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SwissGPU vs Zenlayer

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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

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do SwissGPU's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$53.60 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$105.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month

SwissGPU logo SwissGPU Pricing Details

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.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

SwissGPU SwissGPU
$0.25/hr
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$0.62/hr

Billing Options

SwissGPU SwissGPU
On-Demand
Zenlayer Zenlayer
On-Demand

Available Models

SwissGPU offers 7 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 1.

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)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
RTX 4090(2)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that SwissGPU and Zenlayer offer:

Service SwissGPU Zenlayer
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
SwissGPU SwissGPU
www.swissgpu.ch
Zenlayer Zenlayer
cloud.zenlayer.com
Headquarters
SwissGPU SwissGPU
Switzerland
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America
Founded
SwissGPU SwissGPU
2025
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
SwissGPU SwissGPU
1
Zenlayer Zenlayer
19
Example Customers
SwissGPU SwissGPU
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Our data for SwissGPU was last updated on May 13, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Feb. 14, 2026.

Lyceum Logo
Lyceum
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H200 from $2.20/hr, B200 from $3.40/hr, B300 from $3.80/hr
Per-second billing with no minimum commitment or vendor lock-in
Scale to 8,000 GPUs over InfiniBand for distributed AI training
Start now