What's good about...
Contabo
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
Paperspace
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Price comparison
How do Contabo's prices compare against Paperspace?
| Example configuration |
Contabo
|
Paperspace
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $4.68 / mo 4 vCPUs, 6 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 1) | -- |
| VM Medium | $9.88 / mo 6 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 2) | -- |
| VM Large | $14.57 / mo 8 vCPUs, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 3) | -- |
| Object Storage | $10.36 / mo 1 TB | -- |
| Free egress allowance | 10-324 TB per instance | -- |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free and unlimited 10-324 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth | Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps |
Contabo offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L40S | 4x L40S | 192GB | 64 | 512GB | $4.13 | Source |
| H100 | 4x H100 | 320GB | 64 | 512GB | $10.11 | Source |
Paperspace offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU+ (M4000) | 1x M4000 | 8GB | 8 | 30GB | $0.45 | Source |
| P4000 | 1x P4000 | 8GB | 8 | 30GB | $0.51 | Source |
| RTX4000 | 1x RTX 4000 | 24GB | 8 | 30GB | $0.56 | Source |
| P5000 | 1x P5000 | 16GB | 8 | 30GB | $0.78 | Source |
| A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 8 | 45GB | $0.80 | Launch |
| RTX5000 | 1x RTX 5000 | 16GB | 8 | 30GB | $0.82 | Source |
| P6000 | 1x P6000 | 24GB | 8 | 30GB | $1.10 | Source |
| A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 8 | 45GB | $1.42 | Launch |
| A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 45GB | $1.93 | Launch |
| V100-32G | 1x V100 | 32GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Launch |
| V100 | 1x V100 | 16GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Launch |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.19 | Launch |
| A100-80G | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.28 | Launch |
| H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 268GB | $5.99 | Launch |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Contabo and Paperspace offer:
| Service |
Contabo
|
Paperspace
|
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Contabo
|
Paperspace
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | contabo.com | paperspace.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2003 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 9 | 3 |
| Example Customers | -- | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
|
Contabo
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | contabo.com |
| Headquarters | Germany 🇩🇪 |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Data Center Locations | 9 |
| Example Customers | -- |
|
Paperspace
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | paperspace.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 3 |
| Example Customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Oct. 7, 2024, and for Paperspace on Dec. 3, 2024.