GPUBank vs Paperspace
Paperspace is a GPU virtual machine and ML notebook platform that is now part of DigitalOcean, with three datacenters: NY2 and CA1 in the US, and AMS1 in Amsterdam. Its H100 SXM costs $5.95 per GPU-hour on demand, after an approval request, and $2.24 on a 3-year commitment; GPUBank charges $1.85 with no commitment. Paperspace takes cards and bundles free Notebook GPUs in monthly plans; GPUBank bills by the second, includes IPv4 and sells current GPUs such as the H200, L40S and RTX 5090.
GPUBank
Tallinn, Estonia
H100 SXM
$1.85 / h
- vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
- Per-second billing after the health check
- Top up in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins
vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
Paperspace
United States
H100 SXM
$5.95 / h
- Free Notebook GPUs in Gradient plans at $8 or $39 per month
- 3-year H100 term at $2.24 per GPU-hour, published
- Pay by card via Stripe, with custom invoicing on business plans
Paperspace
Developer cloud
23 points compared16 of their pages readprices last checked on 29 September 2026page updated 2 November 2026
The verdict
Notebooks, card billing and free egress at Paperspace. A third of the H100 price and per-second billing at GPUBank.
Paperspace suits Gradient users running notebooks on older or mid-range NVIDIA cards, and buyers who want card billing under DigitalOcean. For the two GPUs both of us rent, GPUBank costs 69 to 70 % less per GPU-hour on demand, and its H100 needs no approval queue. Paperspace bills by the hour according to its docs and keeps billing disk and public IP on a stopped machine; GPUBank bills by the second and includes IPv4. Both include all traffic.
PaperspaceGPUBank 01The real cost
The same GPUs, side by side, per hour.
Every GPU model both of us rent, at each provider's own published price for one card, in US dollars, excluding VAT. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
| GPU | Paperspace per hour | GPUBank per hour | Difference | 100 h at Paperspace | 100 h at GPUBank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 H100 SXM80 GB |
$5.95 | $1.85 | −69 % | $595.00 | $185.00 |
 A100 SXM80 GB |
$3.18 | $0.95 | −70 % | $318.00 | $95.00 |
A fine-tune, 40 h on an H100 SXM
Paperspace
$238.00
GPUBank
$74.00
Saves $164.00 at GPUBank (−69 %)
A training run, 100 h on an A100 SXM
Paperspace
$318.00
GPUBank
$95.00
Saves $223.00 at GPUBank (−70 %)
02Their catalogue
Every GPU Paperspace lists.
Paperspace lists 14 GPU models. The 13 below are the ones recorded in our check, each at its lowest public price per GPU-hour. 2 of them are also rented at GPUBank (in blue).
- H100 SXM80 GB · on demand$5.95
- A100 SXM 80GB80 GB · on demand$3.18
- A100 40GB40 GB · on demand$3.09
V10016 GB · on demand$2.30
RTX A600048 GB · on demand$1.89
RTX A500024 GB · on demand$1.38
RTX A400016 GB · on demand$0.76- P600024 GB · on demand$1.10
Quadro RTX 500016 GB · on demand$0.82- P500016 GB · on demand$0.78
- Quadro RTX 40008 GB · on demand$0.56
- P40008 GB · on demand$0.51
- M40008 GB · on demand$0.45
03What the price includes
What appears on the bill besides the GPU.
The same H100 SXM session of 2 h 14 m 03 s, line by line, as each provider describes its billing.
Paperspace
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $5.95 / h
- $13.29
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- 50 GB at $0.0074/h, capped at $5.00/month
- Egress
- Included
- Public IPv4
- $0.0045/h, capped at $3.00/month
- Billing granularity
- Per hour
- Minimum charge
- Not published
GPUBank
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $1.85 / h
- $4.13
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- Local NVMe included; persistent disk $0.03 per GB-month
- Egress
- Included
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Billing granularity
- Per second, from the health check
- Minimum charge
- None
While stopped
What keeps running on the bill.
