Basically, a cloud compute service for AI development aimed at professionals developing proprietary models. You run your code on their hardware. They offer a lot of really neat things you can use for developing neural networks but we're only use Gradient.
Paperspace is convenient, free, and you probably don't have a computer good enough to run the AI. They're aimed at professionals whereas Colab is literally for children.
You'll run your code on their powerful GPUs which is much faster and easier than locally on your computer.
Only if you feel limited by their free tier. You should have everything you need to generate ~~porn~~ really neat images. I'm pretty sure Paperspace is cheaper than Google Colab Pro.
Google Colab is an alternative, but their free tier is more restrictive than Paperspace's and has less powerful hardware. And, knowing Google, they probably record what you generate.
Running it in the cloud is much easier and you're less likely to mess up your OS, but since you insist, here's a Docker container to make is simpler: [AbdBarho/stable-diffusion-webui-docker](https://github.com/AbdBarho/stable-diffusion-webui-docker)
Python 3.10 is the recommended Python version for running the WebUI. If you encounter any issues, maybe running the WebUI in Python 3.10 will help? Paperspace uses Python 3.9 so you must run a custom container.
If you have already created a machine, delete it and create a new one following these instructions: https://docs.paperspace.com/gradient/notebooks/runtimes/#how-to-specify-a-custom-container
Make sure to use this container image: `cyberes/gradient-base-py3.10:latest`
Here's some other guides. Please don't shit up /sdg/ with tech support questions.
Pro-tip: go lurk in /sdg/ on /g/ and view /sdg/ archives for tips, tricks, and suggestions.
Here's some other guides, maybe one of these will help:
- [A guide to getting started with the paperspace port of AUTOMATIC1111’s web UI for ppl who get nervous](https://proximacentaurib.notion.site/A-guide-to-getting-started-with-the-paperspace-port-of-AUTOMATIC1111-s-web-UI-for-ppl-who-get-nervou-b83c2213f17e452e8b0e37ba64fe9758)
- [Getting Started Stable Diffusion 2 in Paperspace Notebook](https://weirdwonderfulai.art/resources/getting-started-stable-diffusion-2-in-paperspace-notebook/)
- [How to Setup Deforum Stable Diffusion WebUI on Paperspace (video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuislijDeFo)
[Approved by Paperspace!](https://github.com/Engineer-of-Stuff/stable-diffusion-paperspace/blob/master/docs/assets/approved%20by%20paperspace.png?raw=true)