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Comparison

Paperspace vs Vast.ai

No leader: the top candidate Vast.ai has only 0.25 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Paperspace63
Vast.ai65
Score
vioscaleAI score
Paperspace63 / 100medium · 60%
Vast.ai65 / 100low · 25%
Pricing
Free tier
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✗
Model
Paperspacefreemium
Vast.aicommercial
Price level
Paperspacelow
Vast.aiunknown
Starting price
Paperspace$8
Vast.ai–
Transparent
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Integrations
Count
Paperspace4
Vast.ai–
Security
Certifications
Paperspace–
Vast.aiSOC 2 Type II
Gdpr
Paperspace–
Vast.ai✓
Hipaa
Paperspace–
Vast.ai✓
Iso27001
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Pci
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Soc2
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Trust center
Paperspace–
Vast.aihttps://vast.ai/compliance
Reliability
Sla pct
Paperspace99.99
Vast.ai–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Paperspace7 items
Vast.ai5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for gpu cloud. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Deployment model
Paperspace-
Vast.aiMarketplace
Interconnect
Paperspace-
Vast.aiInfiniband
Max cluster scale
Paperspace-
Vast.aiMulti node cluster
Kubernetes support
Paperspace-
Vast.ai-
Slurm support
Paperspace-
Vast.ai-
Spot preemptible pricing
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
Per second billing
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
Reserved capacity contracts
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
Amd GPU support
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
SOC2
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
Multi region
Paperspace-
Vast.ai✓
Pricing model
Paperspace-
Vast.aiMarketplace bid

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Paperspace

A managed cloud platform for machine learning engineers that combines subscription-based plans with usage-based GPU compute charges. Offers a range of GPU instances, collaborative tools, notebooks, and workflow management capabilities.

Independently observed

Vast.ai

A platform connecting users with distributed GPU providers across 40+ data centers. Offers on-demand, interruptible, and reserved compute with per-second billing and no long-term contracts.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Paperspace

from $8/moHybridFree tier

From free to $8/month subscription plus pay-per-hour GPU utilization costs. No long-term commitments required.

  • FreeFree
    • Basic instances
    • Faster free GPUs & IPUs access
    • Free machine types
  • Pro$8/month plus hourly utilization charges
    • Mid-range and high-end machines
    • Collaboration tools
    • Expert support
    • Notebook versioning
    • Private container registry
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited storage
    • Solutions engineering
    • Premium support
    • SSO (Single Sign-On)
    • Self-hosted cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Vast.ai

Hybrid

Market-based pricing starting from $5. Three tiers: on-demand (per-second billing), interruptible (50%+ discount), and reserved (up to 50% discount).

  • On-DemandMarket-based pricing with per-second billing
    • Guaranteed uptime
    • Per-second billing
    • No interruptions
    • Spin up/down anytime
  • Interruptible50%+ discount for preemptible instances
    • 50%+ cheaper than on-demand
    • Preemptible — may be reclaimed
    • Ideal for fault-tolerant workloads
    • Checkpoint and resume easily
  • ReservedContact sales
    • Up to 50% discount
    • 1, 3, or 6 month terms
    • Guaranteed capacity
    • Volume discounts available
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
CLI
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✓
Self-hosted
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✗
On-premise
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✗
Hybrid
Paperspace✓
Vast.ai✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Paperspace

4 total
  • GitHub
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Microsoft Azure
Independently observed

Vast.ai

Not documented yet.

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