Paperspace
Compute stops; disk and public IP billed.
GPUBank
Only the persistent disk, $0.03 per GB-month. Compute, IPv4 and scratch cost nothing.
04Where the GPUs run
2 countries against 4, and where they are.
Countries where Paperspace says its GPUs run, from its own region list or documentation, against GPUBank's four regions. A pin marks a country, not the exact site.
United States
Netherlands
Paris
Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore
Paperspace2
United States
Netherlands
GPUBank4
Paris
Frankfurt- Ashburn
Singapore
Paperspace · 2 countriesGPUBank · 4 regions
05Paying and signing up
How each one takes your money.
Paperspace
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
Bank transfer
No cryptoMinimum top-up Not published
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Approval request
- 3Account verification may be requested
Billing modelPostpaid, card charged monthly
GPUBank
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
A prepaid USD balance, topped up in crypto. Every GPU-second is drawn from it.
Minimum top-up $25
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Top up in crypto
- 3Launch a GPU
Billing modelPrepaid balance
06Trust and support
Certificates, uptime and who answers.
| Paperspace | GPUBank | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Not published | Not published |
| ISO 27001 | Not published | Not published |
| HIPAA | Not published | No |
| GDPR DPA | Not published | Published DPA, applies automatically |
| Availability target | None listed for Paperspace | 99.9 % monthly, per region |
| Status page | status.paperspace.com | Public status page |
| Support | Free tickets seven days a week, forum | Tickets from a $25 balance |
07Their site, our site
What you see before you pay.
Both sites as a visitor sees them, without an account: the Paperspace pricing page captured on 29 September 2026, and GPUBank's live board. Cookie banners and chat bubbles are closed; nothing else is edited.
- 1The pricing page opens on the Gradient plans tab; GPU hourly prices sit in a separate Compute tab.
- 2The H100 card shows $2.24 for a 3-year commitment, and a footnote calls $5.95 on demand a special promo price.
- 3Every page carries a Paperspace is now part of DigitalOcean banner, and the full price table is in DigitalOcean docs.
- 1Live stock per region and every price, without an account.
- 2Per-hour and per-second prices, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic in them.
- 3A machine-readable price feed at /prices.json.
08The spec sheet
23 points, read off both sites.
GPUBank aheadPaperspace aheadEven
| Criterion | GPUBank | Paperspace |
|---|---|---|
| Price and catalogue | ||
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hourH100 is in NY2 only and needs an approval request of 1-2 business days. | $1.85, all-in | $5.95 on demand; $2.24 on a 3-year term |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.23, RTX 4090 | $0.45, Quadro M4000 |
| GPU models listedMostly Quadro, Turing and Ampere workstation cards; no H200, Blackwell, L40S or AMD. | 10 | 14Ahead |
| What the GPU price includes | vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4, traffic | vCPU and RAM; disk and public IP extra |
| Billing | ||
| Billing granularityThe homepage advertises per-second billing, but the pricing docs state hourly billing. | Per second | Per hour |
| Minimum charge | None | Not published |
| Stopped instance | Disk only | Compute stops; disk and public IP billed |
| Persistent storageMonthly caps rise to $120.00 for 2 TB. Disks cannot be shrunk. | $0.03 per GB-month | 50 GB at $0.0074/h, capped at $5.00/month |
| Egress trafficThroughput is capped at 900 Mbps outside NY2. | Included | Included |
| Public IPv4No IPv6. | Included | $0.0045/h, capped at $3.00/month |
| Billing model | Prepaid balance | Postpaid, card charged monthly |
| Payment and sign-up | ||
| Crypto paymentsThe Paperspace pricing FAQ lists Stripe card payments only. | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more | Not published |
| Card payments | No | Visa, MasterCard, Amex, DiscoverAhead |
