BuyVM vs Gcore.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, BuyVM undercuts Gcore on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $3.75/GB against $4.89/GB. The cheapest way in is Gcore at $0.82/mo (g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB, disk billed separately). Gcore counters with broader reach: 8 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Gcore g1s-shared-2-4 at $3.51/mo, against BuyVM at $15/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

BuyVMall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2/moView at BuyVM ↗

Gcoreall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · no disk

  $0.82/moView at Gcore ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricBuyVMGcore

Plans tracked1090

Cheapest plan$2/mo$0.82/mo

Median $/GB RAM$3.75/GB$4.89/GB

Avg value score77/10047/100

Locations38

Dedicated-vCPU plans776

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB SSD · $7/mo

Gcorewins

g1s-shared-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk · $1.75/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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BuyVM

Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GB

1 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $15/mo

Gcorewins

g1s-shared-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · no disk · $3.51/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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BuyVM

High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $30/mo

Gcorewins

g1-standard-2-8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $25.57/mo

Top value plans from each

BuyVM

• Slice 512 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GBvalue 98/100$2
• Slice 1024 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 92/100$3.50
• Slice 2048 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 84/100$7
• Slice 4096 · 1 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 76/100$15
• High Volume 2 core · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 73/100$30

Gcore

• g2s-shared-1-1-25 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 100/100$0.82
• g1s-shared-1-0.5 · 1 vCPU · 0.5 GBvalue 100/100$0.88
• g1s-shared-1-1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 99/100$1.17
• g1s-shared-1-2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 99/100$1.75
• g1s-shared-2-2 · 2 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 98/100$2.33

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. BuyVM data: Live web · KVM Slice and High Volume plan text on buyvm.net (flat list prices). Gcore data: Live web · VM flavor table in the gcore.com/pricing/cloud payload (EUR excl. VAT, lowest-priced region).