Paperspace alternative: VRAMfarm compared
Paperspace: Legacy GPU VM and notebook platform owned by DigitalOcean; new users are directed to DigitalOcean GPU Droplets. VRAMfarm is per-minute GPU rental from a prepaid euro balance, with 20 NVIDIA models and ready-made AI apps. Below is a side-by-side view, including where Paperspace is the better choice.
Facts about Paperspace from its public pages, checked 11 November 2026. Prices and terms change: check at the source.
| Paperspace | VRAMfarm | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Legacy GPU VM and notebook platform owned by DigitalOcean; new users are directed to DigitalOcean GPU Droplets | GPU rental with ready-made AI apps |
| Billing | Paperspace: per hour, plus optional Pro $8 / Growth $39 monthly plan. DO GPU Droplets: per second, 5-minute minimum | Per minute, minimum 15 minutes per launch |
| Currency | USD | EUR |
| Payment | Postpaid: monthly invoice for usage (payment methods not listed on the pricing pages checked) | Prepaid balance from €10: card (incl. Apple Pay, Google Pay) or SEPA |
| GPUs in Europe | DigitalOcean: H100 GPU Droplets in Amsterdam (AMS3); other GPU models only in North America. Paperspace regions not stated | Some machines; the country of each one is shown before launch |
| GPU range | DO: RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB to H200 141 GB and AMD MI325X 256 GB. Paperspace: older cards (M4000) to A100 80 GB and H100 | 20 models, RTX 3060 12 GB to B200 192 GB |
| Ready-made apps | Paperspace notebooks with templates; DO Droplets ship with PyTorch/CUDA images and 1-Click model guides | ComfyUI with Flux and Wan video, private chat, text to speech; Jupyter, SSH, vLLM, Ollama, own Docker image |
| Data after stop | Paperspace: off machine pays storage only. DO GPU Droplets are billed even when powered off, until destroyed | Disk wiped on stop; saved folder €0.03 per GB a month |
| 24 GB card, per hour | about $1.38/h (Paperspace A5000 24 GB); DO has no 24 GB card, RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB about $0.76/h | from €0.30 (RTX 3090) |
| 80 GB card, per hour | about $4.41/h (DO H100 GPU Droplet); Paperspace H100 on demand $5.95/h | from €1.46 (A100), €3.90 (H100) |
When Paperspace is the better choice
- Notebook platform with free tier and templates (Paperspace)
- Per-second billing on DigitalOcean GPU Droplets
- Backed by a large public company with a broad cloud product range
Worth knowing about Paperspace
- Paperspace is a legacy product; its pricing page mixes on-demand and 3-year commitment prices
- In Europe only H100 Droplets, in Amsterdam
- USD only; powered-off DO GPU Droplets keep billing
What VRAMfarm does differently
- Billing per minute from a balance in euros, no subscription
- Ready-made apps that open in the browser with the models already downloaded
- Consumer and data-centre cards in one list, from 12 to 192 GB
- The country, driver and CUDA version of each machine shown before launch
What VRAMfarm does not have yet
- VAT invoices and a downloadable DPA (the company registration is in progress)
- Not every machine is in the EU
- No dedicated public IP: SSH and apps go through our address
Sources
- paperspace.com/pricing
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/paperspace/pricing/
- digitalocean.com/solutions/paperspace-joins-digitalocean
- digitalocean.com/pricing/gpu-droplets
- digitalocean.com/products/gpu-droplets
- docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/details/gpu-availability/
Frequently asked questions
What is the main difference between Paperspace and VRAMfarm?
Paperspace: Paperspace: per hour, plus optional Pro $8 / Growth $39 monthly plan. DO GPU Droplets: per second, 5-minute minimum, USD. VRAMfarm bills per minute from a prepaid euro balance and adds ready-made apps for images, video, chat and speech.
Is VRAMfarm cheaper than Paperspace?
It depends on the card and how long you run it. Compare the hourly price for the card you need, then your typical session length: with per-minute billing short sessions cost less than with hourly rounding.
How do I move from Paperspace to VRAMfarm?
Upload your models and data to /workspace on a new server over SSH, or start from your own Docker image. Save the folder on stop and it is there for the next session.
Try it on your own task
Top up from €10 and run the same job you run on Paperspace; compare time and cost.