| Minimum deposit | $25 | Not published |
| Platform | ||
| API and CLI | REST API, CLI, Python SDK | REST API, pspace CLI, JavaScript SDK |
| Terraform | Official provider | Not published |
| Serverless GPUs | No | No |
| Managed Kubernetes | No | Not published |
| Ready-made templatesML-in-a-Box and custom templates exist; custom templates are bound to one region. | 25 | Not published |
| Interruptible or spot | Yes, 40 % off | No |
| GPUs per instance | Up to 8 | Up to 8 |
| Multi-node interconnect | Not offered | NVLink on H100x8 and A100-80Gx8Ahead |
| Network and regions | ||
| Regions | 4 | 3: NY2, CA1, AMS1 |
| Countries | France, Germany, US, Singapore | US, Netherlands |
| EU regions | Paris, Frankfurt | One, AMS1, without A100 or H100 |
| Trust and support | ||
| Availability targetThe DigitalOcean SLA page covers Droplets and GPU Droplets, not Paperspace. | 99.9 % monthly | None listed for Paperspace |
| Compliance reports | None published | Datacenter-level only, no own SOC 2 |
| Public status page | Yes | status.paperspace.com |
| SupportDigitalOcean support plans do not apply to Paperspace. | Tickets from a $25 balance | Free tickets seven days a week, forumAhead |
09The right fit
Different needs. A clear choice.
What Paperspace does better
- Free Notebook GPUs in Gradient plans at $8 or $39 per month
- 3-year H100 term at $2.24 per GPU-hour, published
- Pay by card via Stripe, with custom invoicing on business plans
- Private networks, IPSec VPN and shared drives up to 80 TB
- Free ticket support seven days a week, no balance required
Choose GPUBank if
- H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour, against $5.95 on demand
- A100 SXM 80GB at $0.95, against $3.18
- Per-second billing, where Paperspace docs state per hour
- No approval queue for H100, and no card needed
- H200, B200, L40S, RTX 5090, RTX 4090 and MI300X, which Paperspace lacks
Moving from Paperspace takes an afternoon.
Paperspace Machines are standard Linux VMs and egress is free, so copying data out costs nothing on its side. Snapshots and custom templates are region-bound and no image export is documented.
- 1Launch the same GPU on GPUBank with a persistent disk in the region you need.
- 2Copy your data over SSH with rsync, from the machine or a shared drive.
- 3Rebuild the environment as a Docker image or pick the matching template, then destroy Paperspace machines and disks.
# 1. a GPU and a disk on GPUBank gpubank launch --gpu h100-sxm --region eu-paris --disk data # 2. copy your data from the old machine rsync -azP old-host:/workspace/ root@<new-ip>:/workspace/ # 3. run the same image or template ssh root@<new-ip> 'cd /workspace && ./start.sh'
A few things you might be wondering.
Yes. Paperspace lists the H100 at $5.95 per GPU-hour on demand and $2.24 on a 3-year commitment. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour for an H100 SXM with no commitment, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included. A 40-hour fine-tune costs $238.00 on Paperspace and $74.00 on GPUBank.
Yes. Every Paperspace page states that Paperspace is now part of DigitalOcean, and its docs have moved to docs.digitalocean.com. DigitalOcean support plans and SLAs do not cover Paperspace.
Its homepage says per-second billing, but the pricing docs state that all resources are billed per hour. A powered-off machine stops compute billing, while disk and public IP keep billing. GPUBank bills per second and a stopped instance costs only its disk, at $0.03 per GB-month.
Paperspace does not publish crypto payment. Its pricing FAQ lists Stripe card payments, and business plans can get custom invoicing. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins.
Not always. H100 and other high-end types need an approval request of 1-2 business days, capacity permitting, and run only in the NY2 datacenter. GPUBank rents the H100 SXM without approval in Paris, Frankfurt, Ashburn and Singapore.
Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Paperspace and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.
