What's good about...
Paperspace
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
Thunder Compute
- Offers affordable cloud GPUs, including A100 and H100 instances.
- Simple, pay-as-you-go pricing model.
- Focused on maximizing hardware utilization to provide lower costs.
Price comparison
How do Paperspace's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
Example configuration |
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Block Storage | -- | $15.00 / mo $0.15 per GB/month 100 GB |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps | -- |
Paperspace GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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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 | Source |
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 | Source |
A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 45GB | $1.93 | Source |
V100-32G | 1x V100 | 32GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Source |
V100 | 1x V100 | 16GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Source |
A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.19 | Source |
A100-80G | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.28 | Source |
H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 268GB | $5.99 | Source |
Thunder Compute GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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Tesla T4 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.27 | Source |
A100 (40GB) | 1x A100 | 40GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.57 | Source |
A100 (80GB) | 1x A100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $0.78 | Source |
H100 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 4 | 32GB | $1.47 | Source |
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 Paperspace and Thunder Compute offer:
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Block Storage | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers |
Company details
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Website | paperspace.com | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2014 | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 3 | 1 |
Example Customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Website | paperspace.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2014 |
Data Center Locations | 3 |
Example Customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
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Website | thundercompute.com |
Headquarters | United States of America ๐บ๐ธ |
Founded | 2024 |
Data Center Locations | 1 |
Example Customers | KronosAI, Abbvie |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Dec. 3, 2024, and for Thunder Compute on June 7, 2025.