What's good about...

Packet·ai logo Packet·ai

  • Deploy GPUs in <5 minutes
  • Free, unlimited data egress
  • OpenAI-compatible API for inference
  • Based in EU, may ease compliance requirements

Salad logo Salad

  • 60,000+ daily active GPUs across 191 countries
  • Consumer GPU range from GTX 1050 Ti to RTX 5090
  • Rates well below datacenter GPU clouds
  • Fully managed container engine, Kubernetes-compatible deployments
  • Secure Cloud option for enterprise datacenter GPUs

Price comparison

How do Packet·ai's prices compare against Salad?

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Packet·ai Packet·ai
$7.20 / mo 100 GB ($0.01 per 100 GB/hour)
Salad Salad
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Packet·ai Packet·ai
$18.00 / mo 1 TB stored (hot tier, S3-compatible)
Salad Salad
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Packet·ai Packet·ai
$40.00 $0.04/GB
Salad Salad
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Salad logo Salad Pricing Details

Salad bills per hour for resources actually consumed, with no commitments. Instances are priced by component, combining the GPU rate with per-vCPU and per-GB memory rates, plus a priority level that trades cost against scheduling preference. Volume discounts are available for large deployments.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Packet·ai Packet·ai
Salad Salad
RTX 4090 $0.39 $0.16

Billing Options

Packet·ai Packet·ai
On-DemandCustom
Salad Salad
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Packet·ai offers 8 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Packet·ai and Salad offer:

Company details

Website
Packet·ai Packet·ai
packet.ai
Salad Salad
salad.com
Headquarters
Packet·ai Packet·ai
United States of America
Salad Salad
United States of America
Founded
Packet·ai Packet·ai
2026
Salad Salad
2018
Data Center Locations
Packet·ai Packet·ai
8
Salad Salad
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Example Customers
Packet·ai Packet·ai
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Salad Salad
Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai

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Our data for Packet·ai was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Salad on Aug. 22, 2026.