What is the difference between Scaleway and SwissGPU?

Scaleway 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: Scaleway 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 Scaleway 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 10 different GPU models across both Scaleway and SwissGPU, with 0 models available from both providers.

Scaleway vs SwissGPU

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

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Scaleway GPUs

SwissGPU GPUs

Direct Comparisons

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 10Both available: 0Scaleway: 4SwissGPU: 6

Showing 10 of 10 GPUs

Last updated: 10/6/2026, 11:54:00 PM

GPU Model ↑	Scaleway Price	SwissGPU Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Scaleway	$3.21/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Scaleway $3.21/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	$8.40/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway $8.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway	$0.88/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway	$1.65/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.24/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.48/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.48/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.60/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.60/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$1.20/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $1.20/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU

H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Scaleway	$3.21/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Scaleway $3.21/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	$8.40/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway $8.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway	$0.88/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway	$1.65/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Scaleway Instances API
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.24/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.24/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.48/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.48/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.30/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5080 16GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.30/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$0.60/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $0.60/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • SwissGPU	Not Available	$1.20/hr★ Best	—	SwissGPU
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB VRAM • Not Available SwissGPU $1.20/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price SwissGPU

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 8Both available: 0Scaleway: 8SwissGPU: 0

Showing 8 of 8 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/6/2026, 11:54:00 PM

Model ↑	Scaleway	SwissGPU	Input Diff ↕
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	$2.03 in $6.20 out	Not available	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	$0.169 in $0.676 out	Not available	—
Llama 3.3 70B Meta	$1.01 in $1.01 out	Not available	—
Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral	$1.69 in $8.45 out	Not available	—
Qwen 3 Coder 30B Alibaba	$0.225 in $0.901 out	Not available	—
Qwen3.5 397B A17B Alibaba	$0.676 in $4.06 out	Not available	—
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba	$0.282 in $1.69 out	Not available	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	$0.676 in $3.72 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Scaleway

GPU Instances
L4, L40S, H100 (PCIe and SXM) and B300-SXM (Blackwell) GPU instances in configurations from 1 to 8 GPUs.
Generative APIs
Serverless, pay-per-token access to hosted chat, vision, embedding and audio models, plus dedicated GPU deployments for models that need isolated capacity.
Bare Metal
Dedibox dedicated servers and cloud-integrated Elastic Metal alongside GPU and virtual instance compute.
Managed Kubernetes
Kapsule and Kosmos managed Kubernetes offerings for containerized workloads.
EU Data Sovereignty
Infrastructure across multiple multi-availability-zone European regions, with data residency in the EU.
Automation Tooling
Console, API, CLI and Terraform provider for provisioning and lifecycle automation.

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

Scaleway

Advantages

GPU lineup spanning L4 through B300-SXM (Blackwell) in 1-8 GPU configurations
Two inference paths: serverless per-token Generative APIs and dedicated GPU deployments for the same model catalog
European headquarters with data residency across multiple multi-AZ EU regions
Free tier for trying Generative APIs, including a token allowance and audio transcription minutes

Considerations

On-demand hourly pricing only; no reserved or spot pricing published for GPU Instances
Some GPU types are limited to specific availability zones
Faster support response times require a paid support plan

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

Scaleway

SwissGPU

Pricing Options

Scaleway

On-demand GPU Instances

Hourly per-instance billing for L4, L40S, H100 and B300-SXM configurations, with no reserved or spot options.

Generative APIs - Serverless

Pay-per-token billing for hosted chat, vision, embedding and audio models, with a discount for Batches API requests.

Generative APIs - Dedicated Deployment

Hourly billing by GPU resource type for isolated model hosting.

Bare Metal

Dedibox and Elastic Metal dedicated servers, billed separately from GPU compute.

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

Scaleway

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up in the Scaleway console and complete identity verification.
2
Choose a region
Select an availability zone; some GPU types are limited to specific zones.
3
Launch a GPU Instance or call a Generative API
Provision a GPU Instance from the console, API, CLI or Terraform, or call a hosted model through the Generative APIs.
4
Connect and deploy
Connect to the running instance, or integrate the API endpoint into an application.
5
Monitor usage and get support
Track consumption in the console and reach support via ticket, with paid plans offering hotline access.

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

Scaleway

Global Regions

GPU Instances span multiple multi-availability-zone regions in Europe; Generative APIs (serverless and dedicated) are currently served from the Paris region.

Support

24/7 ticket support included on every plan; paid Advanced, Business and Enterprise tiers add hotline access, faster response times and, on Enterprise, a dedicated technical account manager. Additional resources include documentation, a community Slack and a public status page; support is offered in English and French.

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.