Gcore
vs
Leafcloud
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
- Netherlands data residency, GDPR, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II certified
- OpenStack-based, reduced vendor lock-in
- Free ingress and a monthly egress allowance
- Server heat reused to warm homes and care facilities
- NVIDIA A30, A100, H100, and RTX 6000 Blackwell GPUs, VM included
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $8.71 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (ec1.xsmall) | 26% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Medium VM | $47.15 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $69.66 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (ec1.large) | 32% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $94.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $139.33 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (ec1.2xlarge) | 32% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $11.36 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $52.53 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $6.81 /mo 1 TB | 87% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Load balancer | $17.24 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $16.37 /mo Load Balancer | 5% cheaper on Leafcloud |
| Serverless | $7.49 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | -- Fair use, no published rate |
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 Leafcloud offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Leafcloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
A100
5 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | 21% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H100
9 configs
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
3 configs
|
-- | $3.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
|
A30
4 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Leafcloud only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Leafcloud 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.
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 | Leafcloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | Netherlands |
| Locations | 33 | 1 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Mobiel.nl, Milieudefensie, FeedbackFruits, GlobeScope, Erasmus Data Collaboratory, Brunel Solar Team |
| Website | gcore.com | leaf.cloud |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Leafcloud on Sept. 30, 2026.