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packet.ai vs AWS

Same NVIDIA A100 80GB.
58% less than AWS.
No reservation form.

packet.ai is 58% cheaper than AWS for NVIDIA A100 80GB: $1.43/GPU-hr Dedicated versus AWS’s $3.43/hr p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU). packet.ai is fully self-serve with a published rate, a 99.99% uptime SLA, and EU data residency built in.

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No credit card 99.99% uptime SLA No reservation form
58%cheaper
NVIDIA A100 80GB · $/GPU-hr
-58%
lower price than AWSfor the exact same silicon
packet.aiDedicated
$1.43
AWSp4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU)
$3.43
58%
lower price than AWS p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU)
<5 min
to your first live GPU
99.99%
uptime SLA on Dedicated
$0
to start · no card, no minimums
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packet.aiDedicated · $1.43/hr
$8,352/mo
AWS$3.43/hr
$20,032/mo
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58% lower than AWS
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Snapshot at 8 NVIDIA A100 80GB GPUs running 24/7 (730 hrs/mo) at packet.ai Dedicated $1.43/GPU-hr vs AWS p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU) $3.43/GPU-hr (Aug 2026).

Why it’s possible

Full GPU performance.
Published pricing. No reservation queue.

AWS only offers A100 80GB inside the p4de.24xlarge instance — 8 GPUs for $27.45/hr, or $3.43/hr per GPU, plus IAM setup and egress fees at $0.09/GB after the free tier. packet.ai publishes $1.43/hr Dedicated per single GPU, self-serve, with zero egress fees.

Published pricing, no form

packet.ai publishes $1.43/hr Dedicated openly for NVIDIA A100 80GB. You can budget from day one without a reservation form, sales call, or approval queue.

Single GPU, no 8-GPU minimum

AWS p4de.24xlarge only comes as an 8-GPU block — you can't rent one A100. packet.ai lets you deploy exactly the GPU count you need starting from a single A100 80GB.

99.99% uptime SLA

packet.ai Dedicated includes a contractual 99.99% uptime SLA on every A100 80GB instance, backed by the platform.

Built by hosted.ai

Not a marketplace.
A 25-year infrastructure company.

packet.ai is the neocloud built by hosted.ai, the team that previously built OnApp and shipped infrastructure at VMware, NVIDIA and the Xen project. We’re doing for GPUs what VMware did for CPUs two decades ago: turning idle, single-tenant hardware into elastic, software-defined capacity. Backed by $23.6M led by Creandum.

PedigreeOnAppVMwareNVIDIAXen / CitrixSunlight.io
25+
years building infrastructure software
6,000+
cloud deployments powered by OnApp
40+
engineers building packet.ai
$23.6M
raised, led by Creandum
The verdict

Which should you choose?

Choose packet.ai if…

  • You want A100 80GB access at a published rate with no reservation form
  • You need a 99.99% uptime SLA with no minimum spend
  • You want a single GPU, not an 8-GPU node minimum
  • You need EU data residency with a DPA for regulated workloads

AWS may fit if…

  • Your workload is tightly integrated with AWS services (S3, SageMaker, VPC, Lambda)
  • You have existing AWS enterprise agreements and credits to utilise
  • You require AWS compliance certifications (FedRAMP, GovCloud) for regulated workloads
Side by side

packet.ai vs AWS, in detail.

Capabilitypacket.airecommendedAWS
A100 80GB rate$1.43 / GPU-hr$3.43 / GPU-hr (p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU))
Savings vs AWS58% cheaperBaseline
Access modelSelf-serve, published pricep4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU)
Time to first GPUUnder 5 minutesMinutes to hours
Uptime SLA99.99% on DedicatedVaries by tier
Contract requiredNoneVaries by tier
RegionsEU · data residency + DPA15+ regions incl. US East, US West, EU
Start freeNo credit cardAccount required

AWS rate $3.43/GPU-hr (p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU)) as of August 2026.

FAQ

packet.ai vs AWS, answered.

For anything else, reach help@packet.ai.

Is packet.ai cheaper than AWS for NVIDIA A100 80GB?
Yes. packet.ai delivers NVIDIA A100 80GB at $1.43/GPU-hr Dedicated, approximately 58% less than AWS’s $3.43/hr p4de.24xlarge (cheapest single GPU) rate. Both run the same NVIDIA A100 80GB HBM2e silicon.
Does packet.ai require a reservation form for A100 80GB?
No. packet.ai is fully self-serve: sign up, create an SSH key, and launch an A100 80GB in under 5 minutes with no form or approval queue.
Does packet.ai have a 99.99% SLA for A100 80GB?
Yes. packet.ai Dedicated includes a 99.99% uptime SLA on every A100 80GB instance, with no minimum spend required.
Can I rent a single A100 GPU on AWS?
No. AWS only offers A100 80GB through the p4de.24xlarge instance, an 8-GPU block at $27.45/hr. packet.ai lets you deploy a single A100 80GB starting at $1.43/hr.
What is packet.ai’s pricing model for A100 80GB?
packet.ai charges a flat $1.43/GPU-hr Dedicated rate for NVIDIA A100 80GB, published openly with no hidden fees. A team running inference on a single A100 80GB pays roughly $1,044/month at 24/7 utilisation.
Can I migrate from AWS to packet.ai without code changes?
Yes. Both platforms use standard CUDA containers and SSH access. Most workloads migrate with no code changes — same NVIDIA A100 80GB hardware, same CUDA stack.
What regions does packet.ai support vs AWS for A100 80GB?
packet.ai runs A100 80GB in the EU (Frankfurt) with data residency and a DPA for regulated workloads. AWS operates across 15+ global regions including US East, US West, and EU.

Same GPUs.
58% less. No reservation form.

Switch from AWS and launch an A100 80GB in under 5 minutes. From $1.43/GPU-hour, published pricing, 99.99% uptime SLA.

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No credit card · published pricing · 99.99% SLA · EU