DigitalOcean
vs
Gcore
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, serverless, object storage and H100 to B300 GPUs. DigitalOcean runs managed databases and an app platform, while Gcore runs a CDN and cloud regions on six continents.
What's good about each
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
- 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 | DigitalOcean | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | 49% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | 44% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 62% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | 30% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | 78% cheaper on Gcore |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 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
DigitalOcean offers 10 GPU models, while Gcore offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Gcore | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 9 configs
|
$4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 61% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
H200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$4.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | 31% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | 22% cheaper on Gcore |
MI355X
1 config
|
$2.97 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
-- | $1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Gcore only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 months); 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 | DigitalOcean | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type I |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | 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 | DigitalOcean | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | Luxembourg |
| Locations | 16 | 33 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom |
| Website | digitalocean.com | gcore.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Gcore on Sept. 18, 2026.