Gcore
vs
Hetzner
Hetzner offers excellent European presence with competitive pricing. Gcore provides better global coverage and specialized AI/edge infrastructure.
What's good about each
- 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
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2) | $6.94 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | 2.5x more expensive on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $70.49 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8) | $10.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | 6.8x more expensive on Gcore |
| Large VM | $141.06 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16) | $19.12 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | 7.4x more expensive on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $5.10 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $47.24 /mo 1 TB, 250k write requests | $7.52 /mo 1 TB | 6.3x more expensive on Gcore |
| Load balancer | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $8.68 /mo LB11 | 2x more expensive on Gcore |
| Serverless | $7.65 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB | $1.16 /TB €1 / TB |
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, while Hetzner offers 2. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Hetzner | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs
|
$1.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
$1.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $2.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Hetzner bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Gcore | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | Germany |
| Locations | 53 | 6 |
| Example customers | Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | gcore.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Hetzner on Aug. 31, 2026.