Gcore
vs
Vultr
Both sell VPS, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, object storage, a CDN and GPUs. Vultr runs managed databases and AMD GPUs, 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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Gcore | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 57% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 15% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 41% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 66% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $10.00 /mo | 42% cheaper on Vultr |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / 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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 1 config
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
A100
5 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 41% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 27% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Gcore bills on-demand; Vultr 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 33 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | gcore.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 2, 2026.