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BuyVM vs Gcore.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, BuyVM undercuts Gcore on memory pricing — a median of $3.75/GB of RAM vs $4.94/GB. The cheapest way in is Gcore at $0.83/mo (g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Gcore counters with broader reach: 8 locations vs 3.

MetricBuyVMGcore
Plans tracked1090
Cheapest plan$2/mo$0.83/mo
Median $/GB RAM$3.75/GB$4.94/GB
Avg value score77/10041/100
Locations38
Dedicated-vCPU plans776
NVMe share0%0%
Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB — $7/mo

Gcorewins

g1s-shared-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 0 MB — $1.77/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB — $15/mo

Gcorewins

g1s-shared-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 0 MB — $3.54/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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BuyVM

High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB — $30/mo

Gcorewins

g1-standard-2-8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 0 MB — $25.82/mo

Top value plans from each

BuyVM
Gcore

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. BuyVM data: Live web — KVM Slice and High Volume plan text on buyvm.net (flat list prices). Gcore data: Live web — VM flavor table in the gcore.com/pricing/cloud payload (EUR excl. VAT, lowest-priced region).

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