Elastx vs SwissGPU: Pricing & Features Compared (2026)

What's good about...

Elastx

All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

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

How do Elastx's prices compare against SwissGPU?

VM Small

Elastx

$27.03 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk

SwissGPU

VM Medium

Elastx

$130.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk

SwissGPU

VM Large

Elastx

$261.60 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk

SwissGPU

Block Storage

Elastx

$29.30 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)

SwissGPU

Object Storage

Elastx

$56.74 /mo 1 TB stored

SwissGPU

Load Balancer

Elastx

$39.92 /mo v1-lb-1

SwissGPU

Managed PostgreSQL

Elastx

$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk

SwissGPU

Managed Redis®*

Elastx

$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)

SwissGPU

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Elastx

$51.58 1 TB external traffic

SwissGPU

SwissGPU Pricing Details

Per-minute billing in CHF; the server price is the only compute charge. Electricity billed separately at CHF 0.30/kWh, with a CHF 0.50 OS reinstall fee. Payments via Stripe, including TWINT.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Elastx

SwissGPU

RTX PRO 6000 $2.91 $1.84

Billing Options

Elastx

On-Demand

SwissGPU

On-Demand

Available Models

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7.

Elastx

RTX PRO 6000(1)

A100(2)

L40S(1)

L4(1)

SwissGPU

RTX PRO 6000(1)

RTX 5090(1)

RTX 4090(1)

RTX 6000 Ada(1)

RTX 3090(1)

RTX 4080(1)

RTX 5080(1)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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