CoreWeave
vs
Paperspace
What's good about each
- Nvidia nodes from A100 up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Bare-metal nodes under a managed Kubernetes control plane
- No charge for the Kubernetes control plane or Slurm
- Free egress and no object storage request fees
- 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 | CoreWeave | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Distributed File Storage) | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | Identical |
| Object storage | $61.44 /mo 1 TB (Hot) | -- 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
CoreWeave offers 11 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 2 configs
|
$6.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
A100
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on CoreWeave |
|
B300
1 config
|
$4.48 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$4.26 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
$1.20 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.62 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CoreWeave 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 |
CoreWeave bills on-demand and spot; Paperspace bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | CoreWeave | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Object Storage | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | CoreWeave | 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 | CoreWeave | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 55 | 3 |
| Example customers | OpenAI, Cohere, Mistral AI, NovelAI | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | coreweave.com | paperspace.com |
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Our data for CoreWeave was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 1, 2026.