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A typical remote machine or VM is a fixed desktop in a data centre that you reach through a VDI client. You are usually stuck with whatever CPU, GPU and RAM it was given when it was created.
A Spark ProStation™ is a fully customisable cloud workstation. You choose the CPUs, GPUs, RAM and storage you need for each job and you can change that configuration as your workload changes.
Pricing is entirely pay as you go, so you only pay for the power you use, for as long as you use it. You can spin up as many ProStations™ as you like and you only pay for the ones that are running.

Yes. With a Spark ProStation™ you can run any OS from any OS. You can access a Windows, Linux or macOS desktop from a Mac, a PC, a Linux machine or even a tablet or phone! There is no need to juggle local emulators or complex virtual machine setups. You simply choose the ProStation™ you’ve created with the OS you need.

Spark ProStations™ can be used for all tasks, heavy or light. You have full control. Choose from a range of CPUs and GPUs, from entry level through to full-fledged HPC environments with GPU power for simulations, data science and AI model training. It is an easy way to explore high performance computing vs cloud computing in practice without buying and maintaining your own on-premise cluster.

A local virtual machine shares the same laptop CPU, GPU and storage, so it is easy to hit limits with video, 3D or simulation work. When people search for the best VM Windows 10 options they usually find tools that are ideal for testing or light office tasks. A Spark ProStation™, on the other hand, runs on dedicated NVIDIA GPUs with fast NVMe storage, so your laptop becomes a control surface while all the heavy lifting happens in the cloud.

Yes. Spark ProStations™ support multiple monitors and other peripherals like digital pens, Wacom tablets and external hard drives, so you can spread your workspace across two or more screens just as you would on your personal machine. Many editors, compositors and developers use ProStations™ in remote desktop multiple monitor layouts for timelines, node graphs, consoles and reference views.

Yes. Spark ProStations™ are used daily for Blender, Maya, Houdini, Unreal Engine, After Effects, Nuke and other high-end design, VFX and animation applications. Whether you are rendering in Blender, matte painting in Photoshop or developing video game environments, characters and assets, you get smooth real-time viewport performance, faster renders and the option to scale up to more powerful GPUs when you need the extra firepower.

With on premise machines you buy fixed hardware, wait for delivery, then live with that capacity until the next refresh. If demand spikes, you are stuck. You also keep paying for electricity, cooling, support and machines that sit idle between projects.With Spark ProStation™ you pay as you go, scale up or down per project and only pay for the hours you actually use. It gives you the control of a local workstation with the flexibility of cloud computing vs on premise infrastructure, often at a fraction of the total cost.If you would like to see the difference in real numbers, you can use our cost calculators to compare on premise spend with Spark Cloud Studio for your workstations, file storage and render farm.