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Gcore vs Linode.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, Gcore undercuts Linode on memory pricing — a median of $4.94/GB of RAM vs $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is Gcore at $0.83/mo (g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 8.

Plans tracked9018
Cheapest plan$0.83/mo$5/mo
Median $/GB RAM$4.94/GB$7.50/GB
Avg value score41/10038/100
Locations833
Dedicated-vCPU plans7612
NVMe share0%0%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

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). Linode data: Public API — api.linode.com/v4/linode/types.

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