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Gcore g1-standard-8-16 vs Hetzner CPX42.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Gcore g1-standard-8-16 and Hetzner CPX42 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Gcore

g1-standard-8-16 · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$79.02/mo

8 vCPU dedicated · 16 GB · 0 MB

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Hetzner

CPX42 · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$80.97/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB NVME

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$79.02/mo

$80.97/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$4.94

$5.06

RAM

16 GB

16 GB

vCPU

8 ded.

8 shared

Disk

0 MB

320 GB NVME

Bandwidth

20 TB/mo

Value score

37/100

68/100

Regions

1

4

Countries served by both · 0

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

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Add a third or fourth plan, or switch the workload weighting, in the interactive tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Gcore g1-standard-8-16 or Hetzner CPX42?
Gcore g1-standard-8-16 at $79.02/mo (excl. VAT) versus $80.97/mo — a difference of $1.95/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Gcore g1-standard-8-16: $4.94 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.06 for Hetzner CPX42.
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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