GPU Cloud HQDedicated, billed monthlyvsDigitalOcean (Paperspace)General cloud with GPU Droplets
DigitalOcean (Paperspace) alternative: the same GPU, priced by the month
Paperspace folded into DigitalOcean: GPU Droplets next to the databases, load balancers and object storage of a general-purpose cloud. Below: their published rates read on 19 September 2026, what they add up to over a full month, and the cases where DigitalOcean (Paperspace) is simply the better choice.
DigitalOcean (Paperspace), one month of H100$3,219at $4.41/h × 730 h
GPU Cloud HQ, same GPU dedicated$1,249flat, fixed for your term
Difference−61%$1,970 a month
Price, GPU by GPU
Every model DigitalOcean (Paperspace) publishes that we also rent. Their rate is the standard on-demand tier — spot and preemptible tiers are cheaper and noted where they exist.
GPU
DigitalOcean (Paperspace) published rate
One month, 24/7
Our monthly
Difference
NVIDIA H200141 GB HBM3e
$4.47/GPU/h on demand · $3.40 with a 12-month commitment
$3,263
$1,690
−48%
NVIDIA H100 SXM80 GB HBM3
$4.41/GPU/h on demand · $3.26 with a 12-month commitment
$3,219
$1,249
−61%
NVIDIA L40S48 GB GDDR6
$1.57/GPU/h
$1,146
$429
−63%
Our price includes the dedicated CPU, RAM and NVMe listed on the pricing table, 20 TB of outbound transfer and a 99.9% SLA. Read on 19 September 2026 from digitalocean.com.
An honest read
Both of these lists are real. Pick the column that describes your workload.
Where DigitalOcean (Paperspace) wins
Everything else you need — object storage, managed databases, load balancers — in one account.
Clear published pricing including the committed rate.
Documentation and support of a large, established cloud.
Choose DigitalOcean (Paperspace) if your GPU is one piece of a wider application already running on DigitalOcean, and you want one invoice for all of it.
Where we win
One flat monthly invoice. No meter, no egress fee, no storage line item — the number is fixed for your whole term.
Single-tenant bare metal. The whole machine, with its CPU, RAM and NVMe, not a container beside someone else's job.
No KYC, paid in crypto. An email address, a prepaid balance in BTC, ETH or USDT, and renewals settle themselves.
Live in under 10 minutes, with a 99.9% SLA, 4-hour hardware replacement and engineers on call 24/7.
Choose us if the GPUs stay busy, you want the bill to be predictable, and you would rather not hand over an identity document to rent a computer.
Is GPU Cloud HQ cheaper than DigitalOcean (Paperspace)?
For a machine that stays busy, yes: DigitalOcean (Paperspace) publishes $4.41/GPU/h on demand · $3.26 with a 12-month commitment, which is $3,219 for a 730-hour month, against $1,249 flat here for a dedicated H100 — about 61% less. Below roughly 283 hours of use a month, their hourly rate works out cheaper.
What do I lose by leaving DigitalOcean (Paperspace)?
Your GPU is one piece of a wider application already running on DigitalOcean, and you want one invoice for all of it. If that is you, stay with them — we would rather say so than sell you the wrong thing.
Do I need an account or an identity check to compare?
No. Every price on this page is public on both sides. When you do order here, an email address is all we ask for: no ID document, no company registration, no card — the balance is funded in Bitcoin, Ether or USDT.
How current are these figures?
They were read on 19 September 2026 from DigitalOcean (Paperspace)'s own pricing page (https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/gpu-droplets). Providers change prices without notice — the link is there so you can check today's figure yourself.