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Civo Standard Small vs Gcore a1-standard-1-2.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Civo Standard Small takes 4 of 6 spec rounds against Gcore a1-standard-1-2. It is also the cheaper plan, at $10.86/mo versus $11.28/mo.

Civowins 4 rounds

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

$10.86/mo

1 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 25 GB NVME

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Gcore

a1-standard-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

$11.28/mo

1 vCPU dedicated · 2 GB · 0 MB

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$10.86/mo

$11.28/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.43

$5.64

RAM

2 GB

2 GB

vCPU

1 shared

1 ded.

Disk

25 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

unmetered

Value score

73/100

37/100

Regions

5

1

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Civo Standard Small or Gcore a1-standard-1-2?
Civo Standard Small at $10.86/mo (excl. VAT) versus $11.28/mo — a difference of $0.42/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Civo Standard Small: $5.43 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.64 for Gcore a1-standard-1-2.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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