Crusoe vs packet.ai
As of , packet.ai lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 2 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Crusoe $2.00 vs packet.ai $1.43 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.57 (29%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Crusoe and packet.ai, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Crusoe | packet.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $2.00 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.43 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.57 (29%) | packet.ai |
| NVIDIA L40S | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.92 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.58 (39%) | packet.ai |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Crusoe $2.00 vs packet.ai $1.43 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.57 (29%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Crusoe $1.50 vs packet.ai $0.92 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.58 (39%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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