Paperspace
vs
Vast.ai
Both rent GPUs on demand. Paperspace adds VPS, block storage and Gradient notebooks, while Vast.ai rents per second from independent hosts with spot bidding.
What's good about each
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Paperspace | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- 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
Paperspace offers 12 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Vast.ai.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Paperspace | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Paperspace | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | -- |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | -- |
| Example customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | paperspace.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Oct. 22, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 15, 2026.