Gcore
vs
Oracle Cloud
What's good about each
- 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
- Great price-performance ratio
- Wide range of server configurations and managed services
- Comprehensive hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
- 10 TB of free egress per month
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2) | $10.42 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 41% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $70.49 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8) | $27.53 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 2.6x more expensive on Gcore |
| Large VM | $141.06 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16) | $92.26 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | 35% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $4.25 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $47.24 /mo 1 TB, 250k write requests | $25.57 /mo | 46% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $70.56 /mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM | |
| Load balancer | $17.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $7.86 /mo | 2.2x more expensive on Gcore |
| Serverless | $7.65 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 10 TB / mo | |
| Egress | Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB |
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 Oracle Cloud offers 15. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Oracle Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 1 config
|
$1.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5.6x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | $15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.2x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | $10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.2x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
A100
5 configs · 2 configs
|
$1.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.1x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
L40S
4 configs · 1 config
|
$1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.8x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
GB300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $18.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
-- | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- | $16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | Oracle Cloud only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Oracle Cloud bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Gcore | Oracle Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 53 | 39 |
| Example customers | Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia |
| Website | gcore.com | www.oracle.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Oracle Cloud on Sept. 11, 2026.