severe Downtime, Misleading Support, and Zero Accountability

I honestly don’t even know where to begin. I’ve been dealing with weeks of downtime on my server, and the worst part isn’t even the outage itself it’s how completely abandoned I felt throughout the entire experience. My work, my data, everything I was running… all of it was just suddenly out of reach with no real explanation and no meaningful help.

I kept reaching out to customer support hoping someone would finally give me a straight answer, and instead I got responses that felt dismissive and completely out of touch with what was actually happening. I was told stories about “power outages” and issues that simply didn’t match reality, especially when the host clearly had other machines running just fine. Seeing that and having screenshots to prove it made it feel like I wasn’t being told the truth at all.

It’s incredibly frustrating to trust a platform with important work only to be met with silence, mixed messages, and what felt like excuses. Being without my data for this long genuinely impacted my project, and the lack of transparency made it even worse. You start to wonder if anyone is actually looking into your issue or if you’re just supposed to wait indefinitely and hope your work magically comes back.

I’m writing this because no one should have to go through this level of stress and uncertainty with a service they’re paying for. This whole experience left me feeling disappointed, angry, and honestly a bit betrayed. I really hope the company realizes how damaging this kind of communication and downtime can be for real customers with real work depending on them.

November 29, 2025
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Reply from Vast.ai

Hi there, I’m truly sorry. Weeks of downtime is painful enough on its own, but feeling ignored, dismissed, or misled while you’re locked out of your work is even worse. You deserved clear answers, real ownership of the issue, and an obvious escalation path and we didn’t deliver that.

This weekend we also had an incident that forced a difficult recovery and restrictions for some users, and we know that for certain customers it compounded ongoing reliability problems. Regardless of the root cause in your specific case, the communication you describe (mixed messages, delays, and a lack of transparency) is on us.

We’ve issued refunds/credits in accordance with a new policy, and we’ve implemented additional mitigations and operational changes to reduce recurrence and improve how we communicate during incidents. While none of that restores the time and stress you lost, we do want to make sure you’re properly compensated.

Please reach out so we can review your case and make it right:

Contact support via your Vast.ai dashboard (or reply to your most recent support thread) and

a link to this Trustpilot review (again, please don’t post private details here).

Thank you for writing this, we take it seriously, and we’re committed to doing better.

— Vast.ai Team

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Enticed by the very cheap prices and it…

Enticed by the very cheap prices and it was fast to get set up. But they have the worst UI/UX team on the planet. I ultimately could not get their server to accept my SSH keys in due time and had to move onto another provider. Too many hoops in the console to jump through to actually figure out how to connect to your server with Root access, and it just feels really hard to focus on the product.

Maybe they don't have a UI/UX team and they just asked AI to build a half baked MUI dashboard.

November 26, 2025
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Reply from Vast.ai

Hello Christopher,

Our apologies about the frustration you endured getting your SSH keys setup. We obviously aim to make things incredibly simple and straightforward.

We want to investigate what happened to you and why the SSH key didn't save. Could you provide your account details so we can review? We can give you additional credits on our platform for helping us improve.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A big thank you to the Vast.ai team

A big thank you to the Vast.ai team! I've been using their platform for a while now and honestly it's impressive. Everything works well, prices are fair, and the variety of GPUs is insane 🤯 you can get the right setup for any kind of project really from small tests to heavy AI training. What if the support is really good. Misses 🔥 Fast, helpful and really human! I've written to them a few times, and every time they have gone out of their way to fix the things that were crooked, no copy-paste answers, just fixed. If you want powerful GPUs and great support - Vast.ai is worth a lot! Big respect to the team and keep up the good work 👏

May 21, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Top Notch Architecture & Support

Vast.ai is my go-to place when it comes down to training my large 14B AI videos or highly time sensitive projects, not only for their global reach and infrastructure and ease of use, but also for their customer support in case any technical difficulties come up. Thank you, Vast.ai

September 25, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Colin's demo was amazing and vast.ai is the way to go...

Just had a sales and demo call with Colin Shea, and honestly nothing but praise.
I have been researching platforms to use for a while now, and have had a plethora of sales calls and demos, none of them came close to this one.
He is clear, concise, honest, and knowledgeable about the platform.
He answered all my pricing, usage, AND technical questions. He was honest about what's available and what he'll get back to me on.
Honestly 10/10.
I wont be searching anymore, I think I've found the platform I will use.
Hoping to work more with their team. Culture trickles down and Colin was the best representative of that.

September 17, 2025
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