Nebius
vs
Paperspace
Both rent H100 GPUs with VPS and block storage. Paperspace charges less for VMs and runs Gradient notebooks, while Nebius rents B200 GPUs with spot pricing and managed Kubernetes.
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- 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 | Nebius | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | 82% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | 19% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | 19% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | -- 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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while Paperspace offers 12. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Paperspace | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 2 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Nebius |
|
B300
1 config
|
$9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
$8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
RTX A6000
2 configs
|
-- | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | Paperspace only |
Nebius bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Nebius | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Data centers only |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | -- |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1, data centers only |
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 | Nebius | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 3 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
| Website | nebius.com | paperspace.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Oct. 5, 2026, and for Paperspace on Oct. 5, 2026.