What's good about...
Azure
- Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
- Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
- 60+ datacenter locations around the world
Paperspace
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Price comparison
How do Azure's prices compare against Paperspace?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Azure
Paperspace
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Azure
Paperspace
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Azure
Paperspace
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Azure
Paperspace
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Azure
Paperspace
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Azure
Paperspace
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Azure
Paperspace
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Azure
Paperspace
Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Azure
Paperspace
Free egress allowance
Azure
Paperspace
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
Azure
Paperspace
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
Azure
Paperspace
Billing Options
Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Paperspace
On-Demand
Available Models
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12.
H100
MI300XHeads 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 Azure and Paperspace offer:
Company details
|
Azure
|
Paperspace
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | paperspace.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 66 | 3 |
| Example Customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
Website
Azure
Paperspace
Headquarters
Azure
Paperspace
Founded
Azure
Paperspace
Data Center Locations
Azure
Paperspace
Example Customers
Azure
Paperspace
Alternatives to consider
Compare Azure and Paperspace against other cloud providers.
Microsoft Azure
vs
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
vs
Oracle Cloud
Paperspace
vs
Runpod
Paperspace
vs
Verda
Our data for Azure was last updated on June 22, 2026, and for Paperspace on Feb. 12, 2026.