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Hetzner vs SwissGPU

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What's good about...

Hetzner logo Hetzner

  • High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
  • Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
  • EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some

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 Hetzner's prices compare against SwissGPU?

VM Small

Hetzner Hetzner
$6.94 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Medium

Hetzner Hetzner
$10.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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VM Large

Hetzner Hetzner
$19.12 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43)
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Block Storage

Hetzner Hetzner
$5.10 /mo 100 GB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Object Storage

Hetzner Hetzner
$7.52 /mo 1 TB
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Load Balancer

Hetzner Hetzner
$8.68 /mo LB11
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Free egress allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
1-60 TB / mo per instance
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hetzner Hetzner
$1.16 €1 / TB
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.

Hetzner Hetzner
SwissGPU SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000 $2.23 $1.84

Billing Options

Hetzner Hetzner
On-Demand
SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand

Available Models

Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7.

Hetzner Hetzner
RTX PRO 6000(1) RTX 4000 SFF Ada(1)
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.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hetzner and SwissGPU offer:

Service Hetzner SwissGPU
Block Storage
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Object Storage
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Hetzner Hetzner
hetzner.com
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Headquarters
Hetzner Hetzner
Germany DE flag
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland CH flag
Founded
Hetzner Hetzner
1997
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Data Center Locations
Hetzner Hetzner
6
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Example Customers
Hetzner Hetzner
Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc
SwissGPU SwissGPU
EduID, Liset Capital, SPH

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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for SwissGPU on Aug. 31, 2026.