Paperspace
vs
Render
What's good about each
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
- Postgres with point-in-time recovery, read replicas and high availability
- Unlimited seats on paid plans, no per-seat billing
- Free plans for web services, Postgres and Key Value
- Full-stack preview environments for each pull request
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and HIPAA-compliant workspaces
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Paperspace | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | $25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (1c-2g) | 74% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Medium VM | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | $175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (4c-8g) | 67% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Large VM | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | $300.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (8c-16g) | 62% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | $25.00 /mo 100 GB | 72% cheaper on Paperspace |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2c-4g) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (1g) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | Included in plan | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB |
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
Paperspace offers 12 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Render. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Paperspace | Render | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs
|
$5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace 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 |
|
A5000
1 config
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
RTX 5000
1 config
|
$0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
P6000
1 config
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
M4000
1 config
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
P5000
1 config
|
$0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
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 | Paperspace | Render |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| 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 | Paperspace | Render |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 5 |
| Example customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | OpenAI, ReadMe, Plane, Hodinkee, Every |
| Website | paperspace.com | render.com |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Render on Sept. 18, 2026.