Paperspace
vs
Vercel
What's good about each
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Paperspace | Vercel | 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 | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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 Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Paperspace | Vercel | 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, data centers only | Yes |
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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 20 |
| Example customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | paperspace.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.