Paperspace Gradient Free GPU Notebooks
Free basic GPU notebooks and 5 GB storage on Paperspace
What you get from Paperspace Gradient Free GPU Notebooks for free
Overview
Paperspace Gradient, now part of DigitalOcean, keeps a Free plan listed at $0/month for "beginners, explorers, and adventurous learners". It provides GPU-backed Jupyter notebooks with no weekly GPU hour cap, and free machine types are restricted to notebook use.
Free Tier Quotas & Limits
- Free GPU machine type: the DigitalOcean Paperspace pricing documentation lists "Free GPU (M4000)" as available on the Free plan, alongside "Free CPU (C4)". The M4000 is listed as an 8 GB GPU on the Paperspace instance table.
- Auto-shutdown: the Free plan lists "Auto-shutdown (12 hour limit)". Notebooks can be restarted after shutdown.
- Storage: 5 GB included; overage is billed at $0.29/GB/month.
- Projects: public projects only, with a limit of 5 projects and 1 member on the Free plan.
- Instances: basic instances only. "Instances outside of the free-tier are billed per hour at their hourly rate."
- Additional free GPU types (P4000, P5000, RTX4000, RTX5000, A4000, A5000, A6000, A100-80G) appear on the Pro and Growth plans rather than the Free plan.
- Paperspace does not publish the number of concurrent notebooks allowed on the Free plan.
How to Get Started
- Create an account at console.paperspace.com/signup.
- Open Gradient, then Notebooks, and click Create Notebook.
- Pick a runtime template such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Select the free machine type and start the notebook; the session runs in the browser for up to 12 hours before auto-shutdown.
Before you claim
- Startups verification: Confirm your company details (age, funding, or website) to claim.
- Payment card: Required to claim.
- Account: Sign up with the provider.
Key limits
- No expiration stated for the Free plan
- Free GPU covers basic instances only; other instances billed at hourly rates
- 5 GB storage included; $0.29/GB/month overage
- Auto-shutdown with a 12-hour limit; notebooks can be restarted
- Public projects only
Eligibility
The Free plan is open to new Paperspace accounts. The pricing and documentation pages do not state a credit card requirement for the Free plan; paid instance types and storage overages require a payment method.
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