What Lightning AI's free Studio gives you, how to get in, how to keep a job running through the 4-hour restart, what the free GPU credits really buy, and every catch in Lightning's own words

The companion to the reel. Lightning AI gives every account one free Studio: a cloud machine with 4 CPUs and 16 GB of RAM, VS Code and JupyterLab in your browser, SSH for your own editor, and 50 GB of storage that stays — no credit card. It keeps running your scripts after you close the tab; free Studios need a restart every 4 hours and sleep after 10 idle minutes. PAGE 1 — the offer in Lightning's own words and five steps to running in ten minutes. PAGE 2 — the free tier row by row, and what 5 credits (no card) or 30 credits (with a card) buy on each GPU at the listed price — including why the '80 GPU hours' headline needs a card. PAGE 3 — keep a job running: idle sleep, the 4-hour restart, and a job that resumes. PAGE 4 — six catches, each quoted from Lightning, and switching to a GPU. PAGE 5 — the proof checklist. Every figure is quoted from the page it names, read September 24, 2026. Independent guide from Hyperautomation Labs — not affiliated with Lightning AI.

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