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Gcore vs Lyceum

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What's good about...

Gcore logo Gcore

  • 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

Lyceum logo Lyceum

  • High-performance GPUs at competitive rates
  • EU-sovereign compute with GDPR compliance and EU data residency
  • Supports large-scale clusters up to 8,000 GPUs with InfiniBand
  • Docker-native with no vendor lock-in

Price comparison

How do Gcore's prices compare against Lyceum?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$17.76 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2)
Lyceum Lyceum
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$71.14 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8)
Lyceum Lyceum
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Gcore Gcore
$142.37 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16)
Lyceum Lyceum
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Gcore Gcore
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Lyceum Lyceum
$10.00 / mo 100 GB · $0.10/GB/month

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Gcore Gcore
$47.67 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests
Lyceum Lyceum
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Gcore Gcore
$17.76 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2)
Lyceum Lyceum
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Gcore Gcore
$7.72 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt)
Lyceum Lyceum
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB
Lyceum Lyceum
Free and unlimited

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Gcore Gcore
Lyceum Lyceum
H100 $2.66 $2.79 B300 $7.02 $7.99 H200 $3.19 $4.29 A100 $1.49 $1.59

Billing Options

Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustom
Lyceum Lyceum
On-DemandSpotReservation

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Gcore and Lyceum each offer 6 GPU models.

Gcore Gcore
H100(1) A100(1) H200(1) L40S(1) B300(1) GB300(1)
Lyceum Lyceum
H100(9) A100(9) H200(9) L40S(5) B200(9) B300(9)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Gcore and Lyceum offer:

Service Gcore Lyceum
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Object Storage
Python Notebooks
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Lyceum Lyceum
lyceum.technology
Headquarters
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg
Lyceum Lyceum
Germany
Founded
Gcore Gcore
2014
Lyceum Lyceum
2025
Data Center Locations
Gcore Gcore
53
Lyceum Lyceum
3
Example Customers
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast
Lyceum Lyceum
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Aug. 21, 2026, and for Lyceum on Aug. 22, 2026.