Find a plan that fits where you run.
Your own card is free forever. Go adds a fallback onto ours for $5 a month. Pro is $20, and needs no GPU of your own.
Free
Run Nestri on a GPU you already own. Free forever
- One session at a time, on a GPU you already own
- As many machines, GPUs and regions as you want
- Stream your own library through the nesktop app, peer-to-peer
- Full API and ssh access to your boxes, from anywhere
- Community support via GitHub
Go
Your own GPU first, and a little of ours when you need it. $5/mo
Everything in Free, plus:
- 2x the usage of Free
- Fall back onto Nestri GPUs when your own card is busy, full or asleep
- Machines shareable with the people you play with
- Manage your machines and members through an ssh TUI
Pro
No GPU of your own? Run entirely on ours. $20/mo
Everything in Go, plus:
- 5x the usage of Go
- Full access to Nestri GPUs, with nothing to self-host
- Larger size tiers: more of the card, higher output geometry
- Direct support via email
Frequently asked questions.
What do I need to run Nestri on my own machine?
A Linux box with /dev/kvm, and an Intel, AMD or NVIDIA GPU. Nestri runs microVMs with a real GPU handed through.
Does it work with an NVIDIA card?
Yes. Intel and AMD work through DRM native context. NVIDIA works through virtio-nvgpu: the guest runs NVIDIA’s own drivers, unmodified, against the proprietary driver on the host, version 535 or newer.
I already stream from my own box. What does Nestri add?
Nestri is self-hosted too. The difference is how many people one card serves. A box streaming from bare metal serves one person at a time. Nestri runs many microVMs on one GPU, each with its own render context and its own kernel, so your session and a friend’s run on the same card at once.
How finished is this?
Highly experimental, early stages. You can run it today and things will break. All kinds of feedback and contributions are welcome.
Does running on my own hardware cost anything?
No. One session at a time on a GPU you own is free forever. Connecting a machine, a GPU or a region never costs anything on any plan, and neither does bandwidth, because video goes peer-to-peer.
What counts as a session?
A virtual machine holding a render context. It starts when the VM boots and ends when it stops. An idle session still counts, because a booted VM holds the card whether or not you are looking at it.
What happens when I hit a limit?
Nothing happens to the session you are in. A running session is never killed by a limit. Nestri warns you, then refuses to start the next one. Your ssh access, your fleet view and your downloads keep working at zero.
Can I get a surprise bill?
No. Your allowance is a budget that refills, not a meter that invoices, so running out costs you the next session rather than money. Every surface shows the rate just before you start a session, with no rounding and no adjustment afterwards.
Can I play my own games for free?
Yes, you can bring your own library. Connect your own accounts and manage access from one place all for free.
What happens if I stop paying, or you disappear?
You drop to the free plan and keep running on hardware you own. The code is Apache 2.0 on GitHub, your games sit in your own storage on your own disks, and video goes peer-to-peer rather than through us. Leaving costs you our GPUs, not your machine and not your library.
Can I run Nestri for a whole organisation?
Yes, on custom pricing rather than one of the three plans. Tell the founders what you run and who uses it, and they will price it for your business or organisation.
Do you have an SLA, SOC 2, or uptime numbers?
No, none of the three. We have not run the audits and we have not measured the uptime, so publishing any of it would be a number we made up. Tell the founders what you need and they will tell you what has to be built to get your fleet up and running.
Start on hardware you already own. Free gives you one session at a time on the GPU you already own. Upgrade to get one of ours and more concurrent sessions on yours.
Size it for a team. Skip the sales pitch. Tell the founders what you're building, and they'll size the hardware with you.