OVHcloud free trial: US$200

OVHcloud gives new Public Cloud users a US$200 free trial credit, valid for one month from the creation of your first Public Cloud project. A valid payment method is required before the trial starts, and, this is the part to plan around, usage is billed automatically once the credit is used. The voucher activates at project creation, and it applies to one project only. All figures come from OVHcloud’s official pages, checked on 2026-09-02.

The auto-billing gotcha

Most trials in this space end in suspension: run out of credit and your resources stop. OVHcloud’s trial ends in a bill: after the US$200 is consumed, charges continue on your payment method automatically. If you want a hard stop at $0, you must delete your resources yourself before the credit runs out. This is the opposite failure mode from Azure, where the subscription is disabled unless you actively upgrade.

GPU examples are official

OVHcloud is unusual in this set for publishing GPU examples of what the trial covers: 35 hours of an AI1-1-GPU notebook, or 5 hours of AI Training on 4 nodes. That makes it one of the few trials here where GPU usage on the credit is officially illustrated rather than left unstated. Quotas still apply, so larger configurations may need a quota request.

Scope limits

The trial applies to your first Public Cloud project only, cannot be combined with other offers, and excludes beta and free services. The clock starts at project creation, not account creation, so do not create the project until you are ready to use the month.

What I have done with it

Not tested yet. This page reports only what the official pages state.

Choose OVHcloud if you want a documented GPU-capable trial and will watch the meter; skip it if you cannot risk auto-billing past the credit. For a European alternative without the auto-bill cliff, see Scaleway free credits; for a bigger credit on a similar clock, see Civo free credits. Every grant I track is on the credits index.