SwissGPU
vs
Vast.ai
Both rent RTX 3090 to 5090 GPUs. SwissGPU rents bare metal from a single Swiss operator at fixed per-minute prices, while Vast.ai lists a wider catalog from 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
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
GPUs
SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 63. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | SwissGPU | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 97 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 5090
1 config · 158 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 4090
1 config · 175 configs
|
$0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 3090
1 config · 88 configs
|
$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config · 28 configs
|
$1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 59% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 5080
1 config · 46 configs
|
$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
RTX 4080
1 config · 28 configs
|
$0.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H100
23 configs
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B300
2 configs
|
-- | $4.88 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | Vast.ai only |
SwissGPU bills on-demand; Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
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 | 10 |
| 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 Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 1, 2026.