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Gcore vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, netcup undercuts Gcore on memory pricing — a median of $1.22/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 5.

MetricGcorenetcup
Plans tracked909
Cheapest plan$0.83/mo$5.79/mo
Median $/GB RAM$4.94/GB$1.22/GB
Avg value score41/10097/100
Locations85
Dedicated-vCPU plans764
NVMe share0%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% 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

netcup

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB — $5.79/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

netcup

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB — $5.79/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

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB — $10.15/mo

Top value plans from each

Gcore
netcup

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). netcup data: Live web — server-rendered plan cards on netcup.com/en/server/vps + /en/server/root-server.

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