Hikube
vs
Packet·ai
What's good about each
- Storage replicated across datacenters in Geneva, Gland and Lucerne
- H100, H200 and A100 GPUs on VMs or Kubernetes
- Managed Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse, Kafka and RabbitMQ
- ISO 27001 certified company and datacenters
- Dynamic tier: shared GPUs at about half the dedicated rate
- Free, unlimited data egress
- Single GPUs from RTX 4090 to B200
- S3-compatible object storage and OpenAI-compatible inference API
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hikube | Packet·ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $28.89 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (s1.small) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $115.55 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (s1.large) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $231.10 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (s1.xlarge) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $21.97 /mo 100 GB | $7.20 /mo 100 GB | 67% cheaper on Packet·ai |
| Object storage | $24.41 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 26% cheaper on Packet·ai |
| PostgreSQL | $59.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 50 GB (large) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $24.08 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (medium) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | Free and unlimited |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Hikube offers 6 GPU models, while Packet·ai offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hikube | Packet·ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 2 configs
|
$3.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 2 configs
|
$3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | 79% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$4.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
A100
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.03 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
L40S
1 config · 1 config
|
$1.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | 49% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
L4
1 config
|
$0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hikube only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Packet·ai only |
|
B200
5 configs
|
-- | $3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Packet·ai only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | Packet·ai only |
Hikube bills on-demand; Packet·ai bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Hikube | Packet·ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 12 |
| Example customers | -- | -- |
| Website | hikube.cloud | packet.ai |
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Our data for Hikube was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Packet·ai on Sept. 22, 2026.