Paperspace vs UpCloud

Interactive Jupyter notebooks with a free tier, pre-configured templates, and access to powerful GPUs.

Serve machine learning models as scalable API endpoints.

High-performance virtual machines with a wide variety of NVIDIA GPUs for demanding workloads.

Features for teams to collaborate on projects, including shared drives and SSO.

Offers persistent storage that can be shared across different machines and notebooks.

Programmatic access to the Paperspace platform to automate workflows.

No shared hardware — each GPU is always dedicated to a single server with full performance isolation

Helsinki data center powered entirely by renewable energy with up to 90% waste heat recovery for district heating

GDPR-compliant infrastructure in Finland with strong jurisdictional protections and no third-party dependencies

No egress fees — outbound data transfer is included at no extra cost

Pay only for active compute time with hourly billing, no rigid contracts or long-term commitments required