Runpod
vs
SwissGPU
Both rent RTX 3090 to 5090 and RTX 6000 Ada GPUs. Runpod adds A100 to B300 datacenter cards, containers, notebooks and community hosts, while SwissGPU rents bare metal in Switzerland billed per minute.
What's good about each
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Runpod | SwissGPU | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Runpod offers 35 GPU models, while SwissGPU offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Runpod | SwissGPU | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs · 1 config
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs · 1 config
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 13% cheaper on SwissGPU |
|
RTX 4090
4 configs · 1 config
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 3090
4 configs · 1 config
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
3 configs · 1 config
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Runpod |
|
RTX 5080
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23% cheaper on SwissGPU |
|
RTX 4080
1 config · 1 config
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $0.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on SwissGPU |
|
H100
13 configs
|
$3.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B300
5 configs
|
$7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Runpod only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$5.98 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Runpod only |
Runpod bills on-demand; SwissGPU bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | Runpod | SwissGPU |
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | ||
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers | ||
| Python Notebooks | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Runpod | SwissGPU |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | -- |
| Headquarters | USA | Switzerland |
| Locations | 33 | 1 |
| Example customers | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit | EduID, Liset Capital, SPH |
| Website | www.runpod.io | www.swissgpu.ch |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Runpod was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for SwissGPU on Sept. 18, 2026.