Is Google CoLab Pro worth it?

Google CoLab prow allows access to advanced GPUs and 22GB RAM, all for only $9.99/month. While the free Google CoLab is a great tool, make sure you will actually use the advanced features of Pro. In this video, I review when this product makes sense.

[sumansahoo]

@Jeff Heaton so what difference between free and pro in relation to TPU?

[BiancaAguglia]

I found out the hard way how useful that snippet of JS code is. 😁
As far as Google CoLob Pro goes, I agree that having double the amount of RAM makes it worthwhile. I've seen Google CoLab crash when training on very large datasets. I'm curious enough now to redo some old projects and see what happens. 😊

[luisluiscunha]

Great video and info, Jeff: thank you

[AsifAhmadOfficial]

When it is going to be available for users outside the US?

[SoumendraBagh]

Well Colab offers RAM of 23 GB in free version too, if your code demands for it i.e. by crashes with initial 12 GB.

[kimferres]

Thank you! This answered all my questions - really good summary on CoLab Pro usefulness

[joshuathomas]

I love your investigation on CoLab.CoLab -Pro. I am new to CoLab your tutorial on this video is great. it is technical with what is necessary for a programmer/researchers. God Bless You. Stay Safe and Pray

[hico]

good coverage
thanks for the quick info

[whocareswhoiamday]

why you did not run on TPU? it's even faster than GPU. compare...with free version it's has 8 TPUs, may be in pro it's more

[developerdean]

Is there any value in a version of colab that never expires; it never goes down after 12 or 24 hours and always remains persistence and let's you pick off where you left it?

[kaliprasaddeverasetti]

Google colab free version also gives 25gb ram, if our kennel crashes because of low ram..

I hope pro version gives atleast 40 GB ram..

[soapsydoopsy]

Thank you very much, wanted some information regarding the same and voila here it is

[MuhammadAliFaraz]

I use to love Colab pro but when I try to read images 50x50x3 into my test train and validate lists it takes Any idea on how to speed this up?

[rekkamkousseila]

Hi, my session is crushing everytime with google colab because the entire ram is used(this is the eroor that i get) so i increased the ram to 25go but still having the same problem could you plase help i need your help, thank you.

[winnieobunabor]

If i have a friend who lives in the US buy the pro version for me in the US, can i access it from my own country (not US) ?

[peterpirog]

Is possible to do video how to exactly configure MultiWorker strategy with tf 2.1 and personal computers with nvidia GPUs?

[umerkhan]

very nice video, there is one query, can we run the code once and turn
off the note book, is there any option with us that we can resume after
an hour or some couple of hours to get output values?

[zebcode]

Hey Jeff, thanks for another great video. I've been watching you since the Encog days and every time I check in to watch your new material you've just gotten better and better! I wanted to ask if Google Colab requires you to leave your browser window open for 24 hours? OR can you run it, close the browser and let it continue in the background?

[amirnasser]

Thank you, Dr. Jeff, for this useful review. I just wanted to know if the disk storage increased with Colab pro?

[yontenjamtsho]

Does the speed of the Internet affect the training of deep learning in Google Colab?