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How-to

Estimate before you create the job.

Call the estimate endpoint for your service_id, pool, and region. During the free buyer beta the fee ceiling is $0. Use the bakeoff calculator only to understand Mac vs tiny-container economics.

  1. Pick the service — chooser.
  2. POST /v1/jobs/estimate with the typed input (see docs).
  3. Read quote expiry and ETA band.
  4. Create with the same shape + idempotency key.

Contrast tool (not a RenderMac invoice): cost calculator. Deeper: cost estimation guide.

Join the free buyer beta

Developers and buyers can create an account and use available beta capacity without charges. Capacity is limited and there is no production SLA.

Create free beta account

One RenderMac account can use both dashboards. See the unpaid beta terms.

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