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Google Cloud vs SwissGPU

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What's good about...

Google Cloud logo Google Cloud

  • Extensive range of managed services with a focus on big data and machine learning
  • BigQuery and Google Kubernetes Engine are widely considered industry-leading solutions
  • 40+ data centers around the world

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 Google Cloud's prices compare against SwissGPU?

VM Small

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Medium

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Large

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Block Storage

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$4.10 / mo 100 GB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Object Storage

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$24.93 / mo 1 TB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Load Balancer

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$29.44 / mo
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Managed Redis®*

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Serverless 25M Executions

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Free egress allowance

Google Cloud Google Cloud
Depends on service
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)
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.

Google Cloud Google Cloud
SwissGPU SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000 $4.50 $1.85

Billing Options

Google Cloud Google Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand

Available Models

Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7.

Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100(24) H200(4) RTX PRO 6000(16) A100(36) B200(4) V100(48) L4(32) T4(48) P100(36) P4(36)
SwissGPU 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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B200 @ $3.75/h on demand
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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Google Cloud and SwissGPU offer:

Service Google Cloud SwissGPU
Analytics
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Python Notebooks
Realtime Databases
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Google Cloud Google Cloud
cloud.google.com
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Headquarters
Google Cloud Google Cloud
United States of America US flag
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland CH flag
Founded
Google Cloud Google Cloud
2008
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Data Center Locations
Google Cloud Google Cloud
40
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Example Customers
Google Cloud Google Cloud
PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank
SwissGPU SwissGPU
EduID, Liset Capital, SPH

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