Gcore
vs
Hugging Face
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
- Hub hosts 3M+ public models and 500k+ datasets
- Free hosting for public models, datasets and demos
- AI models and datasets can be mounted directly into a job
- Single GPUs up to 8x H200 or RTX PRO 6000
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.83 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $47.38 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $94.77 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $52.79 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB (private) | 66% cheaper on Hugging Face |
| Load balancer | $17.32 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $7.53 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 8x the amount of data stored | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | Included within the allowance |
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 Hugging Face offers 7. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Hugging Face | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H200
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 43% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H100
9 configs
|
$1.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
-- | $2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
L4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
T4
2 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
|
A10G
4 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Hugging Face only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Hugging Face 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 | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Enterprise plan only |
| PCI DSS | 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 | Gcore | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | -- |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Grammarly, Ai2 |
| Website | gcore.com | huggingface.co |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Hugging Face on Sept. 24, 2026.