Linode vs Paperspace

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Linode

Many VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
Good performance/price for most of its services
Multiple data center locations

Paperspace

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

Price comparison

How do Linode's prices compare against Paperspace?

Example configuration	Linode	Paperspace
VM Small	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)	--
VM Medium	$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)	--
VM Large	$114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated)	--
Block Storage	$16.00 / mo 160 GB	--
Object Storage	$20.00 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	$10.00 / mo	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage	--
Free egress allowance	1-20 TB / mo per instance	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$5.00 $0.005 / GB	Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps

Linode offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GPU1	1x RTX 6000	24GB	8	32GB	$1.50	Source
GPU2	2x RTX 6000	48GB	16	64GB	$3.00	Source
GPU3	3x RTX 6000	72GB	20	96GB	$4.50	Source
GPU4	4x RTX 6000	96GB	24	128GB	$6.00	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 Linode and Paperspace offer:

Service	Linode	Paperspace
Block Storage		--
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer		--
Managed Kubernetes		--
Managed MySQL		--
Managed PostgreSQL		--
Object Storage		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)		--

Company details

	Linode	Paperspace
Website	www.linode.com	paperspace.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2003	2014
Data Center Locations	24	3
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy	Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando

	Linode
Website	www.linode.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2003
Data Center Locations	24
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy

	Paperspace
Website	paperspace.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2014
Data Center Locations	3
Example Customers	Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando