Paperspace vs Azure
Paperspace comes out ahead of Azure on 3 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Paperspace takes it, 3–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Paperspace takes 3 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Paperspace if…
- • You want Paperspace's edge on the cheapest h100 and the cheapest a100
Choose Azure if…
- • You want Azure's edge on how many places it runs
Round by round
- Round 1The cheapest H100Paperspace winsAzure5/10
$12.29
worked out from $98.32 an hour for a Standard_ND96isr_H100_v5 with eight H100s, East US
- $12.29, against $5.95
Source: cloudprice.net ↗
Paperspace wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 2The cheapest A100Paperspace winsPaperspace8/10
$1.15 (3-year commitment)
Compute Usage pricing > Dedicated GPUs. Footnote: '$1.15/hour pricing is for a 3-year commitment'.
- single A100 machine, per hour
Source: paperspace.com ↗
Azure5/10$4.10
worked out from $32.77 an hour for a Standard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 with eight A100 80GB, East US
- $4.10, against $3.09
Source: cloudprice.net ↗
Paperspace wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 3What it costs to get your data outPaperspace winsPaperspace8/10
No ingress or egress charges
no charge for bandwidth on Paperspace Machines
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Azure5/10First 100 GB a month free
outbound data transfer in every region, then charged
- First 100 GB a month free, against No ingress or egress charges
Source: azure.microsoft.com ↗
Paperspace wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How many places it runsAzure winsPaperspace5/10
3 data centers
Secaucus, Santa Clara and Amsterdam
- 3 data centers, against 80+ regions
Source: paperspace.com ↗
Azure wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6Whether you can rent cheaper spot GPUsTiePaperspace7/10
Yes (Spot GPU Droplets)
DigitalOcean GPU Droplets on-demand (Paperspace is part of DigitalOcean)
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
Side by side
- single A100 machine, per hour
- Azure regions
- $5.95, against $1.99
- $3.09, against $1.19
- 3 data centers, against 31 regions
- Billed by the hour, against Billed by the second
- $12.29, against $1.99
- $4.10, against $1.19
- First 100 GB a month free, against No egress fees
- 1.4 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5