About
Gcore is a cloud, edge, security, and AI infrastructure platform with products for virtual machines, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, object storage, CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, WAAP, and serverless edge compute. The platform exposes a control panel, API, and Terraform support, and its cloud footprint includes 50+ cloud locations, 210+ CDN points of presence, 120+ IXPs, and 14,000+ peering partners.
The pricing page shows a free control panel for Managed Kubernetes, while the underlying worker nodes are billed at the same rate as virtual instances or bare metal servers. Object Storage includes a PAYG option at €0/mo with no fixed storage capacity, and Function as a Service is billed per GB-second by region. The service is aimed at developers and infrastructure teams that need global hosting, networking, storage, and security services with region-based pricing and optional add-ons such as load balancers and block storage.
- 210+ CDN points of presence
- 120+ connected IXPs
- 14,000+ peering partners
- 50+ cloud locations
- Free Managed Kubernetes control panel
- PAYG object storage at €0/mo
- Region-based FaaS pricing
- API and Terraform management
Free Tier Value
This free tier has real ongoing value because the managed Kubernetes control panel is free and Object Storage starts at €0/month with free inbound and CDN egress traffic. The catch is that the useful parts are capped by usage: storage, requests, and FaaS all bill by consumption, and the page does not show a no-card signup guarantee. A small but practical free tier like this is worth about $3/month to a buyer.
What's included in the free tier
- Managed Kubernetes control panel is free.
- Object Storage PAYG starts at €0/mo for Fast AI Workloads and Standard General Purpose.
- Outgoing traffic to CDN is free for Object Storage.
- Incoming traffic is free for Object Storage.
- Function as a Service pricing is usage-based by region, with no free quota listed.
See Gcore pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Managed Kubernetes
- control panel
- free
- worker nodes
- billed separately
- load balancer ingress
- optional/additional
- floating IP
- optional/additional
- block storage PVC
- optional/additional
- HA control panel included
- Worker nodes can be virtual instances or bare metal
- Optional load balancer ingress
- Floating IP for load balancer
- Block storage PVC available
Function as a Service
- GB-second
- region-priced
- 1M GB-seconds
- €2.77-€5.17 depending on region
- Serverless code execution
- Region-based pricing
- Multiple regions available
Object Storage
- storage capacity
- no fixed capacity
- outgoing traffic to CDN
- free
- incoming traffic
- free
- write requests
- €0.03 per 10,000
- PAYG storage with no fixed capacity
- Outgoing traffic to CDN is free
- Incoming traffic is free
- S3-compatible storage
- Monthly billing based on GB-hours
Pricing extracted from Gcore's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
