Massed Compute 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.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 2 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 14%. packet.ai is cheaper on the other 1.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 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 | Massed Compute | packet.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB | $5.43/hr | $6.99/hr | 22% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.35/hr | $1.43/hr | 6% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.97/hr | $0.92/hr | 5% 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.
| Massed Compute | 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 minute | Hourly, per-second metered |
| Minimum commitment | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold | None on hourly |
| Payment model | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge | Prepaid wallet · subscription · invoice |
| Free credits | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes | $10 + 10k tokens |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found | 99% monthly (Dedicated) |
| Regions | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named | California, Virginia, Texas, Oregon, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dublin |
Neither site tells you whether private networking exists. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.55/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.38/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB$2.73/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB$6.60/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.39/hr
Is Massed Compute cheaper than packet.ai?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 2 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 14%. packet.ai is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do Massed Compute 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 Massed Compute and at packet.ai?
Of the cards both rent, Massed Compute starts at $0.97 per GPU-hour and packet.ai at $0.92.