Paperspace vs Vast.ai
As of , Paperspace and Vast.ai share 6 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. Not compared today: 3 more shared GPUs, where one side's quote is not confirmed within 48 hours or is a thin market. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Paperspace $3.18 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $1.07 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Paperspace |  Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.18 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $1.07 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $3.09 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $0.42 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.06 · 11 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.65 from | $1.57 GPU Droplets captured Deploy ↗ | $0.70 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 median $0.58 · 8 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.27 from | $1.38 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 18 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.94 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.25 · 9 providers · lowest centron $0.15 GPU only | $0.76 Paperspace captured Deploy ↗ | $0.12 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Shared, not compared today
Both providers quoted these GPUs on-demand within the last 7 days, but at least one quote is not confirmed within 48 hours of the newest read (or is a marketplace floor withheld as too thin), and an unconfirmed price never decides which is cheaper. They return to the table above at the next read that confirms them.
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA H200: Vast.ai: thin market
- NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada: Vast.ai: thin market
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Paperspace and Vast.ai, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Paperspace $3.18 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $1.07 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Paperspace $3.09 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $0.42 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: Paperspace $1.57 (GPU Droplets) vs Vast.ai $0.70 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000: Paperspace $1.38 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $0.23 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Paperspace $0.94 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $0.40 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: Paperspace $0.76 (Paperspace) vs Vast.ai $0.12 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: