CoreWeave vs packet.ai
Two GPU specialist providers, priced against each other on the 3 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
packet.ai is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 47%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 10 40 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 8 8 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 3 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | packet.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $8.60/hr | $6.99/hr | 19% cheaper on packet.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $2.70/hr | $1.43/hr | 47% cheaper on packet.ai |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $2.25/hr | $0.92/hr | 59% cheaper on packet.ai |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| CoreWeave | packet.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Hourly usage, invoiced monthly in arrears | Hourly, per-second metered |
| Minimum commitment | not stated | None on hourly |
| Payment model | Invoice on receipt; reserved and bulk credits per order form | Prepaid wallet · subscription · invoice |
| Free credits | not stated | $10 + 10k tokens |
| Egress | not stated | Free |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% across regions, 99% single region | 99% monthly (Dedicated) |
| Regions | US and European data centres; General and Dedicated Access regions | California, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dublin |
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- NVIDIA L40 48GB$1.25/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$6.16/hr
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB$6.31/hr
- NVIDIA GH200 96GB$6.50/hr
- NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 192GB$10.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.39/hr
Is CoreWeave cheaper than packet.ai?
packet.ai is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 47%.
Which GPUs do CoreWeave and packet.ai both rent?
NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB, NVIDIA A100 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 3 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at CoreWeave and at packet.ai?
Of the cards both rent, CoreWeave starts at $2.25 per GPU-hour and packet.ai at $0.92.