Civo
vs
Paperspace
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Civo | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | 16% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | 25% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | 17% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | 36% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 2 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Civo |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX A6000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A5000
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); Paperspace 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 | Civo | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, data centers 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 | Civo | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 3 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | civo.com | paperspace.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 1, 2026.