Runpod vs SwissGPU
Runpod is a global GPU rental marketplace with both community and secure cloud tiers. SwissGPU offers dedicated bare-metal hosted only in Switzerland with per-minute billing.
What's good about...
Runpod
- Deploy affordable GPUs in under a minute
- Scale across 30+ regions worldwide
- SOC 2 Type II certified, 99.9% uptime SLA
- Flexible billing: pay by the second, no commitments
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
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 Runpod's prices compare against SwissGPU?
VM Small
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VM Medium
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VM Large
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Block Storage
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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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
Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.On-demand price per GPU-hour.
Runpod
SwissGPU
RTX 5090
$0.69
$0.63
RTX PRO 6000
$1.69
$1.25
RTX 4090
$0.34
$0.50
RTX 3090
$0.22
$0.31
Billing Options
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Available Models
Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.Runpod offers 34 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7.
Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Runpod and SwissGPU offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.runpod.io | www.swissgpu.ch |
| Headquarters | United States of America | Switzerland |
| Founded | 2022 | 2025 |
| Data Center Locations | 30 | 1 |
| Example Customers | Zillow, CivitAI, Wix, OpenAI, Perplexity, Cursor | -- |
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for SwissGPU on May 13, 2026.