GPU.ai 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.
GPU.ai is cheaper on 2 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 20%. packet.ai is cheaper on the other 1.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 20 25 offers
- Registered in
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 7 7 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
The 3 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | GPU.ai | packet.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.07/hr | $1.43/hr | 25% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.79/hr | $0.92/hr | 14% cheaper on GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB | $0.74/hr | $0.39/hr | 47% 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.
| GPU.ai | 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. | Per second | Hourly, per-second metered |
| Minimum commitment | $5 minimum deposit, no term | None on hourly |
| Payment model | Prepaid credit balance with burn rate and runway | Prepaid wallet · subscription · invoice |
| Free credits | not stated | $10 + 10k tokens |
| Egress | not stated | Free |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99% monthly (Dedicated) |
| Regions | 8 regions: US East/Central/West, Canada, EU West, EU East, India South, Asia-Pacific | California, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dublin |
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- NVIDIA RTX A4500 20GB$0.19/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada 16GB$0.24/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.40/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.65/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.72/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.78/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB$0.89/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
Nothing the other does not also rent.
Is GPU.ai cheaper than packet.ai?
GPU.ai is cheaper on 2 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 20%. packet.ai is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do GPU.ai and packet.ai both rent?
NVIDIA A100 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB — 3 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at GPU.ai and at packet.ai?
Of the cards both rent, GPU.ai starts at $0.74 per GPU-hour and packet.ai at $0.39.