Cloud4C vs Gcore (2026): Pricing, Features & Verdict
Gcore is our pick, scoring 6.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Cloud4C on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria. Its biggest advantage: higher Cost score (7/10 vs 3/10). Only Gcore has a free plan.
Last updated: November 2026
Cloud4C
6.6/10
Cloud4C is a Capgemini-owned managed cloud provider. It runs private, sovereign, hybrid and public cloud estates, including SAP hosting and RISE with SAP, for large enterprises in regulated industries.
Gcore
6.9/10
Luxembourg-based edge and cloud provider offering CDN, virtual machines, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, object storage, AI GPU cloud, and DDoS/WAF security for businesses.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 6.6/10 | 6.9/10 |
| Integration | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Support | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Cost | 3/10 | 7/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Reliability | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Ease of Use | 5/10 | 6/10 |
| Analytics | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Scalability | 7/10 | 8/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | Contact for pricing | €390/mo DDoS Protection Start |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | Contact for pricing | €390/mo DDoS Protection Start |
| Features | ||
| Managed Databases | ||
| Managed Kubernetes | ||
| Multiple Regions | ||
| API and CLI | Not listed | |
| Automatic Backups | Not listed | |
| Cloud Compute | Not listed | |
| Content Delivery Network | Not listed | |
| DDoS Protection | Not listed | |
| Dedicated Servers | Not listed | |
| Object Storage | Not listed | |
| Serverless Functions | Not listed | |
| Uptime SLA | Not listed | |
Cloud4C vs Gcore cost by team size
| Team size | Cloud4C | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | Contact for pricing | €390/moDDoS Protection Start |
| 5 users | Contact for pricing | €390/moDDoS Protection Start |
| 10 users | Contact for pricing | €390/moDDoS Protection Start |
| 25 users | Contact for pricing | €390/moDDoS Protection Start |
| 50 users | Contact for pricing | €390/moDDoS Protection Start |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Who Cloud4C and Gcore suit
Gcore fits developers and startups better than Cloud4C.
| Audience | Cloud4C | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Developers | 3/10It is a managed service operated by Cloud4C staff rather than a developer platform with self-service APIs. | 8/10The API, the Terraform provider, the free Kubernetes control plane, and pay-per-use functions all suit developers. |
| Startups | 2/10There is no self-service signup, free tier or public pricing. | 6/10Pay-as-you-go pricing and a free CDN allowance lower the cost of starting, but there are complaints about support. |
| Enterprise | 9/10Cloud4C reports 2,500+ enterprise customers, including 50 Global Fortune 1000 companies, and is built around single-SLA managed operations. | 8/10It offers enterprise DDoS protection with IP transit, a large network capacity, and custom CDN deals. |
| IT Teams | 7/10It takes over infrastructure, DR, security and SAP Basis work, with SHOP providing monitoring and auto-remediation. | 7/10It covers a broad infrastructure stack, from colocation to edge security. |
| Financial Services | 8/10It holds PCI DSS and several ISO certifications, offers sovereign cloud and data residency in 25 countries, and sells compliance-as-a-service. | Not rated |
| Government | 7/10Sovereign cloud options and in-country data residency across many regions suit public-sector data rules. | Not rated |
| Manufacturing | 7/10Its SAP hosting and RISE with SAP focus suits manufacturers that run SAP ERP. | Not rated |
| Mid-Market | 6/10Fully managed operations can stand in for an in-house infrastructure team, but quote-only enterprise contracts may be heavy for smaller firms. | Not rated |
| SaaS Companies | Not rated | 7/10SaaS companies can run compute, CDN, and WAF security on a single EU-based platform. |
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose Cloud4C
- Higher Support score (7/10 vs 5/10)
- Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 7/10)
Why choose Gcore
- Has a free plan (Cloud4C does not)
- Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 3/10)
- Higher Ease of Use score (6/10 vs 5/10)
- Better fit for developers (8/10 vs 3/10)
- Better fit for startups (6/10 vs 2/10)
Pros & Cons
Cloud4C
Pros
- One provider is accountable for uptime from infrastructure up to application login. Most published SLAs are 99.9%, above SAP's own 99.5% standard production SLA.
- Data residency in 25 countries through 59 cloud PODs suits regulated buyers with sovereignty requirements.
- A broad managed stack under one contract covers private and public cloud, SAP Basis and database administration, DR, air-gapped backups and a managed SOC.
- Holds ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701, 22301 and 20000-1 plus PCI DSS certifications.
- Its SHOP platform adds AIOps anomaly prediction, auto-remediation and no-code API connectors across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle and its private cloud.
- Gartner Peer Insights reviewers rate it about 4.4 out of 5, praising migration and managed-services delivery.
Cons
- No public pricing or rate card. Every engagement needs a sales-led quote, and RFP.wiki rates its pricing as its weakest area.
- Little independent review evidence: G2, Clutch and PeerSpot show no reviews, and Gartner has only about 21 to 32.
- Reviewers mention process delays and documentation gaps during transitions.
- SLA figures differ across its own pages (99.9%, 99.95% and 99.994%), and credits and exclusions are set only in each contract.
- There is no self-service console, free tier or public API for provisioning, so it does not suit developers or small businesses.
- After Capgemini's acquisition in November 2025, buyers should confirm which entity they contract with and how support will be handled.
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.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Gcore scores higher on our Hosting & Infrastructure criteria: 6.9/10 against 6.6/10 for Cloud4C. The largest gap is in Cost: 3/10 for Cloud4C and 7/10 for Gcore.
Gcore has a free plan; Cloud4C does not list one.
Gcore is the better fit for developers: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 3/10 for Cloud4C.
