Cloudways
vs
Gcore
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- Flat-priced Node.js hosting with PostgreSQL on every plan
- 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 | Cloudways | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $11.65 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | 17% cheaper on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $99.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $46.64 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | 53% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $93.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | 37% cheaper on Gcore |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $51.97 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $17.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $7.41 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | 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
Gcore offers 6 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Cloudways.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
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 | Cloudways | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | -- | 33 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | gcore.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Gcore on Oct. 21, 2026.