FAQ
Questions, answered.
How Kovara works, where the data comes from, and what we do and don't claim.
About Kovara
What is Kovara?
Kovara is an independent intelligence platform for the compute market. It helps you find, compare and verify GPU capacity across providers, regions and data centers, and it shows the source, date and confidence behind every number.
Who is Kovara for?
Teams that buy or plan GPU capacity, such as AI startups, research groups and infrastructure leads, and providers that want their capacity represented accurately.
Is Kovara a cloud provider?
No. Kovara does not run its own GPU cloud. It helps you discover and source capacity from the providers who do.
Do I need an account to browse?
No. Compute offerings, providers, GPUs, regions, data centers, the Compute Index and Research are open to browse without an account. An account lets you save offerings, keep a workspace and work with Kova.
Data and trust
Where does the data come from?
From tracked provider records. Each offering keeps its sources and the date it was last checked. Prices keep their original unit next to any normalised value. Provider submissions are shown as the provider's own claim.
How fresh is the data?
Age is always visible. The live market view counts a record as current only if it was checked in the last 30 days. Provider supply evidence ages on a fixed clock and stops counting as verified when it goes stale.
What do the A, B, C and D grades mean?
They are confidence grades. A means highly verified, B strong evidence, C incomplete evidence and D an estimate or unverified. Every material fact carries one.
Why do some fields say “Not disclosed” or unknown?
Because we never fill gaps with guesses. If a source does not support a value, it stays unknown. An unknown value is not zero and not a negative finding.
Is a listed price a guaranteed price?
No. A published price is not a capacity reservation. Kovara keeps evidence, availability and contracts clearly apart, so always confirm terms and availability with the provider before you commit.
What is the difference between indicative and published on the Compute Index?
A published fixing is an official benchmark value that records the methodology version used and is never silently rewritten. An indicative value is a live estimate and is labelled as such. Candidate series are not reference rates.
I found something wrong. What should I do?
Tell us. Corrections make the data better for everyone.
Kova, our assistant
What is Kova?
Kova is the Kovara assistant. It runs on Anthropic’s Claude models and answers from Kovara’s records, looked up live while you watch. It shows each lookup it makes.
Can Kova buy or book anything for me?
No. Kova can prepare a quote request or a price alert, but nothing is sent until you confirm it.
Are my conversations used to train AI models?
No. Kovara does not use your conversations to train AI models. Your conversations and saved preferences belong to your account, and you can ask Kova to forget anything.
What does Kova do when it does not know?
It says so. Missing data is reported, not invented.
Sourcing and providers
How do I request compute?
Describe what you need, such as GPU, count, region, term and start date, and Kovara routes the requirement to matching providers. Provider responses are private to your request.
How does a provider list its capacity?
Apply through supplier onboarding, verify your company, review your catalog and submit attributable supply evidence.
What does “Verified Provider” mean?
The status is granted by a person at Kovara after reviewing the company’s identity. It is never granted automatically from an email domain.
What does Kovara cost?
There is no paid plan today. Fees and commercial terms for sourcing support are not published on the site, so please ask us if you need them in writing.
Privacy
Does Kovara track me with ads or third-party analytics?
No. Kovara uses only the cookies needed to keep you signed in. There are no advertising cookies and no third-party analytics trackers.
Who can see my workspace data?
Only the people it belongs to. Access to workspace data is enforced in the database itself.