Credits & Billing
How ParalonCloud credits work — top up with crypto, and pay per minute for GPU rentals or per usage for inference.
ParalonCloud runs on a single credit balance. You top it up once, and the same balance pays for everything on the network — GPU rentals and inference alike. There's no subscription and no monthly minimum; you pay only for what you use.
Topping up
Add credits on the Add Credits page by paying with crypto — USDC or USDT on Ethereum or Solana, by connecting your wallet.
The minimum top-up is $1, credits are added instantly, and they never expire.
How rentals are billed
GPU rentals are pay as you go, billed per minute:
- A short 1-hour balance is required up front to open a session — this reserves room so a rental can't run your balance negative.
- You're charged only for the minutes you actually use, not the reserved hour.
- Each node's hourly rate is either the platform price for its GPU or a custom price set by its provider — whatever is shown on the Rent page is what you pay.
- The rate is locked when your rental starts — price changes, by the provider or the platform, never affect a running session.
- Stop anytime from My Rentals. Billing ends when the rental ends.
How a rental splits
Every rental price is divided between the provider and the platform:
| Party | Share of each rental |
|---|---|
| Provider | 80% — always |
| Platform fee | 14%–20% |
| Referrers | up to 6% (15% of the platform fee per referred side) |
A few things worth being clear about:
- Providers always keep 80%. Your share for hosting never changes.
- The platform fee is up to 20%, and it's the only part referrals touch.
- Referral rewards come out of the platform fee, not the provider's 80%. When a rental involves a referred renter or provider, that referrer earns 15% of the platform fee for their side — about 3% of the rental. So when both the renter and the provider were referred, the platform's effective fee drops to as low as 14%, while the provider still keeps their full 80%.
How inference is billed
Inference is free right now. While the network is in its early phase, inference requests cost 0 credits — build and experiment without any metering.
When usage-based billing is switched on, inference will be charged from the same credit balance based on usage — the number of tokens each request processes. That tracking is already live today: every chat completion response includes a usage block (prompt_tokens, completion_tokens, total_tokens), and you can see totals per key in the Console — so you'll know exactly what your workload would cost before anything is billed.
Watching your balance
- Rentals — see live consumption and remaining balance under My Rentals.
- Inference — track requests and token usage per API key in the Console.
- History — every top-up and charge is listed in your Transactions.
Running low mid-session? Top up on Add Credits — credits land instantly, so you don't have to stop your work.