What is the difference between Novita AI and Paperspace?

Novita AI 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: Novita AI 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 Novita AI 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 14 different GPU models across both Novita AI and Paperspace, with 0 models available from both providers.

Novita AI vs Paperspace

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

Novita AI

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Novita AI GPUs

Paperspace GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $4.25/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 14Both available: 1Novita AI: 4Paperspace: 11

Showing 14 of 14 GPUs

Last updated: 11/6/2026, 11:58:05 PM

GPU Model ↑	Novita AI Price	Paperspace Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$3.09/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $3.09/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AIPaperspace	$1.70/hr★ Best	$5.95/hr	↓$4.25(71.4%)	Novita Market API Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AI $1.70/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$4.25(71.4%) Novita Market API Paperspace
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.55/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.51/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.34/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.34/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.36/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.36/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.76/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace

A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$3.09/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $3.09/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AIPaperspace	$1.70/hr★ Best	$5.95/hr	↓$4.25(71.4%)	Novita Market API Paperspace
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Novita AI $1.70/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$4.25(71.4%) Novita Market API Paperspace
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.55/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.51/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.34/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.34/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Novita AI	$0.36/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Novita Market API
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Novita AI $0.36/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Novita Market API
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	Not Available	$0.76/hr★ Best	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Not Available Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★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: 11/6/2026 ★Best Price Paperspace

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 59Both available: 0Novita AI: 59Paperspace: 0

Showing 15 of 59 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 11/6/2026, 11:58:05 PM

Model ↑	Novita AI	Paperspace	Input Diff ↕
DeepSeek R1 DeepSeek	$0.700 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B DeepSeek	$0.060 in $0.090 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek	$1.32 in $3.96 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash DeepSeek	$0.300 in $1.20 out	Not available	—
Gemma 3 12B Google	$0.050 in $0.100 out	Not available	—
Gemma 3 27B Google	$0.119 in $0.200 out	Not available	—
Gemma 4 26B Google	$0.130 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
Gemma 4 31B Google	$0.140 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
GLM 4.7 Flash Z.ai	$0.070 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.5 Air Z.ai	$0.130 in $0.850 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.5V Z.ai	$0.600 in $1.80 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.6 Z.ai	$0.550 in $2.20 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.6V Z.ai	$0.300 in $0.900 out	Not available	—
GLM-4.7 Z.ai	$0.600 in $2.20 out	Not available	—
GLM-5 Z.ai	$1.00 in $3.20 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Novita AI

OpenAI-Compatible Model API
One endpoint for 200+ text, image, audio and video models, callable with existing OpenAI client libraries
Open-Weight Catalogue
Qwen, DeepSeek, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax, Llama, Gemma and Nemotron families served serverlessly with per-token billing
Prompt Caching
Cache-read pricing published separately from standard input pricing on most chat models
Serverless and Dedicated GPUs
Per-second serverless GPU jobs, on-demand instances, and bare-metal clusters with H100 and H200 hardware
Private Endpoints
Dedicated deployments for workloads that need reserved capacity rather than shared serverless throughput
Agent Sandbox
Isolated runtimes for agent workloads that call models and execute tools, billed per second

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

Novita AI

Advantages

Broad open-weight model coverage under one API, so several model families can be compared without changing providers
Catalogue endpoint publishes per-model pricing openly, with no account required
Prompt caching rates published alongside standard input rates
Both token-billed inference and GPU rental available from one account

Considerations

Model catalogue turns over quickly, and retired models stay listed with a status flag rather than being removed
A few models use tiered billing where the rate depends on prompt length
Headquarters and data-centre regions are not published on the marketing site

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

Novita AI

Model APIs

Serverless per-token inference across text, image, audio and video models through an OpenAI-compatible API

GPU Instances

On-demand and serverless GPU compute, plus bare-metal clusters for larger deployments

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

Novita AI

Paperspace

Getting Started

Novita AI

Get Started

1
Sign up at novita.ai and generate an API key from the dashboard
2
Set the base URL to Novita's OpenAI-compatible endpoint and pass the API key as the bearer token
3
Browse the model library for the model id, then pass it as the model parameter
4
Move to a private endpoint or dedicated GPU instance when shared serverless throughput is not enough

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

Novita AI

Global Regions

Regional availability is not published on the marketing site.

Support

Documentation site, dashboard guidance, a Discord community, and email support at support@novita.ai.

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.