What is the difference between GMI Cloud and Paperspace?

GMI Cloud and Paperspace are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: GMI Cloud or Paperspace?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between GMI Cloud and Paperspace?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 13 different GPU models across both GMI Cloud and Paperspace, with 0 models available from both providers.

GMI Cloud vs Paperspace

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between GMI Cloud and Paperspace. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

GMI Cloud GPUs

Paperspace GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $3.95/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 13Both available: 1GMI Cloud: 4Paperspace: 10

Showing 13 of 13 GPUs

Last updated: 9/30/2026, 12:52:20 AM

GPU Model ↑	GMI Cloud Price	Paperspace Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$3.18/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $3.18/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
B200 180GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$4.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $4.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
GB200 384GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$8.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
GB200 384GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $8.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • GMI CloudPaperspace	$2.00/hr★ Best	$5.95/hr	↓$3.95(66.4%)	GMI Cloud Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $2.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.95(66.4%) GMI Cloud Paperspace
H200 141GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$2.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $2.60/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.51/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.78/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.78/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.56/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.56/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.82/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.82/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.76/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$1.38/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $1.38/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.94/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.94/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$1.15/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Paperspace
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $1.15/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$3.18/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $3.18/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
B200 180GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$4.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $4.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
GB200 384GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$8.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
GB200 384GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $8.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • GMI CloudPaperspace	$2.00/hr★ Best	$5.95/hr	↓$3.95(66.4%)	GMI Cloud Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $2.00/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 Price Difference:↓$3.95(66.4%) GMI Cloud Paperspace
H200 141GB VRAM • GMI Cloud	$2.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	GMI Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • GMI Cloud $2.60/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Not Available GMI Cloud
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.51/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.78/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.78/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.56/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.56/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.82/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.82/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.76/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$1.38/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $1.38/hour Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.94/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.94/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$1.15/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Paperspace
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $1.15/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/29/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 65Both available: 0GMI Cloud: 65Paperspace: 0

Showing 15 of 65 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 9/30/2026, 12:52:20 AM

Model ↑	GMI Cloud	Paperspace	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek	$0.570 in $2.29 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V3 DeepSeek	$0.290 in $1.14 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V3.2 DeepSeek	$0.209 in $0.310 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	$0.091 in $0.182 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision DeepSeek	$0.440 in $1.32 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	$0.957 in $1.91 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	$0.180 in $0.720 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3 Flash Google	$0.500 in $3.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	$0.250 in $1.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	$2.00 in $12.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	$1.50 in $9.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	$1.50 in $7.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

GMI Cloud

Serverless Inference
OpenAI-compatible endpoints for LLM and multimodal models with request batching and scaling to zero
Dedicated GPU Compute
Managed Kubernetes clusters, container instances, and bare-metal servers with RDMA-ready networking
Blackwell Capacity
GB200 available and GB300 on pre-order alongside H100, H200, and B200 systems
Studio and AgentBox
Visual workflow builder for multi-step model pipelines plus a marketplace for publishing and using AI agents
Reserved + On-Demand
Both hourly on-demand capacity and longer-term committed reservations are published

Paperspace

Gradient Notebooks
Interactive Jupyter notebooks with a free tier, pre-configured templates, and access to powerful GPUs.
Gradient Deployments
Serve machine learning models as scalable API endpoints.
Core Machines
High-performance virtual machines with a wide variety of NVIDIA GPUs for demanding workloads.
Team Collaboration
Features for teams to collaborate on projects, including shared drives and SSO.
Persistent Storage
Offers persistent storage that can be shared across different machines and notebooks.
API and CLI
Programmatic access to the Paperspace platform to automate workflows.

Pros & Cons

GMI Cloud

Advantages

Transparent published per-GPU hourly rates
Access to current Blackwell-generation systems
OpenAI-compatible inference API alongside dedicated GPU clusters

Considerations

Smaller global footprint than hyperscalers
Newer entrant relative to long-established providers
Published GPU catalog covers only datacenter-class parts, with no lower-tier options such as L4 or L40S

Paperspace

Advantages

User-friendly interface and easy to get started
Wide range of NVIDIA GPU options
Free GPU and CPU plans for notebooks
Pay-per-second billing model

Considerations

Limited data center regions (US and Europe)
Some user reports of inconsistent customer support
Availability of high-end multi-GPU instances can be limited

Compute Services

GMI Cloud

Paperspace

Core GPU Instances

Virtual machines with a wide range of NVIDIA GPUs for various workloads.

Gradient Notebooks

Managed Jupyter notebooks for interactive development and experimentation.

Free CPU and GPU tiers
1-click launch with pre-configured templates

Gradient Deployments

A serverless product for deploying trained models as REST APIs.

Scalable and managed infrastructure
Integration with Gradient Notebooks and Workflows

Pricing Options

GMI Cloud

On-Demand Containers

Hourly billing for self-serve GPU containers

Reserved Private Cloud

Discounted longer-term reservations of dedicated GPU clusters

Serverless Inference

Per-token billing for LLM endpoints and per-request billing for image and video models

Paperspace

Getting Started

GMI Cloud

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up for the GMI Cloud console
2
Pick a GPU and region
Select an on-demand container, bare-metal cluster, or inference endpoint
3
Deploy your workload
Launch via the console or programmatically through the GMI API

Paperspace

Get Started

1
Create an Account
Sign up for a Paperspace account. You can start with a free plan.
2
Choose a Product
Select the product that best fits your needs, such as Gradient Notebooks for interactive development or Core Machines for more control.
3
Select a Template and Machine
Choose a pre-configured template for your desired framework and select a GPU or CPU instance.
4
Start Working
Launch your machine or notebook and begin building, training, or deploying your AI applications.

Support & Global Availability

GMI Cloud

Global Regions

Data centers in North America and Asia, with region-aware pricing and unified billing

Support

Documentation, self-service console, Discord community, and enterprise support via sales

Paperspace

Global Regions

Data centers are located in the US (Secaucus, NJ and Santa Clara, CA) and Europe (Amsterdam, NL).

Support

Support is available through a community forum, extensive documentation, and a support ticket system.