Currency and exchange rate
Korean providers price in KRW, and most global providers price in USD. When you pay in USD, the same price costs a different amount in KRW each month as the exchange rate moves. Card payments may also carry foreign transaction fees. If your budget is fixed in KRW, paying in KRW is easier to manage.
Tax and invoices
Korean providers add VAT to the pre-tax price and issue Korean tax invoices. With global providers, tax handling and invoice documents depend on the provider and contract terms. Confirm before signing that you can get the documents your accounting needs.
Data location and latency
Korean regions give lower network latency to users in Korea. If personal data or internal policy requires data to stay in Korea, region location becomes a hard requirement. When using overseas regions, check the rules and contract terms on data transfer.
How prices are published
Most global providers publish on-demand prices on their websites. Some Korean providers do not publish prices for high-end GPUs and offer them only by quote. Perhour marks these listings as not public (quote only) and keeps them at the bottom of price sorting.
Payment and accounts
Global providers often let you start right away with a credit card. Korean providers often offer corporate accounts, post-paid billing and sales consultations. Choose the side that fits your usage scale and payment method.
Order of comparison
- If you have data location requirements, narrow the list with them first.
- Compare the remaining options by price per GPU-hour, excluding VAT, in one currency.
- For Korean businesses, check how VAT applies to global prices to match actual spending.
- Check invoices, payment methods and support scope.
How to Check on Perhour
Review the cloud provider directory to compare domestic Korean providers and global neo-clouds, or view normalized pricing side by side on the pricing table.