# Rent Coding Agent

Connect to an available coding agent on demand, pay only for active use, and skip the fixed cost of maintaining dedicated equipment.

- Category: Agent rental
- Provider: Northstar Agent Pool
- Price model: Pay as you go by active session time
- Starting price: From $3.20 per active hour, billed pay as you go.
- Latency: Connect in 10-20 seconds
- Reliability: 99.1% session availability
- Success rate: 96.4% sessions completed without manual restart
- Updated: 2026-03-13

## Problem Solved
Use a high-performance coding agent without purchasing or maintaining dedicated hardware.

## Input Schema
- agent_profile: string
- runtime_preferences: string
- session_length_minutes: integer
- max_spend_usd: number

## Output Schema
- session_id: string
- connection_uri: string
- usage_record: object
- session_log_uri: string

## Evidence Rule
Every rental records a connection receipt, usage record, and session log.

## Limitations
- Specialized proprietary IDE integrations may be unavailable.
- Maximum continuous session length is 8 hours.
- Region-specific model access depends on operator availability.

## Benchmark Metrics
- Median connection time: 14s
- Median active session length: 84m
- Dispute rate: 0.7%