Gcore is a global CDN with a focus on gaming: "We expand the geographical presence of your game and speed up downloads for your players". Gcore is headquartered in Luxembourg and employs 400+ people.
Gcore website
Gcore Products
View the table below for more insight into Gcore products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
Product | ||
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Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | ||
Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | ||
Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | ||
Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Live Streaming | |
Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | VoD | |
Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | Image Stack | |
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | DNS | |
WAFWeb Application Firewall | WAF | |
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | DDoS Protection | |
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | ||
Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Gcore Network
Gcore has 140+ POPs on 6 continents, with a strong presence in the CIS countries. Total network capacity exceeds 120 Tbps and 13,000+ peering partners.
Gcore network map
Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country
* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs
North America | 17 locations in 2 countries | ||
United States | Ashburn - Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Dallas - Denver - El Paso - Hillsboro - Los Angeles - Manassas - McAllen - Miami - Minneapolis - New York - San Jose - Seattle | ||
Canada | Toronto | ||
Latin America | 23 locations in 18 countries | ||
Argentina | Buenos Aires | ||
Bolivia | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | ||
Brazil | Fortaleza - Porto Alegre - Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo | ||
Ecuador | Guayaquil - Quito | ||
Chile | Santiago | ||
Colombia | Bogotá | ||
Costa Rica | San José | ||
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | ||
Guadeloupe | Pointe-à-Pitre | ||
Guatemala | Guatemala City | ||
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | ||
Haiti | Port-Au-Prince | ||
Mexico | Mexico City - Querétaro | ||
Nicaragua | Managua | ||
Panama | Panama City | ||
Paraguay | Asuncion | ||
Peru | Lima | ||
El Salvador | San Salvador | ||
Europe | 31 locations in 24 countries | ||
Belgium | Brussels | ||
Bulgaria | Sofia | ||
Switzerland | Zurich | ||
Cyprus | Limassol - Nicosia | ||
Czech Republic | Prague | ||
Germany | Frankfurt - Munich | ||
Finland | Helsinki | ||
United Kingdom | London | ||
Greece | Athens | ||
Spain | Madrid | ||
France | Marseille - Lyon - Paris - Poitiers - Strasbourg | ||
Hungary | Budapest | ||
Ireland | Dublin | ||
Italy | Milan - Palermo | ||
Lithuania | Vilnius | ||
Luxembourg | Luxembourg | ||
Latvia | Riga | ||
Netherlands | Amsterdam | ||
Norway | Oslo | ||
Poland | Warsaw | ||
Portugal | Lisbon | ||
Romania | Bucharest | ||
Serbia | Belgrade | ||
Sweden | Stockholm | ||
Russia & CIS | 14 locations in 9 countries | ||
Armenia | Yerevan | ||
Azerbaijan | Baku | ||
Georgia | Tbilisi | ||
Kazakhstan | Almaty - Astana - Karaganda - Pavlodar | ||
Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | ||
Moldova | Chișinău | ||
Tajikistan | Dushanbe | ||
Ukraine | Kharkiv - Kiev - Lviv | ||
Uzbekistan | Tashkent | ||
Asia excl. China | 21 locations in 18 countries | ||
Bangladesh | Dhaka | ||
Bhutan | Thimphu | ||
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | ||
Indonesia | Jakarta | ||
India | Mumbai | ||
Japan | Osaka - Tokyo | ||
Cambodia | Phnom Penh | ||
South Korea | Seoul | ||
Sri Lanka | Colombo | ||
Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | ||
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | ||
Nepal | Kathmandu | ||
Philippines | Davao - Manila | ||
Pakistan | Karachi | ||
Singapore | Singapore | ||
Thailand | Bangkok | ||
Taiwan | Taipei | ||
Vietnam | Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh | ||
China | No edge servers | ||
Oceania | 4 locations in 2 countries | ||
Australia | Melbourne - Perth - Sydney | ||
New Zealand | Auckland | ||
Middle East | 12 locations in 11 countries | ||
United Arab Emirates | Dubai | ||
Bahrain | Manama | ||
Israel | Tel Aviv | ||
Iraq | Baghdad - Erbil | ||
Jordan | Amman | ||
Kuwait | Kuwait City | ||
Oman | Muscat | ||
Qatar | Doha | ||
Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | ||
Yemen | Sana'a | ||
Africa | 23 locations in 22 countries | ||
Angola | Luanda | ||
Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | ||
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | ||
Algeria | Algiers | ||
Egypt | Cairo | ||
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | ||
Ghana | Accra | ||
Kenya | Nairobi | ||
Libya | Tripoli | ||
Morocco | Rabat | ||
Mauritius | Port Louis | ||
Namibia | Windhoek | ||
Nigeria | Lagos | ||
Reunion | Sainte-Denis | ||
Sudan | Khartoum | ||
Senegal | Dakar | ||
Togo | Lomé | ||
Tunisia | Tunis | ||
Uganda | Kampala | ||
South Africa | Cape Town - Johannesburg | ||
Zambia | Lusaka | ||
Zimbabwe | Harare |
Gcore Pricing
Gcore pricing is simple and easy to understand, with no hidden costs and one global rate for all bytes delivered. Signup is completely self-service and there is no need to talk to a sales representative. You can get discounted rates based on a commit in an annual contract. Gcore has a PAYG plan and 3 plans with monthly commits. The info below is for their 1.5 TB/m at $37 plan.
Gcore pricing
Pricing & contract duration | ||
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Minimum contract term | One month | |
Minimum monthly costs | $37 | |
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | First 1 billion free, more cost $0.0079/10,000 | |
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Yes | |
NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.024 per GB | |
APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.024 per GB | |
LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.024 per GB |
Gcore Features
Gcore provides API-friendly control of the CDN and easy integration with Terraform.
View the tables below for more insight into the features Gcore supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
Web acceleration | ||
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Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | ||
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | ~15 minutes | |
Apex/root domain OK No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com | Custom solution (host your DNS zone ...) | |
HTTP/2 | ||
HTTP/3 | ||
WebSockets Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps | WebSockets docs | |
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery | Resend from origin, or compress on edge | |
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS | |
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? | Can be different from origin host | |
Origin Shield One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP | Enable and configure Origin shielding | |
Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | ||
Cache control - CDN caching | Origin or CDN controlled | |
Cache control - client caching | Origin or CDN controlled | |
Serve Stale CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble | Always Online | |
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN | Purge Speed | |
Purge - capabilities | Purge all, directory, and by file type/pattern | |
Analytics | Many metrics, real-time updates | |
Log files | Export logs to your storage. Logs are exported at the end of each hour. | |
API | Purge, analytics, configuration |
HTTPS & Content Protection | ||
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CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | ||
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN | Manage self in control panel | |
Token authentication | Secure Token | |
Geo blocking | Country Access Policy | |
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Referer Access Policy | |
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
IP white/blacklisting | IP Access Policy |
Gcore Support
Responsive technical support
Documentation | Yes, public | |
Human support | Technical support depends on price plan. Pro plan and up get 24/7 mail, chat and phone support. | |
Status Page | Gcore status page |
Contact Gcore
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