Gcore
vs
Lium
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
- Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
- Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
- Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
- CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Lium | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.82 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $47.35 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $94.70 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $52.75 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $17.31 /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 | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | -- Not listed |
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 Lium offers 13. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Lium | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
1 config · 2 configs
|
$6.84 /GPU/hr On-demand | $9.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 1 config
|
$1.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 27% cheaper on Lium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 1 config
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | 69% cheaper on Lium |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
-- | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX 5090
9 configs
|
-- | $0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
|
RTX 4090
5 configs
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Lium only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Lium bills on-demand and spot. 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
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Lium on Sept. 28, 2026.