Sources
Every figure about Paperspace was read on its own pages or official documentation. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
- 01docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/pricing/On-demand GPU and multi-GPU prices, billing model, storage, networking, Gradient plans
- 02paperspace.com/pricing3-year commitment prices, monthly dedicated prices, promo note, payment methods, billing date, refunds
- 03docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/details/machine-types/GPU specs, VRAM, vCPU/RAM, multi-GPU variants, SXM types, NVLink
- 04docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/details/availability/Regions per GPU
- 05docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/details/h100/H100 region, approval, NVLink, networking
- 06docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/details/features/Networking, storage types, templates, auto-shutdown
- 07docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/machines/details/limits/H100 approval, rate limits, API/CLI limits, no IPv6
- 08docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/accounts-and-teams/Verification note, SSO, 2FA, team roles
- 09docs.digitalocean.com/reference/paperspace/API, pspace CLI, SDK
- 10docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/Products, API changes, Windows retirement
- 11docs.digitalocean.com/support/paperspace/Support levels
- 12paperspace.com/securityCompliance claims
- 13status.paperspace.com/Status page, NY2/CA1/AMS1 labels
- 14digitalocean.com/slaNo Paperspace SLA listed
- 15console.paperspace.com/signupSign-up methods
- 16paperspace.com/Ownership, per-second billing claim
What we could not verify (8)
- PayPal or crypto payment for the Paperspace console is not published (FAQ lists Stripe cards; custom invoicing on business plans).
- Minimum charge, minimum deposit and sign-up credit not published.
- City of the NY2 and CA1 datacenters not published on the pages read.
- Per-GPU price of the "A6000 x8" and "V100-32G x8" rows is ambiguous (totals equal 4 x single price).
- Meaning of the 3.09 USD/h figure on the H100 card and of the H100 monthly price (1994 USD/month with A100 specs) on paperspace.com/pricing.
- Terraform provider, managed Kubernetes and uptime figures not documented on the pages read.
- Company HQ, founding year and funding not read on a primary page today.
- No SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report for Paperspace itself; only data-center-level certifications are claimed.
In short
GPUBank vs Paperspace, in facts.
The essentials of this comparison in one table, for quick readers and AI assistants. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
Read as Markdown- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- Paperspace: $5.95 on demand; $2.24 on a 3-year term
GPUBank: $1.85, all-in - Cheapest GPU-hour
- Paperspace: $0.45, Quadro M4000
GPUBank: $0.23, RTX 4090 - Billing granularity
- Paperspace: Per hour
GPUBank: Per second - Stopped instance
- Paperspace: Compute stops; disk and public IP billed
GPUBank: Disk only - Persistent storage
- Paperspace: 50 GB at $0.0074/h, capped at $5.00/month
GPUBank: $0.03 per GB-month - Egress traffic
- Paperspace: Included
GPUBank: Included - Crypto payments
- Paperspace: Not published
GPUBank: Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more - Card payments
- Paperspace: Visa, MasterCard, Amex, Discover
GPUBank: No - Minimum deposit
- Paperspace: Not published
GPUBank: $25 - GPU models listed
- Paperspace: 14
GPUBank: 10 - Regions
- Paperspace: 3: NY2, CA1, AMS1
GPUBank: 4 - Serverless GPUs
- Paperspace: No
GPUBank: No - Availability target
- Paperspace: None listed for Paperspace
GPUBank: 99.9 % monthly - Compliance reports
- Paperspace: Datacenter-level only, no own SOC 2
GPUBank: None published - Support
- Paperspace: Free tickets seven days a week, forum
GPUBank: Tickets from a $25 balance - Headquarters
- Paperspace: United States
GPUBank: Tallinn, Estonia
How this page was made
Every price and policy of Paperspace was read on its own website, documentation or public API on 29 September 2026, with the address of each page listed above. A value we could not read on a primary source is marked "Not published" rather than estimated. GPUBank figures come from this site and its terms. Prices change: check both providers before you buy. Paperspace, its logo and its website belong to their owner and are shown only to identify the service compared. GPUBank is not affiliated with Paperspace.
