Nova Cloud vs packet.ai
As of , packet.ai lists the lower on-demand rate on 1 of the 1 GPUs both offer on-demand. 1 more shared GPU rests on community capacity or a marketplace floor and is not counted. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA RTX 4090: Nova Cloud $0.42 vs packet.ai $0.39 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.03 (7%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Nova Cloud 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 | Nova Cloud | packet.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.56 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.66 Dynamic captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | $0.42 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.39 Dedicated captured Deploy ↗ | $0.03 (7%) | packet.ai |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Nova Cloud $1.56 vs packet.ai $0.66 (Dynamic) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: Nova Cloud $0.42 vs packet.ai $0.39 (Dedicated) per GPU-hour on-demand — packet.ai is $0.03 (7%) 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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