Gcore vs Massed Compute
General-purpose cloud against GPU specialist, priced against each other on the 4 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 4%. Gcore is cheaper on the other 1.
- How they sell
- General-purpose cloud A hosting company where GPUs sit beside the VPS products, on the same account and billing.
- GPU models
- 6 9 offers
- Registered in
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
These are not the same product. A general-purpose cloud and a GPU specialist differ in who your counterparty is, which is why the rates below can be far apart without either being wrong. The prices are comparable; what stands behind them is not.
The 4 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Gcore | Massed Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | ≈$6.83/hr | $6.60/hr | 3% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | ≈$2.58/hr | $2.73/hr | 5% cheaper on Gcore |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | ≈$1.45/hr | $1.38/hr | 4% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | ≈$1.23/hr | $0.97/hr | 21% cheaper on Massed Compute |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| Gcore | Massed Compute | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Hourly (GPU); per minute (inference) | Per minute |
| Minimum commitment | None on pay-as-you-go; subscription terms billed in full | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold |
| Payment model | Postpaid invoice by default; prepaid credits for some products; subscriptions | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge |
| Free credits | Free trial periods offered; startup program | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found |
| Regions | 50+ cloud locations; 33 named on the cloud price list | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named |
Neither site tells you how fast support answers, whether a commitment auto-renews or how long you have to dispute a bill. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB≈$3.11/hr
- NVIDIA A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.55/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$5.43/hr
Is Gcore cheaper than Massed Compute?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 4 cards both of them rent, by a median of 4%. Gcore is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do Gcore and Massed Compute both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 4 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Gcore and at Massed Compute?
Of the cards both rent, Gcore starts at $1.23 per GPU-hour and Massed Compute at $0.97.
Are Gcore and Massed Compute the same kind of provider?
No. Gcore is a general-purpose cloud — a hosting company where GPUs sit beside the VPS products, on the same account and billing. Massed Compute is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.