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
- 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
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
Hosts set their own rates. Compute is billed per second from prepaid credits. Storage charges continue while an instance is stopped, and bandwidth fees vary by host.
- On-demand: Fixed rates for the offer's maximum duration.
- Interruptible: Bid for capacity. Instances pause if you're outbid or an on-demand renter takes the machine.
- Reserved: Prepay for a fixed term, with larger discounts for longer commitments.
GPU Fleet Overview
Same GPU, Both Providers
On-demand price per GPU-hour.
SwissGPU
Vast.ai
RTX PRO 6000
$1.85
$1.14
RTX 5090
$0.62
$0.37
RTX 4090
$0.49
$0.33
RTX 3090
$0.31
$0.11
Billing Options
SwissGPU
Vast.ai
Available Models
SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 63.
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that SwissGPU and Vast.ai offer:
Company details
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| Website | www.swissgpu.ch | vast.ai |
| Headquarters |
Switzerland 
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United States of America 
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| Founded | -- | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example Customers | EduID, Liset Capital, SPH | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
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Our data for SwissGPU was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 11, 2026.