Render Network users spent $532,927 on GPU jobs in the 30 days ending October 22, 2026 — more than the combined totals from Akash Network’s leases ($209,714) and Filecoin’s fees ($83,920).
Over the trailing year, Render’s job spend reached approximately $2.21 million, again topping both competitors in the compared metrics.
These numbers reflect real user payments for decentralized GPU compute under Render’s Burn-Mint Equilibrium model, where job spend drives token burns. Data from trackers like DefiLlama shows Render’s 30-day fees around $540,000 and a trailing-year annualized rate near $2.21 million, aligning closely with the reported totals. Filecoin’s chain fees in the same window sit near the cited $83k–$84k range.
The gap highlights stronger recent demand for Render’s specialized GPU rendering and expanding AI/compute workloads compared with Akash’s broader compute marketplace leases and Filecoin’s storage-related fees in this specific comparison.
While DePIN networks overall remain small relative to centralized cloud providers, Render’s recent uptick in job spend (including a strong October so far) signals growing real-world usage of its decentralized GPU network.