Cerebrium
vs
Gcore
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $11.64 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | 49% cheaper on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $46.61 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | 59% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $93.22 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | 59% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $51.93 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $17.04 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $7.41 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Gcore offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Gcore | Difference |
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$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Gcore |
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$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Gcore |
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$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | 29% cheaper on Gcore |
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$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Gcore |
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$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
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$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
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$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
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$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
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-- | $6.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
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-- | -- On request | Gcore only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Gcore bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cerebrium | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Cerebrium | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | 3 | 33 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | gcore.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Gcore on Sept. 18, 2026.