SwissGPU vs Vast.ai
Vast.ai is a global GPU marketplace aggregating hosts at low prices. SwissGPU is a single Swiss operator running its own bare-metal hardware with fixed pricing.
What's good about...
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
Vast.ai
- Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
- Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
- Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
- Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow
Price comparison
SwissGPU Pricing
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.
Vast.ai Pricing
Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:
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Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.
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Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).
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Bandwidth costs for data transfer.
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.
SwissGPU
Vast.ai
RTX 5090
$0.63
$0.32
RTX PRO 6000
$1.25
$0.93
RTX 4090
$0.50
$0.27
RTX 3090
$0.31
$0.10
Billing Options
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Vast.ai
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.SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 62.
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 SwissGPU and Vast.ai offer:
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Company details
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| Website | www.swissgpu.ch | vast.ai |
| Headquarters | Switzerland | United States of America |
| Founded | 2025 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example Customers | -- | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
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Our data for SwissGPU was last updated on May 13, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Aug. 22, 2026.