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Civo Standard Small vs Gcore g1-standard-1-2.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Civo Standard Small and Gcore g1-standard-1-2 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Civo

Standard Small · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

$10.86/mo

1 vCPU shared · 2 GB · 25 GB NVME

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Gcore

g1-standard-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

$9.88/mo

1 vCPU dedicated · 2 GB · 0 MB

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$10.86/mo

$9.88/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.43

$4.94

RAM

2 GB

2 GB

vCPU

1 shared

1 ded.

Disk

25 GB NVME

0 MB

Bandwidth

unmetered

Value score

73/100

48/100

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 g1-standard-1-2?
Gcore g1-standard-1-2 at $9.88/mo (excl. VAT) versus $10.86/mo — a difference of $0.98/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Gcore g1-standard-1-2: $4.94 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.43 for Civo Standard Small.
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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