OVH
vs
Packet·ai
What's good about each
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
- 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 | OVH | Packet·ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | $7.20 /mo 100 GB | 24% cheaper on Packet·ai |
| Object storage | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 55% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney | 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
OVH offers 9 GPU models, while Packet·ai offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OVH | Packet·ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- On request | |
|
A100
3 configs · 1 config
|
$3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
L40S
3 configs · 1 config
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | 49% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
L4
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
$0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Packet·ai only |
|
B200
5 configs
|
-- | $3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Packet·ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | Packet·ai only |
OVH 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.
| Framework | OVH | Packet·ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only | -- |
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 | OVH | Packet·ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2025 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 19 | 12 |
| Example customers | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police | -- |
| Website | www.ovhcloud.com | packet.ai |
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Our data for OVH was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Packet·ai on Sept. 22, 2026.