packet.ai vs AWS

Same NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro.
80% less than AWS.
No IAM. No egress fees.

packet.ai is 80% cheaper than AWS for NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro: $0.66/GPU-hr Dynamic versus AWS G7e at $3.36/hr for a single GPU (g7e.2xlarge, us-east-1). AWS adds egress fees at $0.09/GB, IAM quota requirements, and billing overhead on top. packet.ai is fully self-serve with zero overhead in under 5 minutes.

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No credit card No IAM, no quota Zero egress fees

80%cheaper

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro · on-demand $/GPU-hr

-80%

lower price than AWSfor the exact same silicon

packet.aiDynamic

$0.66

AWSg7e.2xlarge (cheapest single GPU)

$3.36

80%

lower price than AWS G7e on-demand

<5 min

to your first live GPU

99.99%

uptime SLA on Dedicated

egress fees · ever

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NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro GPUs, running 24/78

116324864

packet.aiDynamic · $0.66/hr

$3,854/mo

AWS$3.36/hr

$19,622/mo

You save

$189K/year

$15,768 saved per month

80% lower than AWS

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Snapshot at 8 NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro GPUs running 24/7 (730 hrs/mo) at packet.ai Dynamic $0.66/GPU-hr vs AWS g7e.2xlarge $3.36/hr per GPU (us-east-1, Aug 2026). AWS egress fees excluded.

Why it’s possible

Full GPU performance.
No egress fees. No IAM overhead.

AWS launched G7e instances in January 2026 with the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition. The cheapest single-GPU shape is g7e.2xlarge at $3.36/hr in us-east-1 plus egress fees at $0.09/GB after 100GB/month, IAM quota requirements, and AWS billing complexity. packet.ai is self-serve at $0.66/hr with zero egress fees.

AWSon-demand EC2 billing

40% used

60% idle, you still pay $3.36/hr

packet.aiDynamic - consumption billing

you pay only for GPU cycles your workload uses

AWS G7e bills per-second for the full instance including idle time. packet.ai’s Dynamic model bills only what you consume producing 80%+ savings before adding AWS egress fees.

Zero egress fees

AWS charges egress fees at $0.09/GB after the first free 100GB per month. packet.ai charges zero egress fees ever.

No IAM, no quota requests

AWS G7e instances may require IAM quota increases and regional capacity availability before launching. packet.ai is fully self-serve: create an account, launch in under 5 minutes, no quota process.

No billing overhead

AWS adds data transfer charges, instance overhead, and billing complexity on top of the GPU rate. packet.ai is $0.66/hr all-in, with no hidden fees.

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 RTX 6000 Pro from a single GPU with published pricing and no IAM complexity
You need instant access with no quota approval or capacity reservation process
You want zero egress fees and no AWS overhead
You’re scaling and want hourly billing at a fraction of AWS G7e on-demand cost

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.

Capability	packet.airecommended	AWS
Pricing model	Dynamic (pay for actual GPU usage)	On-demand per-second billing
RTX 6000 Pro · on-demand	$0.66 / GPU-hr	$3.36 / GPU-hr (g7e.2xlarge)
Savings vs AWS	80% cheaper	Baseline
Egress fees	None ever	$0.09/GB after 100GB/month
Access model	Self-serve, instant	IAM setup + possible quota request
Time to first GPU	Under 5 minutes	Minutes to hours (quota dependent)
Uptime SLA	99.99% on Dedicated	Standard EC2 SLA
Contract required	None	None (on-demand)
EU data residency + DPA	Yes	Yes (EU regions)
Start free	No credit card	AWS account + IAM required

AWS g7e.2xlarge $3.36/hr in us-east-1 as of August 2026. AWS also charges egress at $0.09/GB after the first free 100GB/month.

FAQ

packet.ai vs AWS, answered.

For anything else, reach help@packet.ai.

Is packet.ai cheaper than AWS for NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro?

packet.ai Dynamic delivers RTX 6000 Pro at $0.66/GPU-hr, approximately 80% less than AWS G7e at $3.36/hr for a single RTX PRO 6000 GPU (g7e.2xlarge, us-east-1). AWS also charges egress fees at $0.09/GB after 100GB/month.

What AWS instance offers RTX 6000 Pro?

AWS offers the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition through EC2 G7e instances, launched January 2026. The cheapest single-GPU configuration is g7e.2xlarge at $3.36/hr in us-east-1.

Does packet.ai require capacity reservations like AWS G7e?

No. packet.ai is fully on-demand with self-serve launch in under 5 minutes. AWS G7e instances may require IAM quota increases and regional capacity availability before launching.

Does AWS charge egress fees for RTX 6000 Pro workloads?

Yes. AWS charges egress fees at $0.09/GB after the first free 100GB per month. packet.ai charges zero egress fees ever.

What is the minimum GPU commitment for AWS G7e vs packet.ai?

AWS G7e starts at 1 GPU (g7e.2xlarge at $3.36/hr) but requires IAM setup and potential quota requests. packet.ai starts with 1 GPU at $0.66/hr with no setup overhead.

Does packet.ai offer an uptime SLA comparable to AWS?

Yes. packet.ai Dedicated includes a 99.99% uptime SLA. AWS offers SLAs through their standard EC2 service agreements.

Can I switch from AWS to packet.ai without code changes?

Yes. Both run the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition on CUDA. Most workloads migrate with no code changes. You avoid egress fees and IAM complexity on packet.ai.

Same GPUs.
Zero overhead.

Switch from AWS and launch an RTX 6000 Pro in under 5 minutes. From $0.66/GPU-hour, no quota process, no egress fees.