Gcore vs Lambda Comparison

Why choose Gcore

• Has a free plan (Lambda does not)
• Higher Analytics score (7/10 vs 4/10)
• Higher Integration score (7/10 vs 5/10)

Why choose Lambda

• Better fit for startups (8/10 vs 6/10)

Gcore

Pros

• The CDN includes 1 TB of traffic and 1 billion requests free each month, and traffic after that starts at 0.01 EUR per GB.
• DDoS protection pricing does not depend on attack size, and mitigation is not metered on any plan.
• The managed Kubernetes control plane is free with high availability, so you pay only for the nodes.
• A large edge footprint, reported at about 210 PoPs and 200 Tbps of capacity, suits latency-sensitive workloads such as gaming and streaming.
• Headquarters in Luxembourg is an advantage for buyers who prefer an EU-based provider.

Cons

• Trustpilot scores are around 2.5 out of 5, with complaints about recurring billing, refunds, and slow support.
• There is no public price list for VMs and bare metal; prices are only available through the calculator.
• The Terraform v2 provider is still in alpha and Gcore says it is not ready for production.
• The product range is very broad, which can make it harder for small teams to understand how pricing works.

Lambda

Pros

• A wide GPU range, from $0.69 per hour V100-class cards to B200, suits both small experiments and large training runs.
• A December 2025 comparison reports no egress or data transfer fees, which helps when moving large datasets in and out.
• Lambda Stack images come with PyTorch, CUDA and drivers preinstalled, so ML engineers can start training soon after launch.
• SemiAnalysis testing found full expected interconnect bandwidth and strong health checks on Slurm clusters.
• Lambda's trust page lists SOC 2 Type II, and a trust portal provides the report and pentest results on request.

Cons

• Popular GPUs often sell out on demand, according to several reviews.
• The new list prices from November 2026 are well above the H100 rates of around $2.99 reported in 2025.
• Kubernetes and Slurm need Lambda engineers to set up, and SemiAnalysis rated the console and onboarding as immature.
• There is no CDN, managed databases, serverless functions or general web hosting, and object storage was still in development.
• Lambda has no official Terraform provider or CLI documented, only community Terraform providers.