Gcore
vs
UpCloud
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
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 70% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 49% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 62% cheaper on UpCloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | Free on UpCloud |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth |
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 UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 8 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 9% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
4 configs · 22 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs
|
-- | $1.41 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
|
L4
22 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
Gcore bills on-demand; UpCloud 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.
| Framework | Gcore | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Data centers only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | 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 | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | Finland |
| Locations | 33 | 15 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | gcore.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 2, 2026.