About
Paperspace by DigitalOcean is a cloud GPU and accelerated compute platform for developing, training, and deploying machine learning workloads. The service includes managed notebooks, GPU machines, and deployment endpoints, with Core for virtual servers and Gradient for ML workflows.
The pricing page shows a perpetual free plan for Gradient with public projects, a 12 hour auto-shutdown limit, 5GB storage, and basic instances billed per hour. Core and other compute options are billed separately, including hourly and monthly GPU instances such as H100, A100, and V100.
- Managed notebooks and GPU machines
- 5GB free storage allowance
- 12 hour auto-shutdown limit
- Public projects on free plan
- Hourly billed basic instances
- Core and Gradient product lines
Free Tier Value
The page shows a true free tier called “Free” / “FREE GPU” with public projects, 12-hour auto-shutdown, 5GB storage, and basic instances, but compute outside the free tier is billed per hour and paid plans add private projects, more storage, and higher-end instances. Using the free-tier rule for a capped recurring free tier, the conservative value is anchored to the cheapest paid plan that clearly exceeds the free cap: Pro at $8/month, prorated to about $1/month for the free allowance. No explicit free credit or trial duration is stated, and the page does not explicitly say no credit card is required.
What's included in the free tier
- Public projects with free account access.
- Auto-shutdown after 12 hours.
- 5GB storage included.
- Basic instances available.
See Paperspace by DigitalOcean pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pro
- storage
- 15GB
- instance access
- paid instances billed per hour
- Private projects
- 15GB storage
- Auto-shutdown (configurable)
- Mid-range instances
- Faster free GPUs (based on availability)
Growth
- storage
- 50GB
- instance access
- paid instances billed per hour
- Private projects
- 50GB storage
- Auto-shutdown (configurable)
- High-end instances
- Expert Support
T1
- storage
- 500GB
- total notebooks
- 100
- running notebook limit
- 10
- Mid-Size Teams
- Private Notebooks
- 500GB Persistent Storage included
- Auto-shutdown (configurable)
- Low - Mid Instance Types
T2
- notebooks
- unlimited
- Large Teams
- Private Notebooks
- Scalable Storage
- Auto-shutdown (configurable)
- Unlimited Notebooks
- Unlimited Running Notebooks
Pricing extracted from Paperspace by DigitalOcean's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
