What's good about...

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai

  • Optimized for fast inference, especially for generative media
  • Cost-effective, pay-as-you-go pricing model
  • Offers both serverless GPU instances

Gcore logo Gcore

  • 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

How do Fal.ai's prices compare against Gcore?

VM Small

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2)

VM Medium

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$70.49 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8)

VM Large

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$141.06 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16)

Object Storage

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$47.24 /mo 1 TB, 250k write requests

Load Balancer

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2)

Serverless 25M Executions

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
$7.65 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt)

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB

Fal.ai logo Fal.ai Pricing Details

Fal.ai uses a usage-based pricing model, ensuring you only pay for the compute you consume. It offers two main structures:

  • GPU Pricing: Billed per second for deploying custom applications on their GPU fleet.
  • Output-Based Pricing: For models hosted by Fal.ai, billing is based on the output generated, such as per image, per megapixel, or per second of video.

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Fal.ai Fal.ai
Gcore Gcore
H100 $4.50 $1.77 B300 $8.50 $6.96 H200 $4.50 $3.17

Billing Options

Fal.ai Fal.ai
On-DemandCustom
Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustom

Available Models

Fal.ai offers 5 GPU models, while Gcore offers 6.

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Fal.ai Fal.ai
fal.ai
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Headquarters
Fal.ai Fal.ai
United States of America US flag
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg LU flag
Founded
Fal.ai Fal.ai
2021
Gcore Gcore
2014
Data Center Locations
Fal.ai Fal.ai
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Gcore Gcore
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Example Customers
Fal.ai Fal.ai
PlayAI, Quora Poe, Genspark, Hedra
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast

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Our data for Fal.ai was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Gcore on Aug. 31, 2026.