Short answer
As of October 23, 2026, Gcore sells 8 VPS plans from $10.01/month (Standard VM (entry): specs not published) in 28 locations. It ranks #105 of 160 providers overall. Trustpilot rates it 2.3 from 48 reviews.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest plan: Standard VM (entry) at $10.01/month (specs not published).
- 28 data-center locations in 23 countries: Almaty, Amsterdam, Ashburn, Baku, Chester, Chicago and 22 more.
- Ranks #105 of 160 overall; best placing #34 of 137 for Palworld VPS.
Key facts
| Website | gcore.com |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Contern, LU |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Cheapest plan | Standard VM (entry), $10.01/month (from €8.93/mo) |
| Price per GB RAM (median) | $5.80 |
| Data centers | 28 locations in 23 countries (Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America) |
| Virtualization | KVM (OpenStack-based cloud) |
| Billing | Hourly, monthly |
| Windows Server | No Windows variants exist for the legacy fixed KVM plans (about €25/mo more than Linux on the 12-vCPU plan per WHTop); Windows images for cloud VMs not priced here. |
| Operating systems | Preconfigured Linux images, Windows Server, Custom images |
| Storage | — NVMe (SSD) |
| DDoS protection | Yes |
| Backups / snapshots | Backups: unknown; snapshots: — |
| IPv4 / IPv6 | IPv4 included: —; IPv6: — |
| API | Yes |
| Dedicated CPU plans | Yes |
| Payment methods | Card, paypal, alipay, wire |
| Money-back | Not published |
| Support | 24/7 help desk and live chat (per a WHTop listing of the fixed KVM plans) |
| Email / port 25 | No email rule published |
| Uptime SLA | 99.9% (listed on the fixed KVM hosting plan) |
| Trustpilot | 2.3 / 5 from 48 reviews (profile) |
Plans and prices
8 plans recorded across 5 lines. Monthly list prices in US dollars; the highlighted row is the cheapest. EUR→USD at 1.121 (indicative mid-market, 2026-10-15). Gcore quotes prices in EUR (some views in USD) and excludes VAT.
| Plan | Line | CPU | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard VM (entry) | Standard (dedicated vCPU) | Dedicated | — | — | — | — | $10.01 (from €8.93/mo) | — | 'Starting at' price from the Virtual Machines page for balanced general-purpose flavors; exact vCPU/RAM of the cheapest flavor not published in page text. Excludes VAT. Storage billed separately; egress from VMs is free. |
| High-Frequency VM (entry) | High-Frequency | Dedicated | — | — | — | — | $11.64 (from €10.38/mo) | — | 'Starting at' price for high-clock-speed flavors; specs of the cheapest flavor not stated. Excludes VAT. |
| CPU-Optimized VM (entry) | CPU-Optimized | Dedicated | — | — | — | — | $16.83 (from €15.01/mo) | — | 'Starting at' price for CPU-heavy flavors; specs not stated. Excludes VAT. |
| Memory-Optimized VM (entry) | Memory-Optimized | Dedicated | — | — | — | — | $39.18 (from €34.95/mo) | — | 'Starting at' price for high-RAM flavors; specs not stated. Excludes VAT. |
| g3a-standard-1-2 | Standard (dedicated vCPU) | Dedicated | 1 | 2 GB | — | — | $11.61 | $5.80 | Estimated monthly USD price from the getdeploying.com compute table (third party); volume billed separately; outbound traffic from VMs free. Price varies by region. |
| g3a-standard-4-8 | Standard (dedicated vCPU) | Dedicated | 4 | 8 GB | — | — | $46.48 | $5.81 | Estimated monthly USD price from getdeploying.com (third party); volume billed separately. |
| g3a-standard-8-16 | Standard (dedicated vCPU) | Dedicated | 8 | 16 GB | — | — | $92.97 | $5.81 | Estimated monthly USD price from getdeploying.com (third party); volume billed separately. |
| KVM-HIGHCPU-SSD-4-ANX | Legacy KVM hosting (fixed plan) | Dedicated | 12 | 24 GB | 500 GB SSD | Unmetered | $43.72 (€39.00/mo) | $1.82 | Fixed-spec hosting plan in Ashburn per a WHTop listing (Jan 2026, third party): 200 Mbit/s port, unmetered traffic, 1 IPv4 + 1 IPv6, no setup fee; Windows variant €64/mo. Excludes VAT. |
EUR→USD at 1.121 (indicative mid-market, 2026-10-15). Gcore quotes prices in EUR (some views in USD) and excludes VAT.
Data-center locations
Gcore lets you deploy in 28 locations: 13 in Europe, 9 in Asia, 3 in North America, 1 in South America, 1 in Oceania and 1 in Africa. Countries: Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands and 11 more.
Map of Gcore locations
Click a marker to see which providers sell servers there. Marker size reflects the number of providers in that city.
