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Pricing
Public IP addresses are $3/month, and billing is prorated for the time that you have them.
Important: When you go to delete a machine, you are given the option to simultaneously remove its associated Public IP. You may uncheck this option to hold onto the Public IP for future use, however you will continue to be charged $3/mo for however long it remains on your account.
About Paperspace Public IPs
- Paperspace offers Static and Dynamic IPs
- Static IPs stay the same when you turn your machine off
- Dynamic IPs are deleted when you turn the machine off and you will receive a new IP when you turn the machine on.
- You cannot bring your own public IP to Paperspace
- You cannot use your Paperspace public IP outside of Paperspace
- Public IPs are region-specific. If you add a public IP to an East Coast VM, you cannot reassign it to one on the West Coast
- We do not offer dynamic domain name transfer. We recommend using DYN or other existing services and using the names they have available.
- When you delete a machine, your IP will stay in the Networks tab in case you want to keep it to assign to a future machine. You can also release it if you don't need it.
Note: Public IP addresses forward all traffic to and from the "external" interface of your VM. This is typically called "eth0"(Linux), "Local Area Connection" (Windows 8) or "Network [#]" (Windows 10). This is not the loopback/localhost/127.0.0.1 interface.
How to assign a Public IP
When creating a machine
When creating a Paperspace machine, you'll have the option to attach a public IP under the Advanced Options:
After a machine has been created
You can also attach one afterward from your Console under the machine's details, by selecting your machine and either enabling Dynamic Public IP or selecting Add Static IP
Machine Details page:
Network Tab:
How to Release a Public IP
When you're done using a public IP, you can release it from your Machine Details Page or the Network tab of your Console under Public IPs. Releasing a public IP is permanent -- you cannot retrieve an IP once it is released.
Machine Details page:
Network Tab:
When you delete a machine we do not automatically release the IP address. The reason for this is because many users want to reuse that IP address and apply it to another machine. Therefore, "unassigning" an IP from a given machine does not release it/remove it from your account.