Company
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
Products
View the table below for more insight into Gcore products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
| Product | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Network
Gcore has 140+ POPs on 6 continents, with a strong presence in the CIS countries. Total network capacity exceeds 110 Tbps and 11,000+ 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 | 14 locations in 2 countries | ||
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United States | Ashburn - Atlanta - Chicago - Dallas - Denver - Los Angeles - Manassas - McAllen - Miami - Minneapolis - New York - San Jose - Seattle - Boston* | |
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Canada | Toronto | |
| Latin America | 13 locations in 10 countries | ||
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Argentina | Buenos Aires | |
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Brazil | Fortaleza - Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo | |
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Ecuador | Guayaquil - Quito | |
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Chile | Santiago | |
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Colombia | Bogotá | |
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Guatemala | Guatemala City | |
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Honduras | Tegucigalpa* | |
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Mexico | Querétaro | |
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Panama | Panama City | |
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Paraguay | Asuncion | |
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Peru | Lima | |
| Europe | 18 locations in 15 countries | ||
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Bulgaria | Sofia | |
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Cyprus | Limassol - Nicosia | |
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Czech Republic | Prague | |
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Germany | Frankfurt | |
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United Kingdom | London | |
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Spain | Madrid | |
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France | Marseille - Paris | |
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Hungary | Budapest | |
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Italy | Milan - Palermo | |
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Luxembourg | Luxembourg | |
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Latvia | Riga | |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
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Norway | Oslo* | |
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Poland | Warsaw | |
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Romania | Bucharest | |
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Serbia | Belgrade* | |
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Sweden | Stockholm | |
| Russia & CIS | 13 locations in 9 countries | ||
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Armenia | Yerevan | |
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Azerbaijan | Baku | |
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Georgia | Tbilisi | |
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Kazakhstan | Almaty - Nur-Sultan - Pavlodar | |
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Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | |
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Moldova | Chișinău | |
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Tajikistan | Dushanbe | |
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Ukraine | Kharkiv - Kiev - Lviv | |
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Uzbekistan | Tashkent | |
| Asia excl. China | 13 locations in 11 countries | ||
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Bangladesh | Dhaka | |
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Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
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Indonesia | Jakarta* | |
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India | Mumbai | |
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Japan | Osaka - Tokyo | |
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South Korea | Seoul | |
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Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | |
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Nepal | Kathmandu | |
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Philippines | Manila - Davao* | |
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Pakistan | Karachi* | |
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Singapore | Singapore | |
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Thailand | Bangkok | |
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Taiwan | Taipei* | |
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Vietnam | Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh | |
| China | No edge servers | ||
| Oceania | 2 locations in 1 country | ||
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Australia | Melbourne - Sydney | |
| Middle-East | 11 locations in 10 countries | ||
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai | |
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Israel | Tel Aviv | |
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Iraq | Baghdad - Erbil | |
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Jordan | Amman | |
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Kuwait | Kuwait City | |
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Oman | Muscat | |
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Palestinian Territory | Ramallah | |
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Qatar | Doha | |
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Saudi Arabia | Riyahd* | |
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Turkey | Istanbul | |
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Yemen | Sanaʽa | |
| Africa | 6 locations in 6 countries | ||
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Angola | Luanda | |
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Egypt | Cairo | |
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Ghana | Accra* | |
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Kenya | Nairobi | |
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Libya | Tripoli | |
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Mauritius | Port Louis* | |
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Namibia | Windhoek* | |
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Nigeria | Lagos | |
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Sudan | Khartoum* | |
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Togo | Lomé* | |
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Tunisia | Tunis* | |
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Uganda | Kampala* | |
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South Africa | Johannesburg - Cape Town* | |
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Zimbabwe | Harare* | |
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 TB/m at $25 plan.
Gcore pricing
| Pricing & contract duration | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum contract term | None | |
| Minimum monthly costs | $25 | |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | First 1 billion free, more cost $0.0075/million | |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Yes | |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB | |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB | |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | $0.025 per GB | |
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
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Custom solution (host your DNS zone ...) | |
| HTTP/2 | ||
| WebSockets
Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
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WebSockets docs | |
| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression
Reduce file size for faster delivery
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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
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| 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
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Always Online | |
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Purge
Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Support
Responsive technical support, 24/7
| Documentation | Yes, public | |
| Human support | Phone, chat and email support is free and available 24/7 | |
| Status Page | Gcore status page |
Contact Gcore
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