Gcore
vs
Runpod
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 73% cheaper on Gcore |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 46% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 46% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | Free and unlimited |
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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 12 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config · 4 configs
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 14% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config · 7 configs
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | 33% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 9 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L40S
4 configs · 6 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | 35% cheaper on Runpod |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
5 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 5090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
|
RTX 4090
3 configs
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Runpod 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | -- |
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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 33 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | gcore.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.