Gandi vs GPU Mart: Which Is Better?
We track Gandi and GPU Mart prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About GandiGandi is one of the oldest independent domain registrars in Europe, founded in Paris in 1999 by French internet pioneers and ICANN-accredited since its early years. It now runs a catalogue of 996 domain extensions alongside LXC-based Simple Hosting (with preconfigured WordPress, PrestaShop and Nextcloud variants), GandiCloud VPS on OpenStack with block storage and snapshots, mailboxes, TLS/SSL certificates, Premium DNS built on Cloudflare and a public API for automation. Its infrastructure sits in private rooms at Equinix PA3 in Paris and LuxConnect in Luxembourg, and the company is certified against ISO 27001 and ISO 22301. Gandi is best known for price transparency — every zone's creation, transfer, renewal, owner-change and restore price is published — and for free WHOIS privacy and free Anycast DNS on every domain.
About GPU MartGPU Mart is the dedicated GPU arm of Database Mart (Cloud Clusters network, est. 2005, League City, TX). It sells dedicated GPU servers and GPU VPS from two self-owned US data centers — Dallas, Texas and Kansas City, Missouri — with no third-party facility dependence. The catalog spans 37 configs: entry GPUs (GT 730, P600, GTX 1650/1660), GeForce (RTX 2060–5090), professional cards (RTX A4000/A5000/A6000, RTX Pro 2000–6000), datacenter accelerators (V100, A40, A100 40GB/80GB, H100) and multi-GPU servers up to 4× A100 or 4× RTX A6000 with NVLink. Every server includes unmetered bandwidth (100 Mbps – 1 Gbps), 1 dedicated IPv4, free OS reloads, reboots and hardware replacement, and deploys in 20 minutes to 2 hours. GPU VPS plans add included backups; add-ons cover RAM, extra drives, Cisco ASA firewalls, remote backups, extra IPs, bandwidth upgrades and NVLink.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Gandi | GPU Mart |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $0.00 win | $21.00 |
| Renewal price | Standard rate after the promo term | — |
| Datacenters | 2 | 2 |
| NVMe storage | ✗ No | ✓ Yes win |
| Free domain | ✓ Yes win | ✗ No |
| Backups | Snapshots included | Bi-weekly (VPS); add-on (dedicated) |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | 24/6 email & chat | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 100.00% win | 99.85% |
Price History
Gandi · SSL Certificate FreeCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
GPU Mart · Express GPU VPS - 2GBCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Gandi 100.00% GPU Mart 99.85%Pros & Cons
Gandi- French internet pioneer and ICANN-accredited registrar since 1999 — 135 employees, HQ in Paris, ISO 27001 & ISO 22301 certified
- One of the most transparent domain price lists in the industry: 996 extensions with creation, transfer, renewal, owner-change and restore prices published
- Free Anycast DNS with LiveDNS (sub-250 ms propagation), DNSSEC, 2 free mailboxes and a free SSL certificate with every domain
- Simple Hosting runs every site in its own LXC container with dedicated CPU/RAM — not the usual shared-resource plan
- Five languages on the same plan (PHP, Python, Node) with MySQL or PostgreSQL, plus free snapshots and a Varnish cache
- GandiCloud VPS on OpenStack with block storage, volume snapshots and a public API/Terraform/Ansible automation
- Renewal prices are steep on the popular zones — .com renews at $38.38/year and .net at $39.98, well above the market
- Promo pricing covers the first term only; standard rates are 3-4x higher (Starter $3.99 → $15.00 per month)
- No dedicated servers, GPU or colocation — the top of the line is an 8 vCPU / 16 GB VPS
- No money-back guarantee or free trial is published, unlike most US and EU hosts
- Support is 24/6 (not 24/7) by email and chat; phone help is a paid advisory service
- Only two data centers, both in Europe — latency is poor for Asia-Pacific and most of the Americas
GPU Mart- Dedicated-GPU price leader: RTX 4090 from $274.50/mo, A100 40GB from $359.55/mo, H100 from $2,099/mo (24-mo billing)
- 37 GPU configs — GT 730 to H100, RTX Pro Blackwell line, multi-GPU up to 4× A100 with NVLink
- Two self-owned US data centers (Dallas TX, Kansas City MO) — no third-party facility dependence
- GPU VPS from $21/mo with dedicated GPU, unmetered traffic and included backups
- Unmetered bandwidth (100 Mbps – 1 Gbps ports) and 1 dedicated IPv4 on every plan
- Deploy in 20–40 min (Linux) / 30 min–2 h (Windows); free OS reloads, reboots and hardware replacement
- Last-gen CPU platforms on most configs (Xeon E5 v2–v4; Platinum 8160 on one tier)
- 100 Mbps default port on standard dedicated servers — 1 Gbps only on multi-GPU/enterprise tiers
- No published money-back guarantee or refund policy
- Windows Server costs extra ($25/mo per 8 cores); remote backups are a paid add-on ($30–120/mo)
- GPU-only catalog: no shared/cloud hosting, no managed services, no CDN
- Thin public review footprint compared to bigger GPU clouds (Lambda, RunPod, Vast.ai)
The Verdict
On the data we track, Gandi wins more rows in the comparison table above (3 vs 1). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now Gandi has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, Gandi had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.