- Sydney (Australia)
- Baku
- Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Helsinki (Finland)
- Paris (France)
- Darmstadt (Germany)
- Frankfurt (Germany)
- Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Mumbai (India)
- Tokyo (Japan)
- Almaty (Kazakhstan)
- Luxembourg
- Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Kristiansand (Norway)
- Maloy (Norway)
- Warsaw (Poland)
- Sines (Portugal)
- Singapore (Singapore)
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Incheon (South Korea)
- Istanbul (Turkey)
- Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
- Chester (United Kingdom)
- London (United Kingdom)
- Ashburn (United States)
- Chicago (United States)
- San Jose (United States)
- Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
Pros and cons
Strengths
- Broad footprint: roughly 28 cities across Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa and Australia, including Central Asia
- Dedicated-vCPU Standard flavors start near EUR 9/month with free outbound traffic
- Free DDoS protection and WAF bundled with VMs, plus floating IPs, load balancer and Terraform support
Limitations
- Plan-level specs and prices are hidden behind a dynamic calculator, so comparing flavors takes effort
- Low Trustpilot score (2.3 from 48 reviews) with a polarised review split
- Prices exclude VAT and differ by region
Where Gcore ranks
Positions in the rankings on this site, based on the data above.
- Best Palworld VPS #34 of 137
- Dedicated VPS (Dedicated CPU Cores) #16 of 49
- Storage VPS (500 GB+ Disk) #25 of 72
- Best VPS for Mastodon #65 of 157
- Best VPS for Ollama and Local LLMs #65 of 153
- Best Redis VPS #70 of 157
- Best VPS for Developers #70 of 157
- High-Performance VPS #37 of 82
- Best VPS for Streaming, Plex and Jellyfin #63 of 138
- Best VPS for a VPN Server (WireGuard, OpenVPN) #75 of 157
- Best VPS for Proxies #78 of 157
- Best VPS in Uzbekistan #1 of 2
- Best VPS in Amsterdam #38 of 76
- Best VPS in Netherlands #43 of 83
- Best VPS for OpenClaw #82 of 157
- Best FiveM VPS #83 of 157
- Best VPS in Singapore #34 of 64
- Best VPS in Singapore #34 of 64
- Best VPS in Europe #69 of 129
- Best VPS in Asia #45 of 84
- Best VPS in North America #61 of 113
- Best VPS in Chicago #20 of 37
- Best TeamSpeak VPS #86 of 157
- Best VPS in United States #60 of 109
Alternatives to Gcore
Providers closest to Gcore by region, price and features. LikeVPS, DigitalOcean and Google Cloud Compute Engine are the nearest matches.
| # | Provider | Plan | $/month | RAM | $/GB RAM | Locations | Windows | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lite 2.0 | $10.00 | 2 GB | $5.00 | 26 | Yes | — | |
| 2 | Basic 512 MB (s-1vcpu-512mb-10gb) | $4.00 | 512 MB | $8.00 | 13 | No | 4.5 (2,581) | |
| 3 | e2-micro | $6.11 | 1 GB | $6.11 | 41 | Yes | 1.4 (43) | |
| 4 | CX23 | $6.71 | 4 GB | $1.68 | 6 | No | 3.0 (3,001) | |
| 5 |  Akamai Cloud (Linode) |
Nanode 1 GB | $5.00 | 1 GB | $5.00 | 26 | No | 2.5 (207) |
| 6 | Regular Performance 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB (vc2-1c-0.5gb) | $2.50 | 512 MB | $5.00 | 32 | Yes | 1.6 (585) |
Frequently asked questions
How much does Gcore VPS cost?
Plans start at $10.01 per month for Standard VM (entry) (specs not published); 'Starting at' price from the Virtual Machines page for balanced general-purpose flavors; exact vCPU/RAM of the cheapest flavor not published in page text. Excludes VAT. Storage billed separately; egress from VMs is free. Across its published plans the median price is $5.80 per GB of RAM.
Where are Gcore's data centers?
Gcore lets you deploy in 28 locations: 13 in Europe, 9 in Asia, 3 in North America, 1 in South America, 1 in Oceania and 1 in Africa. Countries: Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands and 11 more.
Does Gcore offer Windows VPS?
Windows variants exist for the legacy fixed KVM plans (about €25/mo more than Linux on the 12-vCPU plan per WHTop); Windows images for cloud VMs not priced here.
Does Gcore have hourly billing?
Yes, servers are billed by the hour with a monthly cap.
Is Gcore good?
As of October 23, 2026, Gcore sells 8 VPS plans from $10.01/month (Standard VM (entry): specs not published) in 28 locations. It ranks #105 of 160 providers overall. Trustpilot rates it 2.3 from 48 reviews. Strengths: broad footprint: roughly 28 cities across europe, north america, asia, south america, africa and australia, including central asia and dedicated-vcpu standard flavors start near eur 9/month with free outbound traffic. Limitations: plan-level specs and prices are hidden behind a dynamic calculator, so comparing flavors takes effort and low trustpilot score (2.3 from 48 reviews) with a polarised review split.
Sources
Data was read from these pages (provider data checked October 15, 2026; rankings updated October 23, 2026). Prices change; check the provider's site before buying.
- https://gcore.com/cloud/virtual-machines
- https://gcore.com/cloud/basic-vm
- https://gcore.com/pricing/cloud
- https://gcore.com/about
- https://gcore.com/hosting
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gcore
- https://getdeploying.com/gcore
- https://www.eucloudcost.com/providers/gcore/
- https://www.whtop.com/plans/gcore.com/142750
- https://prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/gcore-launches-budget-virtual-machines-for-webma...
- https://currencyconvert.online/eur/usd
- https://www.trustpilot.com/review/gcore.com