# GPUBank vs Gcore

> Gcore is a cloud, CDN and security provider from Luxembourg, founded in 2014, that sells GPUs mainly as 8-GPU bare-metal nodes with InfiniBand, plus H100 Virtual GPU VMs and serverless inference. Its H100 SXM costs $2.50 per GPU-hour as the share of a $20.00 8-GPU node; GPUBank charges $1.85 for a single GPU. Gcore offers more regions, a 99.9 % SLA with credits, ISO 27001 and card payment; GPUBank bills by the second, bills only the disk of a stopped instance and takes crypto.

- Page: https://gpubank.io/compare/gpubank-vs-gcore
- Prices last checked on 29 September 2026, on Gcore's own pages (sources below). Page updated 2 November 2026.
- Gcore: https://gcore.com/gpu-cloud, headquartered in Contern, Luxembourg
- GPUBank: https://gpubank.io, GPU cloud billed per second at an all-in hourly price (vCPU, RAM, NVMe, one IPv4 and traffic included), prepaid balance topped up in crypto.

## Verdict

**Clusters, regions and compliance at Gcore. Lower prices and per-second billing at GPUBank.**

Gcore suits teams that train on full 8-GPU H100 or H200 nodes with InfiniBand and need an EU contracting entity, a 99.9 % SLA with credits, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. For the four GPUs both of us rent, GPUBank costs 17 to 54 % less per GPU-hour, and Gcore's 36-month H100 reservation at $1.93 is still above GPUBank's on-demand rate. Gcore bills per minute, charges bare metal until deletion even when powered off, and bills IPv4 and bare-metal egress on top. Gcore takes cards, PayPal and bank payment; GPUBank takes crypto.

Score over 27 points: GPUBank ahead on 12, even on 3, Gcore ahead on 12.

## Key facts

| Criterion | Gcore | GPUBank |
|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | $2.50 (share of 8-GPU node), $2.60 (1-GPU VM) | $1.85, all-in |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.40, Gen 1 VM, GPU model not named | $0.23, RTX 4090 |
| Billing granularity | Per minute | Per second |
| Stopped instance | Bare metal billed until deleted, even powered off | Disk only |
| Persistent storage | $0.055 to $0.242 per GB-month (volumes) | $0.03 per GB-month |
| Egress traffic | $0.00143 per GB on bare metal | Included |
| Crypto payments | Not offered | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more |
| Card payments | Cards, PayPal, bank, Apple Pay, Google Pay | No |
| Minimum deposit | $4 balance to start | $25 |
| GPU models listed | 7 | 10 |
| Regions | 10 | 4 |
| Serverless GPUs | Everywhere Inference, billed per minute | No |
| Availability target | 99.9 % monthly, credits of 5 to 20 % | 99.9 % monthly |
| Compliance reports | ISO 27001, PCI DSS, DPA; SOC 2 not published | None published |
| Support | Email, chat and phone | Tickets from a $25 balance |
| Headquarters | Contern, Luxembourg | Tallinn, Estonia |

## Same GPUs, price per GPU-hour (USD, excl. VAT)

| GPU | Gcore | GPUBank | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| H200 SXM | $3.00 (on demand) | $2.49 | -17 % |
| H100 SXM | $2.50 (on demand) | $1.85 | -26 % |
| A100 SXM | $1.40 (on demand) | $0.95 | -32 % |
| L40S | $1.20 (on demand) | $0.55 | -54 % |

## When to pick Gcore

- Clusters of 250+ nodes with InfiniBand 3.2 Tbit/s set up automatically
- B300 at $6.60 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node, GB300 NVL72 by request
- Serverless inference billed per minute, H100 at $1.70 per GPU-hour
- 10 regions in 7 countries, including the UK, Portugal and South Korea
- 99.9 % SLA with credits, ISO 27001, PCI DSS and a published DPA

## When to pick GPUBank

- H100 SXM at $1.85 on one GPU, against $2.50 as a share of an 8-GPU node
- Per-second billing that starts after the health check
- Stop an instance and pay only for its disk; Gcore bills bare metal until deleted
- Pay in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins, IPv4 and traffic included
- RTX 4090, RTX 5090, RTX PRO 6000 and MI300X, which Gcore does not list

## Questions

### Is GPUBank cheaper than Gcore for an H100?

Yes. Gcore lists the H100 SXM at $2.50 per GPU-hour, as the share of a $20.00 per hour 8-GPU bare-metal node. A single H100 Virtual GPU costs $2.60. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour for one H100 SXM, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included.

