Gcore
vs
Vercel
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
- Built-in support for Next.js and other frontend frameworks
- API for issuing custom domains to your own customers
- Functions bill CPU time, not time spent waiting on I/O
- 20 compute regions, 120+ edge locations
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $36.40 /mo 1 TB (Vercel Blob) | 30% cheaper on Vercel |
| 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) | $170.42 /mo 25M invocations, 2 GB RAM (minimum), 150 ms duration | 96% cheaper on Gcore |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB (Hobby) to 1 TB (Pro) | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $150.00 /TB $0.15 / GB (Fast Data Transfer) |
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. We track no GPU listings from Vercel. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Vercel | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
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 |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
Gcore 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | 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 | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 20 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Shopify, Notion, Stripe, Ramp, The Weather Company |
| Website | gcore.com | vercel.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vercel on Sept. 18, 2026.