Gcore
vs
OVH
Both sell VPS, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, object storage, a CDN and GPUs. OVHcloud runs managed databases and charges less for storage, while Gcore rents B300 and GB300 nodes and bills per minute.
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
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | 55% cheaper on OVH |
| Medium VM | $47.15 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | 79% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $94.30 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | 71% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | |
| Object storage | $52.53 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 84% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $17.24 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | 60% cheaper on OVH |
| Serverless | $7.49 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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 OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 42% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config · 1 config
|
$3.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 32% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.81 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
RTX 5000
3 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Gcore bills on-demand; OVH 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | US data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only |
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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | France |
| Locations | 33 | 19 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | gcore.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for OVH on Oct. 1, 2026.