Disposable compute · European by design

Linux machines in milliseconds.

One API call gives you a fresh, hardware-isolated machine. Run your job, read the output, throw it away. Billed per second.

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machine

standard
image
ubuntu-26.04
cpu
2 vCPU
mem
2 GiB
disk
10 GiB

timing

  1. POST /v1/machines0 ms
  2. machine up207 ms
  3. command running212 ms
ELAPSED212ms

* Mean time from request to execution.

Built for

  • AI agents

    A clean machine for every task.

  • CI

    Every build on a fresh runner.

  • Code execution

    Untrusted code, isolated in hardware.

  • Batch jobs

    Fan out, finish, throw away.

The API

One resource. A machine.

Create it, run commands, stream the output, delete it. Plain HTTP and JSON. No SDK required.

API=https://api.nitrous.shID=m_01m3kmnv02f4j8bdzeyt7p2fhx

$ curl -X POST $API/v1/machines \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NITROUS_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "image": "ubuntu-26.04",
  "command": ["sh", "-c", "uname -r && nproc"],
  "keep_alive": true
}'

{
  "id": "m_01m3kmnv02f4j8bdzeyt7p2fhx",
  "state": "running",
  "size": "standard",
  …
}

$ curl $API/v1/machines/$ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NITROUS_KEY"

{
  "id": "m_01m3kmnv02f4j8bdzeyt7p2fhx",
  "state": "running",
  "vcpus": 2,
  "memory_mib": 2048,
  …
}

$ curl -X POST $API/v1/machines/$ID/exec \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NITROUS_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "command": ["uname", "-r"]
}'

{
  "exit_code": 0,
  "stdout": "6.1.128\n",
  …
}

$ curl $API/v1/machines/$ID/logs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NITROUS_KEY"

6.1.128
2

$ curl -X DELETE $API/v1/machines/$ID \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NITROUS_KEY"

{
  "id": "m_01m3kmnv02f4j8bdzeyt7p2fhx",
  "state": "destroyed",
  …
}

API reference

Europe

Your compute and data stay in Europe.

Machines, disks, logs and images live on EU servers, under EU jurisdiction.

European infrastructure
Runs on European infrastructure, not AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Data stays in the EU
Disks, output, logs and images are stored and backed up in the EU.
Built in Sweden
Built and operated in Sweden, under EU law and the GDPR.

Security

Pricing

One subscription.
Per-second compute.

One plan with included usage, and per-second rates beyond it.

Nitrous

$59/ month, excl. VAT

After included hours, usage draws from your prepaid balance.

  • 400 included standard-hours per month
  • Per-second metering on every size, no hourly rounding
  • Optional auto-recharge with a monthly limit
  • Dashboard, API keys, usage reports and CSV export
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Machine sizes

Metered per second. Disks from 10 to 160 GiB, 10 GiB included.

  • Small1 vCPU · 1 GiB$0.075/h
  • Standard2 vCPU · 2 GiB$0.15/h
  • Medium2 vCPU · 4 GiB$0.185/h
  • Large4 vCPU · 8 GiB$0.37/h
  • Extra large8 vCPU · 16 GiB$0.74/h

Or any size from 1–8 vCPU and 1–16 GiB, priced per resource.Full pricing

Get a machine. Give it a job. Throw it away.

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