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

Zenlayer logo Zenlayer

  • 350+ Points of Presence across 50+ countries with focus on emerging markets
  • Flexible quarterly billing for GPUs (no 2-3 year lock-in)
  • Strong presence in Southeast Asia, India, China, South America
  • Competitive GPU pricing

Price comparison

How do Gcore's prices compare against Zenlayer?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$13.96 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g0-standard-1-2)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$55.78 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g0-standard-4-8)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$53.60 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Gcore Gcore
$123.44 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g0-standard-8-16)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$105.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Gcore Gcore
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Zenlayer Zenlayer
$8.00 / mo 100 GB volume

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Gcore Gcore
$46.68 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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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
$20.30 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 1 Public IP
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$32.70 / mo 1 TB estimated usage

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Gcore Gcore
$14.81 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$4.50 Estimated cost to transfer 1 TB per month

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Gcore Gcore
$1.08/hr
Zenlayer Zenlayer
$0.62/hr

Billing Options

Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustomReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Zenlayer Zenlayer
On-Demand

Available Models

Gcore offers 5 GPU models, while Zenlayer offers 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

Company details

Website
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Headquarters
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg
Zenlayer Zenlayer
United States of America
Founded
Gcore Gcore
2014
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Data Center Locations
Gcore Gcore
53
Zenlayer Zenlayer
19
Example Customers
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast
Zenlayer Zenlayer
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Zenlayer on Feb. 14, 2026.