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Gcore vs Vultr

Vultr provides good global coverage with simple pricing. Gcore offers more advanced edge AI and GPU capabilities.

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What's good about...

Gcore logo Gcore

  • Competitive pricing with pay-as-you-go model
  • Over 210 global PoPs across six continents
  • Free DDoS protection, WAF, and egress traffic
  • Offers NVIDIA GPUs such as A100, H100, and L40S

Vultr logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Gcore's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$17.76 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g1-standard-1-2)
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$71.14 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g1-standard-4-8)
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Gcore Gcore
$142.37 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g1-standard-8-16)
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Gcore Gcore
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Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Gcore Gcore
$47.67 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Gcore Gcore
$17.76 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2)
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Gcore Gcore
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Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Gcore Gcore
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Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Gcore Gcore
$7.72 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt)
Vultr Vultr
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Free egress allowance

Gcore Gcore
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Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Gcore Gcore
Vultr Vultr
A100 $1.49 $2.40 L40S $1.27 $1.67

Billing Options

Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustom
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandSpotCustom

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Gcore offers 6 GPU models, while Vultr offers 10.

Gcore Gcore
H100(1) A100(1) H200(1) L40S(1) B300(1) GB300(1)
Vultr Vultr
H100(1) A100(3) L40S(4) B200(1) MI300X(1) MI455X(1) MI325X(1) MI355X(1) A16(3) GH200(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Gcore and Vultr offer:

Service Gcore Vultr
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg
Vultr Vultr
United States of America
Founded
Gcore Gcore
2014
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Gcore Gcore
53
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Aug. 21, 2026, and for Vultr on Aug. 22, 2026.

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