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Gcore vs HOSTKEY.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts Gcore on memory pricing — a median of $1.92/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 1.

MetricGcoreHOSTKEY
Plans tracked9020
Cheapest plan$0.83/mo$2.87/mo
Median $/GB RAM$4.94/GB$1.92/GB
Avg value score41/10086/100
Locations81
Dedicated-vCPU plans763
NVMe share0%65%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Gcorewins

g1s-shared-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 0 MB — $1.77/mo

HOSTKEY

vm.nano · 2 vCPU · 2 GB

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB — $3.59/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Gcorewins

g1s-shared-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 0 MB — $3.54/mo

HOSTKEY

vm.mini · 4 vCPU · 6 GB

4 vCPU · 6 GB · 120 GB — $5.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Gcore

g1-standard-2-8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 0 MB — $25.82/mo

HOSTKEYwins

vm.v2-mini · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 120 GB — $7.66/mo

Top value plans from each

Gcore
HOSTKEY

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Gcore data: Live web — VM flavor table in the gcore.com/pricing/cloud payload (EUR excl. VAT, lowest-priced region). HOSTKEY data: Live web — preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net).

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