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Packet·ai vs Thunder Compute

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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

Thunder Compute logo Thunder Compute

  • RTX A6000, L40, A100 and H100, 1 to 8 GPUs
  • Per-minute billing, charged only while an instance runs
  • One-click VS Code and Cursor connections
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
  • 100 GB persistent disk per GPU, no egress fees

Price comparison

How do Packet·ai's prices compare against Thunder Compute?

Block Storage

Packet·ai Packet·ai
$7.20 /mo 100 GB ($0.01 per 100 GB/hour)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
$21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included

Object Storage

Packet·ai Packet·ai
$18.00 /mo 1 TB stored (hot tier, S3-compatible)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Packet·ai Packet·ai
$40.00 $0.04/GB
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Packet·ai Packet·ai
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
A100 $1.43 $1.09

Billing Options

Packet·ai Packet·ai
On-DemandCustom
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
On-Demand

Available Models

Packet·ai offers 8 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.

Packet·ai Packet·ai
H100(2) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(2) A100(1) L40S(1) B200(5) B300(1) RTX 4090(1)
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
H100(4) A100(4) RTX A6000(1) L40(4)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

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

Service Packet·ai Thunder Compute
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers

Company details

Website
Packet·ai Packet·ai
packet.ai
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
www.thundercompute.com
Headquarters
Packet·ai Packet·ai
United States of America US flag
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
United States of America US flag
Founded
Packet·ai Packet·ai
2026
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
2024
Data Center Locations
Packet·ai Packet·ai
8
Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
1
Example Customers
Packet·ai Packet·ai
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Thunder Compute Thunder Compute
Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health

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Our data for Packet·ai was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Sept. 11, 2026.