Gcore vs netcup.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, netcup undercuts Gcore on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $1.21/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 5.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Gcore g1s-shared-2-4 at $3.51/mo, against netcup at $5.73/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

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 ↗

netcupall plans →

• Cheapest

  VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe

  $5.73/moView at netcup ↗
• Best value

  VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

  4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe

  $10.05/moView at netcup ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricGcorenetcup

Plans tracked909

Cheapest plan$0.82/mo$5.73/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.89/GB$1.21/GB

Avg value score47/10095/100

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 · no disk · $1.75/mo

netcup

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

full comparison →

Gcorewins

g1s-shared-2-4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · no disk · $3.51/mo

netcup

VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 128 GB NVMe · $5.73/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Gcore

g1-standard-2-8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $25.57/mo

netcupwins

VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 256 GB NVMe · $10.05/mo

Top value plans from each

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

netcup

• VPS 1000 G12 · 4 vCore · 8 GBvalue 98/100$10.05
• VPS 2000 G12 · 8 vCore · 16 GBvalue 98/100$18.67
• VPS 500 G12 · 2 vCore · 4 GBvalue 97/100$5.73
• RS 2000 G12 · 8 dedicated cores · 16 GBvalue 97/100$20.78
• VPS 4000 G12 · 12 vCore · 32 GBvalue 96/100$31.43

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 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.