SwissGPU
vs
Vast.ai
SwissGPU rents RTX 3090 to 5090 bare metal at fixed per-minute prices, while Vast.ai is a marketplace of independent hosts who set their own rates.
What's good about each
- 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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Vast.ai.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
| Service | SwissGPU | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| GPU-powered Servers | ||
| Managed Containers |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | SwissGPU | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II, platform only |
| HIPAA | -- | Secure Cloud tier only |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
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 | SwissGPU | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | -- |
| Example customers | EduID, Liset Capital, SPH | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | www.swissgpu.ch | vast.ai |
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Our data for SwissGPU was last updated on Oct. 15, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 15, 2026.