### Can I rent a single GPU on Gcore?

Not on bare metal, which is sold as 8-GPU nodes only. A single H100 is available as a Virtual GPU VM at $2.60 per hour, or through Everywhere Inference at $1.70 per hour, billed per minute. GPUBank rents every model from one GPU up to 8 per instance.

### Does Gcore accept crypto?

No. Gcore lists credit and debit cards, PayPal, bank payment, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Alipay. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins.

### Does a stopped Gcore GPU server still cost money?

Yes for bare metal. Gcore bills Bare Metal GPU servers from creation until deletion, even when powered off. A shelved Virtual GPU stops compute billing, but its volumes and IPs stay billed. On GPUBank a stopped instance costs only its persistent disk, at $0.03 per GB-month.

### Which is better for multi-node training?

Gcore. It sets up InfiniBand at 3.2 Tbit/s on H100 and H200 nodes automatically and supports clusters of 250+ nodes, backed by a 99.9 % SLA with service credits. GPUBank rents up to 8 GPUs per instance and does not sell InfiniBand clusters.

### Are these prices with or without VAT?

Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Gcore and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.

## Sources

- https://gcore.com/gpu-cloud: From-prices, features, FAQ
- https://gcore.com/pricing/ai: Bare-metal on-demand, Everywhere Inference and Virtual GPU prices, GPU calculator
- https://gcore.com/assets/cached/api/en/pricing-pages/ai_pLevel-4.e5aea57a.json: USD figures, Spot and Reserve 12/36 month tabs
- https://bff.gcore.pro/cloud/ai-item-price: Per-region node prices, GPU region list and flavors (with /cloud/regions?type=ai, /cloud/ai-items)
- https://bff.gcore.pro/cloud/volume-price: Volume, IPv4 (/cloud/ip-address-price) and bare-metal egress (/cloud/traffic-price) prices
- https://gcore.com/pricing/cloud: GPU VM instances (A2, Gen 1), object storage
- https://docs.gcore.com/edge-ai/ai-infrastructure/about-gpu-cloud: Cluster types, configurations, storage, egress statement
- https://docs.gcore.com/edge-ai/ai-infrastructure/spot-bare-metal-gpu: Spot reclaim policy, per-minute billing aggregated hourly
- https://docs.gcore.com/edge-ai/ai-infrastructure/create-a-virtual-gpu-cluster: Virtual GPU storage, shelving, provisioning time
- https://docs.gcore.com/edge-ai/ai-infrastructure/create-a-bare-metal-gpu-cluster: Region grouping, file shares, API/Terraform
- https://docs.gcore.com/edge-ai/billing: GPU billing rules, inference per minute
- https://docs.gcore.com/cloud/billing: PAYG per minute, EUR 4 minimum, stopped-instance rules, egress
- https://docs.gcore.com/account-settings/billing/overview: Threshold billing
- https://docs.gcore.com/account-settings/billing/payments: Payment methods, card verification hold, top-ups
- https://docs.gcore.com/account-settings/account/create-account: Sign-up requirements
- https://docs.gcore.com/account-settings/billing/trial-conditions: No Cloud AI trial
- https://docs.gcore.com/account-settings/billing/data-deletion: Retention after suspension
- https://docs.gcore.com/cloud/bandwidth-and-traffic: VM egress free, bare-metal egress billed

Prices change: check both providers before buying. Gcore is a trademark of its owner; GPUBank is not affiliated with Gcore.