What's good about...

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai

  • Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
  • Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Offers both serverless GPU instances

Fal.ai logo Paperspace

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

Price comparison

How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Paperspace?

Example configuration Fal.ai Paperspace
1 TB of egress beyond allowance -- Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

  • GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
  • Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

Fal.ai GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A6000 1x A6000 48GB -- -- $0.60 Source
A100 1x A100 40GB -- -- $0.99 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- $1.89 Source
H200 1x H200 141GB -- -- $2.10 Source
B200 1x B200 184GB -- -- On Request Source

Paperspace GPUs

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 Source
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 Source
A6000 1x A6000 48GB 8 45GB $1.93 Source
V100-32G 1x V100 32GB 8 30GB $2.34 Source
V100 1x V100 16GB 8 30GB $2.34 Source
A100 1x A100 40GB 8 90GB $3.19 Source
A100-80G 1x A100 80GB 8 90GB $3.28 Source
H100 PCIe 1x H100 80GB 16 268GB $5.99 Source

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 Fal.ai and Paperspace offer:

Service Fal.ai Paperspace
GPU-powered Servers

Company details

Fal.ai
Website fal.ai
Headquarters United States of America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Founded 2021
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra
Paperspace
Website paperspace.com
Headquarters United States of America ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Founded 2014
Data Center Locations 3
Example Customers Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando

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Our data for Fal.ai was last updated on June 12, 2025, and for Paperspace on June 12, 2025.