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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.

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What's good about...

SwissGPU logo 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 logo 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 logo 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 logo Vast.ai Pricing

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

SwissGPU SwissGPU
$0.25/hr
Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr

Billing Options

SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand
Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)

Available Models

SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 56.

SwissGPU SwissGPU
RTX Pro 6000(1) RTX 4090(1) RTX 6000 Ada(1) RTX 5090(1) RTX 3090(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 5080(1)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(46) A100(101) H200(34) B200(20) RTX Pro 6000(165) V100(32) L4(13) RTX A6000(27) RTX 4090(299) B300(4)
View all 56 GPUs

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:

Service SwissGPU Vast.ai
GPU-powered Servers

Company details

Website
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Founded
SwissGPU SwissGPU
2025
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Example Customers
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Vast.ai Vast.ai
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 June 23, 2026.