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packet.ai vs Hyperstack

Same NVIDIA A100 80GB.
11% less than Hyperstack.
No reservation form.

packet.ai is 11% cheaper than Hyperstack for NVIDIA A100 80GB: $1.43/GPU-hr Dedicated versus Hyperstack’s $1.60/hr On-demand. 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
11%cheaper
NVIDIA A100 80GB · $/GPU-hr
-11%
lower price than Hyperstackfor the exact same silicon
packet.aiDedicated
$1.43
HyperstackOn-demand
$1.60
11%
lower price than Hyperstack On-demand
<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
Hyperstack$1.60/hr
$9,344/mo
You save
$12K/year
$992 saved per month
11% lower than Hyperstack
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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 Hyperstack On-demand $1.60/GPU-hr (Aug 2026).

Why it’s possible

Full GPU performance.
Published pricing. No reservation queue.

Hyperstack lists NVIDIA A100 80GB on-demand at $1.60/hr with reserved pricing available under a fixed-duration contract. packet.ai publishes $1.43/hr Dedicated with no reservation form and no contract — sign up and launch in minutes.

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.

No reservation form, no contract

Hyperstack's lower reserved rate requires a fixed-duration reservation contract. packet.ai's $1.43/hr Dedicated rate is available immediately with no contract and no minimum term.

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

Hyperstack may fit if…

  • You need Hyperstack's specific UK, EU, US or Norway datacenter footprint
  • You already have existing Hyperstack infrastructure and workflows
  • You want Hyperstack's reserved-pricing tier with a longer-term commitment
Side by side

packet.ai vs Hyperstack, in detail.

Capabilitypacket.airecommendedHyperstack
A100 80GB rate$1.43 / GPU-hr$1.60 / GPU-hr (On-demand)
Savings vs Hyperstack11% cheaperBaseline
Access modelSelf-serve, published priceOn-demand
Time to first GPUUnder 5 minutesMinutes to hours
Uptime SLA99.99% on DedicatedVaries by tier
Contract requiredNoneVaries by tier
RegionsEU · data residency + DPAUK, EU, US, Norway
Start freeNo credit cardAccount required

Hyperstack rate $1.60/GPU-hr (On-demand) as of August 2026.

FAQ

packet.ai vs Hyperstack, answered.

For anything else, reach help@packet.ai.

Is packet.ai cheaper than Hyperstack for NVIDIA A100 80GB?
Yes. packet.ai delivers NVIDIA A100 80GB at $1.43/GPU-hr Dedicated, approximately 11% less than Hyperstack’s $1.60/hr On-demand 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.
Does Hyperstack require a contract for its reserved A100 rate?
Yes. Hyperstack's lower reserved A100 rate requires a fixed-duration reservation contract. packet.ai's $1.43/hr Dedicated rate has no contract and no minimum term.
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 Hyperstack 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 Hyperstack for A100 80GB?
packet.ai runs A100 80GB in the EU (Frankfurt) with data residency and a DPA for regulated workloads. Hyperstack operates across UK, EU, US, Norway.

Same GPUs.
11% less. No reservation form.

Switch from Hyperstack 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