What is the difference between Gradient and Paperspace?

Gradient was originally a Paperspace product. Following DigitalOcean's acquisition of Paperspace in 2023, Gradient has been integrated into the DigitalOcean platform as their core AI and Machine Learning offering.

Yes, Gradient provides managed 'Knowledge Bases' which allow you to upload documents (PDF, DOCX, etc.) and automatically handles the embedding and retrieval for RAG-powered agents.

Which GPUs are available on Gradient?

DigitalOcean offers a wide range including NVIDIA H100, H200, A100, and AMD MI300X, MI325X, and MI350X configurations.

How does the billing work?

Serverless inference is billed per million tokens processed. Dedicated GPU Droplets are billed hourly (pro-rated by the second) with options for reserved pricing for long-term projects.

Can I use my own models?

Yes, you can deploy custom models or fine-tuned weights onto GPU Droplets using pre-configured containers and the DigitalOcean Inference Engine.

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AI Inference

Freemium

Gradient AI by DigitalOcean

A developer-friendly AI platform for building agents and scaling inference using serverless models or high-performance GPU Droplets, integrated into the DigitalOcean cloud ecosystem.

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AI Inference

GPU Hosting

Large Language Models

AI Agents

RAG

Model Fine-tuning

Machine Learning

Cloud Computing

Serverless AI

DigitalOcean

Tool information

Provider

DigitalOcean

Platforms

Web

CLI

API

Languages

English

API Available

Yes

Added to directory

3 months ago

Last updated

about 1 month ago

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Pricing

Freemium

About Gradient AI by DigitalOcean

What the tool does and who it's for

Gradient AI by DigitalOcean is an end-to-one platform for developing, deploying, and scaling AI-driven applications and agents. Born from the acquisition of Paperspace, the platform now integrates deeply with the DigitalOcean ecosystem, offering two primary paths: Serverless Inference for direct access to foundation models and GPU Droplets for dedicated infrastructure. It features a comprehensive Agent Development Kit (ADK) that allows developers to build agents with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), tool use, and multi-agent routing. With a focus on simplicity and predictable billing, Gradient provides managed infrastructure for everything from fine-tuning small models to running massive inference workloads with the latest chips like the NVIDIA H100 and AMD MI300X.

Key capabilities

Serverless Inference: Access top-tier models like Claude 3.5, GPT-4, and Llama 3.1 without managing hardware.

GPU Droplets: Dedicated virtual machines with NVIDIA H100, H200, and AMD MI300X for training and heavy inference.

Agent Development Kit (ADK): A specialized toolkit for building agents with multi-agent routing and stateful memory.

Knowledge Bases: Built-in RAG support with data connectors for S3, Dropbox, and Google Drive.

Advanced Guardrails: Integrated safety features including jailbreak detection and sensitive data masking.

Model Playground: An interactive web interface to test and compare different LLMs side-by-side.

Predictable Billing: Clear usage-based token pricing or hourly/reserved GPU rates with no hidden fees.

Inference-Optimized Images: Pre-configured software stacks that increase throughput and reduce latency for LLMs.

Pricing

Freemium — plans below

Agent Creation

Free agent configuration
Access to SDK & ADK
Knowledge base setup
Versioning and insights

Serverless Inference

GPU Droplets

$0.76/hr

Starting price for base GPUs
NVIDIA H100/H200 available
Per-second billing (5m min)
Root access to hardware

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