What's good about...
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
Render
- Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
- Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
- Generous free tier
Price comparison
How do Gcore's prices compare against Render?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
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VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
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Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
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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.
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Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
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Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
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Free egress allowance
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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H100Heads 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 Render offer:
Company details
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| Website | gcore.com | render.com |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | United States of America |
| Founded | 2014 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 53 | 4 |
| Example Customers | Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast | Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Render on Feb. 12, 2026.