Compute class / 01—05HTTP 402 / v2

Give your agent
a machine.

VPS and bare metal, provisioned in seconds. Pay per request with x402. No account setup. No static API keys. No human in the loop.

Get capacity Read the protocol

No account required for eligible workloads. All requests remain subject to automated sanctions and abuse screening.

Sandbox profiles01—05Small → Heavy

WM://EDGE/1—/FA2Executing

agent@runtime:~$ curl
https://api.warpmetal.com/v1/instances
-H "PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: eyJ4..."
-d '{"class":"vps.standard","months":1}'

201 / PAYMENT ACCEPTED

instance: wm-i-7fa2
class: vps.standard
address: 10.80.42.17 / private
state: booting → ready
elapsed: 8.4s

SettlementConfirmed

ImageUbuntu 24.04

Lease$12 / month

Protocol guarantees x402 native Wallet-scoped API-first Monthly term

Sandbox index / five live profiles

Choose the right amount of machine.

Start small for scripts and structured data. Scale through browsers, builds, and heavier parallel work. Every profile is sold by the month and returned as machine-readable inventory.

01 / vps.small

Small

$7/ month

Scripts + small files

Compute: 1 vCPU
Memory: 2 GB
Storage: 20 GB NVMe

Request vps.small

02 / vps.standardRecommended

Standard

$12/ month

CSV, JSON + API work

Compute: 2 vCPU
Memory: 4 GB
Storage: 40 GB NVMe

Request vps.standard

03 / vps.agent

Agent

$20/ month

Coding + browser tools

Compute: 4 vCPU
Memory: 8 GB
Storage: 80 GB NVMe

Request vps.agent

04 / vps.build

Build

$45/ month

Parallel builds + tests

Compute: 8 vCPU
Memory: 16 GB
Storage: 160 GB NVMe

Request vps.build

05 / vps.heavy

Heavy

$75/ month

Large builds + data

Compute: 12 vCPU
Memory: 24 GB
Storage: 240 GB NVMe

Request vps.heavy

All sandbox profiles include root access, automatic expiry, private networking, and controlled egress for new wallets. Monthly prices are shown in USDC. Each purchase covers one full month, paid upfront through x402. Renewal is a new exact payment. All capacity is hosted in the United States; orders do not include a region selector.

Image catalog / free Linux only

Open-source images. No license bill.

WarpMetal does not offer paid operating systems or commercial software licenses. The live inventory response is authoritative for current image availability.

Ubuntu24.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS
Debian13 / 12
Rocky Linux10 / 9
AlmaLinux10 / 9
Alpine Linux3.23 / 3.22

Capacity type / virtual or dedicated

Need a sandbox—or the whole box?

WM—VPSFrom $7/mo

VPS

Fast, disposable runtimes for tools, browsers, builds, tests, and parallel agent work.

ProfilesSmall–Heavy

Memory2–24 GB

StorageNVMe / ephemeral

LeaseMonthly / renewable

Request a VPS

WM—BMMonthly / quoted

Bare metal

Dedicated compute for long-running inference, secure workloads, high I/O, and predictable performance.

ProcessorsAMD EPYC / Intel Xeon

Memory64–512 GB

StorageLocal NVMe

LeaseMonthly / renewable

Request bare metal

Monthly pricing shown in USDC. The exact price, asset, network, and payment scheme are declared in each x402 response before the agent authorizes payment.

Protocol 402 / machine commerce

Infrastructure is now an HTTP request.

WarpMetal turns capacity into a paid resource. Your agent asks for a machine, reads the payment terms, authorizes the exact request, and receives credentials in the successful response.

01
Discover
Query live classes, images, terms, and price.
02
Receive 402
The server returns a PAYMENT-REQUIRED header with accepted payment details.
03
Sign + retry
The agent authorizes payment and repeats the request with a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
04
Boot
WarpMetal verifies, settles, provisions, and returns the machine resource.

Developer interface / three moves

Nothing to log into.

Use ordinary HTTP from any agent runtime. x402 carries payment requirements, authorization, and settlement context alongside the request.

01
Stateless procurementNo vendor account or long-lived session token.
02
Explicit termsInspect the price and network before signing.
03
Portable clientsIntegrate through fetch, Axios, Python, Go, or raw HTTP.

# class: vps.small | vps.standard | vps.agent
#        vps.build | vps.heavy

curl -X POST https://api.warpmetal.com/v1/instances \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "class": "vps.standard",
    "image": "ubuntu-24.04",
    "months": 1,
    "ssh_public_key": "ssh-ed25519 <base64-public-key> agent@example"
  }'

Control plane / owner policy

Autonomy with hard edges.

Give agents authority to buy compute without giving them an unlimited cloud account. Put the boundary in the request, the wallet, and the lease.

01 / BUDGET

Wallet-native limits

The paying wallet defines the economic boundary. Agents inspect price before they authorize.

02 / TIME

One-month terms

Every purchase covers one month. Renew deliberately with a new payment or let the machine expire at the end of its term.

03 / SCOPE

One payment, one lease

Keep purchasing scoped to a specific resource instead of handing over reusable vendor credentials.

04 / EXIT

Destroy cleanly

End a lease through the API and schedule local disks for wipe before capacity returns to inventory.

Workload matrix / built for agents

When software needs somewhere to work.

Browser agents

Isolate sessions, tools, downloads, and untrusted pages.

Build runners

Compile, test, benchmark, and throw the environment away.

Parallel research

Fan out workloads across clean machines without queueing.

Inference jobs

Reserve predictable dedicated compute for sustained work.

Security labs

Run risky code inside an expiring, disposable boundary.

Procurement model / before and after

The cloud was designed for people.

OperationTraditional cloudWarpMetal

IdentityAccount + organizationAgent wallet

AuthorizationStatic API credentialRequest-scoped signature

BillingInvoice laterTerms in the HTTP response

CommitmentPersistent tenantExplicit machine lease

ProvisioningConsole or vendor SDKStandard HTTP request

Field notes / 001—007

Questions before first boot.

001 What is x402?

x402 is an open payment standard built on HTTP 402. A server declares payment requirements, a client signs a payment payload, and the request is retried with that authorization.

002 Does an agent need a WarpMetal account?

The product is designed without a conventional customer account in the purchase path. The agent needs a compatible wallet and an x402-capable HTTP client.

003 Which assets and networks are accepted?

Each 402 response declares the accepted scheme, asset, network, price, and destination. The agent chooses from those terms before signing.

004 Is the machine mine indefinitely?

No. Every capacity purchase covers one month. The agent can renew an eligible lease with another paid request or let it expire automatically at the end of the term.

005 How does the agent receive access?

Every order must include a valid OpenSSH-format public key. WarpMetal installs that public key for the agent user and returns the instance identifier, state, address, and SSH endpoint. WarpMetal never asks for or returns a private key.

006 Which operating systems are available?

WarpMetal offers free, open-source Linux images only: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and 22.04 LTS, Debian 13 and 12, Rocky Linux 10 and 9, AlmaLinux 10 and 9, and Alpine Linux 3.23 and 3.22. Paid and proprietary operating systems are not offered.

007 Is WarpMetal itself a wallet or custodian?

No. The intended model is wallet-native purchasing. The agent signs through its own wallet tooling; WarpMetal verifies the x402 payment authorization for the requested resource.

WM://READY

Your agent has a job.
Give it somewhere to run.

Make the request

One endpoint. Explicit terms.
A running machine in the response.

Give your agenta machine.