Contabo vs SwissGPU

What's good about each

Contabo

Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
Offers GPUs and object storage too
Available in 9 regions around the world

SwissGPU

Per-minute billing, stops when server is powered off
Dedicated bare-metal, no shared VMs
Switzerland-hosted with low latency to EU
No storage or bandwidth charges
Stripe payments including TWINT

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service	Contabo	SwissGPU
Small VM	$6.31 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4)	-- Not listed
Medium VM	$8.61 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6)	-- Not listed
Large VM	$16.07 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8)	-- Not listed
Object storage	$11.44 /mo 1 TB	-- Not listed
Egress allowance	Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan	-- Not listed

Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

GPUs

Contabo offers 4 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU	Contabo	SwissGPU	Difference
RTX PRO 6000 2 configs · 1 config	$2.23 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo)	$1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand	18% cheaper on SwissGPU
H200 3 configs	$2.93 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo)	--	Contabo only
L40S 2 configs	$1.10 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo)	--	Contabo only
RTX PRO 5000 2 configs	$1.10 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo)	--	Contabo only
RTX 5090 1 config	--	$0.61 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only
RTX 4090 1 config	--	$0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only
RTX 3090 1 config	--	$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only
RTX 6000 Ada 1 config	--	$1.21 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only
RTX 5080 1 config	--	$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only
RTX 4080 1 config	--	$0.24 /GPU/hr On-demand	SwissGPU only

All 4 GPUs on Contabo All 7 GPUs on SwissGPU

Contabo bills reserved (1 months); SwissGPU bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.

Lium

Built for agents: CLI, SDK and MCP server. Your agent rents and runs GPUs itself.

A permissionless marketplace. 1000+ nodes from independent providers worldwide.

Hard to find nodes available; B200 and B300 Blackwell nodes listed now.

Consumer + DC grade cards for cheap. H100s from $1/hr, RTX 5090s from $0.35/hr.

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Services

Managed services each provider offers.

Service	Contabo	SwissGPU
GPU-powered Servers
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Fact	Contabo	SwissGPU
Founded	2003	--
Headquarters	Germany	Switzerland
Locations	9	1
Example customers	--	EduID, Liset Capital, SPH
Website	contabo.com	www.swissgpu.ch

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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 17, 2026, and for SwissGPU on Sept. 17, 2026.