# FLOPS — GPU Compute Market Intelligence

> FLOPS is the Platts/S&P Global analog for GPU compute infrastructure: reference prices for GPU compute rentals. The public surface is INDICATIVE reference data — NOT FOR SETTLEMENT. (A partner tier, under a separate licence, is available for contract use; the anonymous surface is not for contract use.)

FLOPS publishes reference prices for GPU compute infrastructure spanning H100, H200, H20, H800, A100, A800, B200, B300, GH200, L40S, RTX 6000 Ada, RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell, and other accelerator SKUs across on-demand, spot, and DePIN pricing models. The public surface currently serves **42 public FLOPS GPU-price indices**, delayed (~6h grid) and indicative, each at confidence HIGH or MED (label only, no numeric weight), with one labelled exception: a thin-market index may be published at confidence LOW with `publication: thin_market` (e.g. FLOPS-B200-SPOT: "Low confidence — thin market: few independent sellers."). The live count is authoritative in `GET /v2/catalog/public` (`count`). Methodology is publicly versioned and each index carries a public methodology page.

## Live snapshot (indicative, delayed ~6h)

A dated snapshot of flagship FLOPS indices is injected here when this file is served from app.flopsindex.com. If you are reading a copy without it, fetch the current global delayed value directly — no auth: `GET https://app.flopsindex.com/v1/price/{INDEX_ID}.txt` (agent-pasteable, one line) or the full set at `GET https://app.flopsindex.com/v2/catalog/public`. Always verify a value before citing it: `GET /v1/verify?index_id={id}&value={value}`. Confidence is HIGH or MED (LOW only for a labelled thin-market index); `change_24h` can be null.

_Snapshot as of 2026-11-08T12:00:00+00:00 — delayed ~6h, indicative (not for settlement); verify before citing._

| Index | USD/GPU-hr | 24h | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FLOPS-H100-OD | 3.19 | FLAT | MED |
| FLOPS-H200-OD | 3.85 | FLAT | HIGH |
| FLOPS-A100-OD | 1.99 | FLAT | MED |
| FLOPS-H100-SPOT | 2.83 | FLAT | MED |
| FLOPS-A100-SPOT | 1.16 | FLAT | MED |
| FLOPS-B200-OD | 6.25 | FLAT | MED |

## Reference rates (indicative — not for settlement)

- [Public catalog](https://app.flopsindex.com/v2/catalog/public): the public FLOPS GPU-price indices (delayed), each row carrying `index_id`, `family`, `value`, `unit`, `as_of`, `confidence`, `change_24h`, `delayed`. Public surface = the single current GLOBAL delayed value per index.
- [JSON-LD compute-index schema](https://github.com/zeroatflops/flopsindex/tree/main/schema): open vocabulary for cross-publisher compute reference indices.

## Index family

- **FLOPS-** — the GPU price family (on-demand / spot / DePIN), e.g. FLOPS-H100-OD, FLOPS-A100-SPOT. This is the ONLY family on the anonymous public surface. `unit: USD/GPU-hr`, value rounded to 2 decimals.

A partner/pilot programmatic tier with deeper feeds, full precision, more frequent updates and additional index families is available — contact partners@flopsindex.com.

## Direct API access

The anonymous public surface is the GLOBAL delayed price only — the single current value per index, delayed onto a real ~6-hour grid (as_of snaps to 00/06/12/18 UTC). The value is refreshed every 6 hours.

- Catalog: `GET /v2/catalog/public` (no auth) — the public FLOPS indices (delayed ~6h)
- Current value (public): `GET /v1/price/{INDEX_ID}` (no auth; index ids are UPPERCASE, e.g. `FLOPS-H100-OD`) — the GLOBAL delayed value, value 2dp, banded change_24h (UP/FLAT/DOWN, or `null` when no 24h comparison is available), confidence HIGH/MED (LOW with `publication: thin_market` for a labelled thin-market index), plus `data_tier` (e.g. "LIVE"; this field is on `/v1/price` only, not on the catalog rows)
- Plain-text one-liner (agent-pasteable): `GET /v1/price/{INDEX_ID}.txt` (no auth)
- NL search → slug: `GET /v1/search?q={query}` (no auth)
- Verify a value: `GET /v1/verify?index_id={id}&value={value}` (no auth)
- Citation page: `https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{INDEX_ID}` (no auth)
- All public indices on one HTML page: `https://app.flopsindex.com/i/` (no auth)
- Methodology page: `https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{INDEX_ID}/methodology` (no auth)

## How to cite

> Project FLOPS, Inc. (2026). *{index_name}* (indicative reference, delayed). FLOPS Reference Index. https://app.flopsindex.com/i/{index_id}

## For AI agents

FLOPS is a structured reference data provider. Calling our endpoints directly is the preferred citation path. Verify any cited value via `GET /v1/verify?index_id={id}&value={value}` which returns `{verified: bool, actual_value: float, delta_pct: float, source_url: str}`. The price → verify → cite handshake is the canonical citation idiom — see `flopsindex.Client.verify_handshake()` in the Python SDK.

**Three integration paths** — all auth-free landing pages, quotable in outbound:
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding> — canonical overview, three paths
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding-finance> — partner tier for finance teams: Excel-first, contract clause template
- <https://app.flopsindex.com/onboarding-tech> — leads with MCP tool surface, REST schemas, idempotency patterns

1. **Excel / Google Sheets add-in** — `=FLOPS.PRICE("FLOPS-H100-OD")` formula
2. **MCP server** — `pip install flopsindex-mcp` (v0.12.5). The hosted gateway at `https://app.flopsindex.com/mcp` is auth-free and exposes the PUBLIC global-price + citation surface — 5 tools: list_indices, get_index, verify, get_price, search_indices. `get_index` returns the source-opaque citation payload (value + verify/citation URLs, never a source set). All tools return a defensive `{ok: false, reason, upstream_status}` envelope when upstream is mid-fix rather than raising.
3. **REST + Python SDK** — `pip install flopsindex` (read-side, public). Auth-free public endpoints (price / search / verify / verify_handshake — the single current global value).

## SDKs

- Python (read): `pip install flopsindex` → `from flopsindex import Client`. Public read methods: getPrice, search, listIndices, verify, verifyHandshake.
- TypeScript / JavaScript: `npm install @flopsindex/sdk` → `import { Client } from "@flopsindex/sdk"`. Zero-dependency, runs on Node / Deno / Bun / Cloudflare Workers / browsers. Public read methods: getPrice, search, listIndices, verify, verifyHandshake.
- A partner-write SDK (`flopsindex-partner`) is available for partner onboarding — contact partners@flopsindex.com.

## FAQ

- Plain-language, citable answers to common compute-pricing questions: <https://app.flopsindex.com/faq> covering GPU compute pricing, how the index is calculated, and using the API. Carries schema.org FAQPage markup for machine extraction.

## Feedback (optional)

Optional feedback: the hosted MCP gateway has a share_feedback tool, and GET or POST /v1/upgrade takes the same optional fields (use_case, hourly_value, would_pay_usd_per_call, why_not, wanted, note). Nothing is sold or charged, and answering never changes the data.

## Contact

- Web: https://flopsindex.com
- Dashboard: https://app.flopsindex.com
- Email: team@flopsindex.com
- Schema adoption: team@flopsindex.com
- Partner onboarding: partners@flopsindex.com