What's good about...
Paperspace
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
UpCloud
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
How do Paperspace's prices compare against UpCloud?
| Example configuration |
Paperspace
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | -- | $3.12 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) |
| VM Medium | -- | $54.10 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General) |
| VM Large | -- | $166.46 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU) |
| Block Storage | -- | $22.89 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | -- | $20.81 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | -- | $10.40 / mo |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $62.42 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | $52.02 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free and unlimited Burst up to 10 Gbps, then soft capped at 900 Mbps | Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth |
Paperspace offers GPUs in the following configurations:
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Launch |
| 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 | Launch |
| A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 45GB | $1.93 | Launch |
| V100-32G | 1x V100 | 32GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Launch |
| V100 | 1x V100 | 16GB | 8 | 30GB | $2.34 | Launch |
| A100 | 1x A100 | 40GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.19 | Launch |
| A100-80G | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 90GB | $3.28 | Launch |
| H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 268GB | $5.99 | Launch |
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 UpCloud offer:
| Service |
Paperspace
|
UpCloud
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | -- | |
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Paperspace
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | paperspace.com | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2014 | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 3 | 13 |
| Example Customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
|
Paperspace
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | paperspace.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Data Center Locations | 3 |
| Example Customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando |
|
UpCloud
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | upcloud.com |
| Headquarters | Finland 🇫🇮 |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Data Center Locations | 13 |
| Example Customers | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Dec. 3, 2024, and for UpCloud on Jan. 10, 2025.