Google Cloud
vs
Paperspace
What's good about each
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
- 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 | Google Cloud | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | 39% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | 48% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | 11% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Object storage | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | -- 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
Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs · 2 configs
|
$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Paperspace |
|
A100
36 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 17% cheaper on Paperspace |
|
V100
36 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Paperspace |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
$1.98 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
$0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX A6000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.89 /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 |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 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 | Google Cloud | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Level 1, data centers only |
| FedRAMP | High | -- |
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 | Google Cloud | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 3 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | cloud.google.com | paperspace.com |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 1, 2026.