DigitalOcean (Paperspace) vs OpenRouter
Same workloads, both price lists, refreshed daily. On shared line items today: DigitalOcean (Paperspace) is cheaper on 0 of 6 shared models (input or output price), OpenRouter on 2.
DigitalOcean (Paperspace)
GPU Droplets bring Paperspace's GPU lineup into DigitalOcean's developer-friendly cloud: H100s and L40S with predictable pricing, plus the broader DO ecosystem (storage, networking, managed databases)..
- Developer-friendly UX and docs
- Predictable pricing with reserved discounts
- Full cloud ecosystem around the GPUs
OpenRouter
One API key for 340+ models across every major provider, with automatic failover and pass-through pricing. The fastest way to hedge provider risk or A/B models without new integrations.
- 340+ models, one integration
- Automatic provider failover
- Pass-through pricing, small platform fee
Shared models, priced by both
List prices refreshed 2026-08-23 ยท input $/1M tokens| Model | DigitalOcean (Paperspace) in/out | OpenRouter in/out | Cheaper input |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral Nemo | $0.300 / $0.300 | $0.019 / $0.030 | OpenRouter |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | $0.990 / $0.990 | $0.800 / $0.800 | OpenRouter |
| o3 Mini | $1.10 / $4.40 | $1.10 / $4.40 | tie |
| O3 | $2.00 / $8.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 | tie |
| Claude-3.7-Sonnet | $3.00 / $15.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 | tie |
| Claude-3.5-Sonnet | $3.00 / $15.00 | $3.00 / $15.00 | tie |
Cheaper-on-count is a tally of listed prices, not a quality verdict: throughput, reliability and quantization differ between providers. Disclosure.