Exoscale vs SwissGPU

Exoscale is a Swiss cloud provider with managed services and a broader IaaS catalog. SwissGPU focuses narrowly on bare-metal GPU rentals at lower prices.

What's good about...

Exoscale logo Exoscale

  • Wide range of managed services at competitive prices
  • Offers Nvidia GPUs like the RTX PRO 6000, 3080 Ti and A40
  • European cloud provider, may ease compliance requirements

SwissGPU logo 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 Exoscale's prices compare against SwissGPU?

VM Small

Exoscale Exoscale
$10.50 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Tiny)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Medium

Exoscale Exoscale
$67.20 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Large

Exoscale Exoscale
$168.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-optimized XL)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Block Storage

Exoscale Exoscale
$10.08 / mo 100 GB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Object Storage

Exoscale Exoscale
$19.80 / mo 1 TB (Standard)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Load Balancer

Exoscale Exoscale
$25.00 / mo Network Load Balancer
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed PostgreSQL

Exoscale Exoscale
$98.49 / mo 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Startup-4)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed Redis®*

Exoscale Exoscale
$42.44 / mo 1 GB RAM (Hobbyist-2 / Valkey)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Free egress allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
1 TiB / mo per instance (1.42 GiB / hr)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Exoscale Exoscale
$20.00 $0.02 / GB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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SwissGPU logo 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.

Exoscale Exoscale
SwissGPU SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000 $2.00 $1.85

Billing Options

Exoscale Exoscale
On-DemandCustom
SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand

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.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Exoscale Exoscale
www.exoscale.com
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Headquarters
Exoscale Exoscale
Switzerland CH flag
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland CH flag
Founded
Exoscale Exoscale
2011
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Data Center Locations
Exoscale Exoscale
8
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Example Customers
Exoscale Exoscale
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SwissGPU SwissGPU
EduID, Liset Capital, SPH

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Our data for Exoscale was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for SwissGPU on Aug. 31, 2026.