Gcore
vs
Hetzner
Both sell VPS, object storage, load balancers and GPUs. Hetzner charges less for VMs and storage, while Gcore runs a CDN, managed Kubernetes and H100 to GB300 GPUs on six continents.
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
- 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 | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | 42% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $10.16 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | 78% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $18.63 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | 80% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.97 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $7.33 /mo 1 TB | 86% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $8.46 /mo LB11 | 51% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $1.13 /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
|
$1.73 /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 |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $2.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
-- | $0.42 /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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Gcore | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Card payments 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 | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 1997 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | Germany |
| Locations | 33 | 6 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc |
| Website | gcore.com | hetzner.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hetzner on Sept. 18, 2026.