Azure
vs
Paperspace
What's good about each
- Integrates with Entra ID, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Visual Studio
- Azure Arc and Azure Stack for hybrid and multicloud
- OpenAI models served through Azure AI Foundry
- 100+ compliance offerings, regional and industry-specific
- 60+ regions worldwide
- 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 | Azure | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | 40% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | 50% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | 12% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | -- 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
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 2 configs
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 15% cheaper on Paperspace |
|
A100
20 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Paperspace |
|
V100
6 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Azure |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure 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 |
Azure 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 | Azure | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | 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 | Azure | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 66 | 3 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | paperspace.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 1, 2026.