Akamai Cloud
vs
Gcore
Akamai Cloud offers straightforward cloud services with competitive pricing. Gcore provides a more extensive global edge network and advanced GPU options for AI workloads.
What's good about each
- Wide range of VPS configurations including including GPU instances
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes, and Object Storage
- Competitive pricing with generous per-instance egress allowances
- 30+ data center locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America
- Competitive pricing with pay-as-you-go model
- Over 210 global PoPs across six continents
- Free DDoS protection, WAF, and egress traffic
- Offers NVIDIA GPUs such as A100, H100, and L40S
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Akamai Cloud | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2) | 3.5x more expensive on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | $70.49 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8) | 32% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Large VM | $144.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated 16GB) | $141.06 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $47.24 /mo 1 TB, 250k write requests | 2.4x more expensive on Gcore |
| PostgreSQL | $63.00 /mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 58 GB storage (Shared, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $10.00 /mo | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | 43% cheaper on Akamai Cloud |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $7.65 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | |
| Egress allowance | 1-20 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $5.00 /TB $0.005 / GB | Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Akamai Cloud offers 3 GPU models, while Gcore offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Akamai Cloud | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$3.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
RTX 4000 Ada
9 configs
|
$0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
Quadro RTX 6000
4 configs
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Akamai Cloud only |
|
H100
9 configs
|
-- | $1.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $6.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- | $3.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
-- | $1.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Gcore only |
Akamai Cloud bills on-demand; Gcore bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Akamai Cloud | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | 31 | 53 |
| Example customers | Panasonic, Best Buy, Wayfair and Giphy | Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast |
| Website | www.akamai.com | gcore.com |
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Our data for Akamai Cloud was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Gcore on Aug. 31, 2026.