What is the difference between OpenRelay and SwissGPU?

OpenRelay and SwissGPU are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: OpenRelay or SwissGPU?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between OpenRelay and SwissGPU?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 12 different GPU models across both OpenRelay and SwissGPU, with 0 models available from both providers.

OpenRelay vs SwissGPU

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between OpenRelay and SwissGPU. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

OpenRelay

Provider 1

GPUs Available

Visit Website

SwissGPU

Provider 2

GPUs Available

Visit Website

Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

OpenRelay GPUs

SwissGPU GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.09/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 12Both available: 3OpenRelay: 9SwissGPU: 6

Showing 12 of 12 GPUs

Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:50 PM

GPU Model ↑	OpenRelay Price	SwissGPU Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.10/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$2.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$7.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.18/hr★ Best	$0.30/hr	↓$0.12(40.5%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.12(40.5%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.24/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.35/hr★ Best	$0.48/hr	↓$0.13(27.7%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.48/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.13(27.7%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.60/hr★ Best	$0.60/hr	↓$0.00(0.8%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.00(0.8%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$1.21/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $1.21/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.10/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$2.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$7.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.18/hr★ Best	$0.30/hr	↓$0.12(40.5%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.12(40.5%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.24/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.35/hr★ Best	$0.48/hr	↓$0.13(27.7%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.48/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.13(27.7%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelaySwissGPU	$0.60/hr★ Best	$0.60/hr	↓$0.00(0.8%)	OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.00(0.8%) OpenRelay SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$1.21/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $1.21/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 7Both available: 0OpenRelay: 7SwissGPU: 0

Showing 7 of 7 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:50 PM

Model ↑	OpenRelay	SwissGPU	Input Diff ↕
BAAI bge-m3 BAAI	$0.013 in $0.0000 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	$0.220 in $0.660 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	$1.82 in $5.72 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.3-Flash Z AI	$0.195 in $0.650 out	Not available	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
GPT-OSS-20B OpenAI	$0.050 in $0.200 out	Not available	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	$0.420 in $3.00 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

OpenRelay

Global GPU Capacity
A worldwide network of GPUs accessible through a single platform.
Automatic Failover
Traffic is rerouted to healthy nodes to ensure service continuity.
Instant Load Balancing
Requests are distributed evenly across available resources.
API Integration
Compatible with existing OpenAI SDKs and other client implementations.
Serverless Inference
Model hosting that scales according to traffic demands.

SwissGPU

Dedicated Resources
Every machine is fully dedicated to you, with direct access to GPU, CPU, memory, and storage. There is no virtualization layer and no shared GPU resources.
Isolated GPU Infrastructure
Run AI workloads on isolated GPU resources with secure SSH access.
Permanent Data Wipe
All data and the OS are permanently wiped after server rental ends.
Ultra-Low Latency
Offers ultra-low latency desktops that mimic local experience.
Fully Swiss Hosted
All servers, data, and operations are based in Switzerland.
Per-Minute Billing
Servers are billed per minute and billing stops when the machine is powered off, with no separate storage or network transfer charges.

Pros & Cons

OpenRelay

Advantages

Global infrastructure for increased availability
Support for multiple AI models
Comprehensive documentation and API resources
Flexible resource management

Considerations

Limited information on company ownership
Headquarters location not specified
No details on legal entity registration

SwissGPU

Advantages

Dedicated bare-metal GPU and compute resources for each client, with no virtualization layer.
Secure SSH access, with all data and the OS permanently wiped at the end of a rental.
Local-like experience with ultra-low latency remote desktops.
Published hourly rates for every GPU configuration, with per-minute billing and no storage or network fees.

Considerations

Consumer and workstation GPUs only — no datacenter accelerators such as H100 or B200 for large-scale training.
Single location: all capacity is in Switzerland, which adds latency for users outside Europe.
Electricity is metered and billed on top of the hourly rate, so the listed rate is not the full cost.

Compute Services

OpenRelay

SwissGPU

Pricing Options

OpenRelay

SwissGPU

Per-minute on-demand billing

Dedicated physical servers billed per minute, with billing stopping when the server is powered off and no additional storage or network charges.

Prepaid credits

Credits are topped up on the platform at any time, with payments processed by Stripe.

Metered electricity

Power consumption is billed separately per kWh on top of the hourly server rate, and a small fee applies when reinstalling the operating system.

Custom configurations and long-term commitments

Negotiated directly with the provider rather than published as self-service rates.

Getting Started

OpenRelay

Get Started

1
Create an Account
Sign up on the OpenRelay website to access services.
2
Launch a GPU
Select from available NVIDIA GPUs and initiate a virtual machine.
3
Explore Inference APIs
Utilize various hosted models through the Inference API.
4
Integrate API Key
Configure your application to authenticate with OpenRelay's API.
5
Deploy Workloads
Use CLI tools or dashboard to manage deployments.

SwissGPU

Get Started

1
Browse available servers
Review the GPU configurations and their CPU, RAM, and NVMe specifications at https://www.swissgpu.ch/rent.
2
Create an account and add credits
Credits can be added to the account at any time; payments are processed through Stripe.
3
Rent a server
Select a configuration and start the rental; billing runs per minute while the server is powered on.
4
Connect to the machine
Access the server over secure SSH, or attach Visual Studio Code using the documented remote workflow.
5
Power off when finished
Billing stops as soon as the server is powered off, and all data and the OS are wiped when the rental ends.

Support & Global Availability

OpenRelay

Global Regions

Available globally

Support

Support via documentation and contact options.

SwissGPU

Global Regions

Fully hosted in Switzerland; no other regions offered.

Support

Documentation site covering connection workflows and per-framework guides, plus a contact form and email support for technical questions and custom configurations.