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This page introduces the core concepts behind nodepick.ai and shows you how the platform fits into your development workflow.

What is a node?

Nodes are Linux compute servers based on MicroVMs. When you create a node, you get dedicated server resources with hardware-level isolation. There are no shared kernels or virtualization overhead.

What does “Routable IPv4” address mean?

We offer two ways to create and provision a node.
  • Private. Private addresses RFC 1918 addresses that you can’t connect to directly from the Internet e.g. 10.0.0.0/8. nodepick offers an option to provision compute nodes with a private address. Access to nodes with a private address is enabled through NAT on the main compute host. The public IP address that is translating 10/8 addresses are shared with other customers.
  • Routable IPv4 Public. Routable addresses are IP addresses that are directly assible from the Internet.

How does Billing work?

On the Dashboard (or our https://nodepick.ai home page), you can use our Billing Estimator to estimate your monthly cost. Billing is calculated per-second.
Credit Cards are charged once you accumulate the minimum $1.00 USD in charges. Charges accrue the moment your node is created and stops the moment you delete it.

Features

Seconds to Spin Up

Provision Linux nodes in seconds. Nodes accept SSH sessions in less than 30 seconds

Not just a Sandbox

Dedicated Linux OS and Kernel environment with full SSH and root access

Assistant

Agentic AI assistant to manage your compute nodes

Compute for Developers

❤️ if developer else 🙁

Next Steps

Quickstart

Get started in less than a minute using the nodepick np CLI (Recommended) or Python SDK.

API Reference

Explore the full HTTP API endpoints and Python SDK reference.