Gcore
vs
Heroku
What's good about each
- 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
- Add-on marketplace for databases, logging, monitoring and email
- Postgres with forks, followers and rollback
- Network-isolated Private Spaces across the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
- Salesforce integration through Heroku Connect and AppLink
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $50.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Standard-2X) | 77% cheaper on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $250.00 /mo 2.5 GB RAM (Performance-M) | 81% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $500.00 /mo 14 GB RAM (Performance-L) | 81% cheaper on Gcore |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $50.00 /mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage (Standard-0) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $200.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Premium-5) | |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | Included in plan | |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 2 TB / mo per app | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | Not publicly listed Soft limit of 2 TB / mo per app |
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 track no GPU listings from Heroku. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Heroku | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
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 | Gcore | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Level 1, Heroku Shield only |
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 | Gcore | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 10 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | World Economic Forum, PixieBrix, TAO Drive, Fastcall |
| Website | gcore.com | heroku.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Heroku on Sept. 18, 2026.