Gcore vs RunPod Secure Cloud
General-purpose cloud against GPU specialist, priced against each other on the 5 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.
Gcore is cheaper on 4 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 20%. RunPod Secure Cloud 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
- 19 19 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 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Gcore | RunPod Secure Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | ≈$6.83/hr | $7.89/hr | 13% cheaper on Gcore |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB | ≈$3.11/hr | $4.59/hr | 32% cheaper on Gcore |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | ≈$2.58/hr | $3.49/hr | 26% cheaper on Gcore |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | ≈$1.45/hr | $1.59/hr | 9% cheaper on Gcore |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | ≈$1.23/hr | $1.09/hr | 11% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
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 | RunPod Secure Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 second |
| Minimum commitment | None on pay-as-you-go; subscription terms billed in full | None |
| Payment model | Postpaid invoice by default; prepaid credits for some products; subscriptions | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise |
| Free credits | Free trial periods offered; startup program | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards |
| Egress | Free | Free |
| Uptime SLA | not stated | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud |
| Regions | 50+ cloud locations; 33 named on the cloud price list | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models, how fast support answers 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.
Nothing the other does not also rent.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.53/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.84/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.09/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB$2.89/hr
Is Gcore cheaper than RunPod Secure Cloud?
Gcore is cheaper on 4 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 20%. RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on the other 1.
Which GPUs do Gcore and RunPod Secure Cloud both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM5 141GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Gcore and at RunPod Secure Cloud?
Of the cards both rent, Gcore starts at $1.23 per GPU-hour and RunPod Secure Cloud at $1.09.
Are Gcore and RunPod Secure Cloud 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. RunPod Secure Cloud is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.