What is the difference between Paperspace and UpCloud?

Paperspace and UpCloud 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: Paperspace or UpCloud?

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 Paperspace and UpCloud?

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 16 different GPU models across both Paperspace and UpCloud, with 0 models available from both providers.

Paperspace vs UpCloud

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

Paperspace

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Paperspace GPUs

UpCloud GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $3.95/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 16Both available: 1Paperspace: 11UpCloud: 6

Showing 15 of 16 GPUs

Last updated: 10/5/2026, 10:35:13 PM

GPU Model ↑	Paperspace Price	UpCloud Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace	$3.09/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace $3.09/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace	$3.18/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace $3.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
B200 180GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$3.79/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $3.79/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • PaperspaceUpCloud	$5.95/hr	$2.00/hr★ Best	↑+$3.95(+197.8%)	Paperspace UpCloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 UpCloud $2.00/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$3.95(+197.8%) Paperspace UpCloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$5.61/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $5.61/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
L4 24GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.64/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.64/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.93/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.93/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.51/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.78/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.78/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.56/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.56/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.82/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.82/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.76/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace	$1.38/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace $1.38/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.94/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.94/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.98/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.98/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud

A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace	$3.09/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Paperspace $3.09/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace	$3.18/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace $3.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
B200 180GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$3.79/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $3.79/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • PaperspaceUpCloud	$5.95/hr	$2.00/hr★ Best	↑+$3.95(+197.8%)	Paperspace UpCloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Paperspace $5.95/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 UpCloud $2.00/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$3.95(+197.8%) Paperspace UpCloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$5.61/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $5.61/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
L4 24GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.64/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.64/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.93/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.93/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.51/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro P4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.51/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.78/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro P5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.78/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.56/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 4000 8GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.56/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.82/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
Quadro RTX 5000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.82/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.76/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A4000 16GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.76/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace	$1.38/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A5000 24GB VRAM • Paperspace $1.38/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace	$0.94/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Paperspace
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Paperspace $0.94/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Paperspace
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • UpCloud	Not Available	$0.98/hr★ Best	—	UpCloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Not Available UpCloud $0.98/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price UpCloud

Features Comparison

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.

UpCloud

Dedicated GPUs
No shared hardware — each GPU is always dedicated to a single server with full performance isolation
100% Renewable Energy
Helsinki data center powered entirely by renewable energy with up to 90% waste heat recovery for district heating
European Data Sovereignty
GDPR-compliant, ISO 27001-certified infrastructure in Finland; UpCloud is also a CISPE member
Zero-Cost Data Transfer
No egress fees — outbound data transfer is included at no extra cost on all plans, subject to a Fair Transfer Policy
Usage-Based Billing
Pay only for active compute time with hourly billing, no rigid contracts or long-term commitments required
99.999% Uptime SLA
Published uptime commitment covering GPU Servers, Premium and Cloud Native servers, and managed databases; entry-level Starter cloud servers carry a 99.99% SLA

Pros & Cons

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

UpCloud

Advantages

100% renewable energy with waste heat recovery — strong sustainability credentials
Zero-cost egress eliminates surprise data transfer bills
GDPR-compliant EU data sovereignty in Finland
Dedicated GPUs with no shared hardware

Considerations

GPU servers concentrated in Helsinki, Finland — limited multi-region GPU presence despite a 15-data-center platform footprint
Smaller GPU selection than major hyperscalers and dedicated GPU clouds

Compute Services

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

UpCloud

GPU Servers

On-demand and spot NVIDIA L4, L40S, H100, and B200 GPU instances with dedicated hardware and AMD EPYC processors

Private Cloud GPUs

Dedicated private cloud infrastructure with NVIDIA L4, L40S, and H200 NVL GPUs

Pricing Options

Paperspace

UpCloud

On-Demand GPU Servers

Hourly billing for L4, L40S, H100, and B200 GPU instances with no upfront commitment — pay only for active compute time

Spot GPU Servers

Discounted spot pricing for GPU Servers, offering lower hourly rates for interruptible workloads

Private Cloud GPUs

Fixed monthly pricing for dedicated private cloud GPU infrastructure with L4, L40S, and H200 NVL

Getting Started

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.

UpCloud

Get Started

1
Create an UpCloud account
Sign up at upcloud.com and complete account verification; a 30-day free trial with starting credits is available
2
Select a GPU server plan
Choose from NVIDIA L4, L40S, H100, or B200 GPU configurations with varying vCPU and RAM options
3
Deploy with AI/ML template
Use pre-configured GPU Ubuntu templates to get started quickly with CUDA and ML frameworks
4
Attach storage
Add block storage devices (1 GB–4 TB each) from any storage tier for your operating system and data

Support & Global Availability

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.

UpCloud

Global Regions

15 data centers across 12 countries spanning Northern Europe, Central Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific; GPU Servers are concentrated in Helsinki, Finland (Telia Helsinki Data Center)

Support

In-house technical support available 24/7 via live chat and email, plus documentation, tutorials, an API reference at developers.upcloud.com, and a public status page