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Exoscale vs Paperspace

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What's good about...

Exoscale logo Exoscale

  • Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
  • Offers Nvidia GPUs like the RTX PRO 6000, 3080 Ti and A40
  • European cloud provider, may ease compliance requirements

Paperspace logo Paperspace

  • Competitive GPU prices
  • Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
  • Free ingress and egress

Price comparison

How do Exoscale's prices compare against Paperspace?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)
Paperspace Paperspace
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Exoscale Exoscale
$67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)
Paperspace Paperspace
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Exoscale Exoscale
$168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL)
Paperspace Paperspace
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Exoscale Exoscale
$10.08 / mo 100 GB
Paperspace Paperspace
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Exoscale Exoscale
$24.80 / mo 1 TB
Paperspace Paperspace
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Exoscale Exoscale
$25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer
Paperspace Paperspace
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Exoscale Exoscale
$98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4)
Paperspace Paperspace
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Exoscale Exoscale
$42.44 / mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey)
Paperspace Paperspace
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Free egress allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
1 TB / mo per instance
Paperspace Paperspace
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
$20.00 $0.02 / GB
Paperspace Paperspace
Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps
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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.

Exoscale Exoscale
Paperspace Paperspace
V100 $0.83 $2.34 A5000 $1.14 $1.42

Billing Options

Exoscale Exoscale
On-Demand
Paperspace Paperspace
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.

Exoscale offers 6 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12.

Exoscale Exoscale
RTX PRO 6000(4) V100(4) A5000(3) A40(4) RTX 3080 Ti(3) A30(4)
Paperspace Paperspace
H100(1) A100(2) V100(2) RTX A6000(1) A5000(1) A4000(1) RTX 4000 Ada(1) P4000(1) RTX 5000(1) M4000(1)
View all 12 GPUs →

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 Exoscale and Paperspace offer:

Service Exoscale Paperspace
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Python Notebooks
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Exoscale Exoscale
www.exoscale.com
Paperspace Paperspace
paperspace.com
Headquarters
Exoscale Exoscale
Switzerland
Paperspace Paperspace
United States of America
Founded
Exoscale Exoscale
2011
Paperspace Paperspace
2014
Data Center Locations
Exoscale Exoscale
8
Paperspace Paperspace
3
Example Customers
Exoscale Exoscale
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Paperspace Paperspace
Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Aug. 21, 2026, and for Paperspace on Feb. 12, 2026.

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