Atlas Cloud
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Fully sovereign infrastructure hosted in Iceland
- Free ingress and egress traffic
- Tier 3 data center, working toward ISO 27001
- Self-service provisioning via UI, CLI, API, Terraform, and Ansible
- 40+ regions across 26 countries
- BigQuery, GKE and Gemini models on Vertex AI
- TPUs, plus Nvidia T4 up to 8x B200 nodes
- Automatic sustained use discounts on N1 and N2 VMs
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Atlas Cloud | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $77.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 20 GiB storage (a4) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 11x more expensive on Atlas Cloud |
| Medium VM | $148.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM, 40 GiB storage (a5) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 37% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Large VM | $296.72 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GiB RAM, 160 GiB storage (a7) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 26% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Block storage | $11.54 /mo 100 GiB Block Storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 32% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $101.28 /mo 1 TiB stored, S3-compatible | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 2.4x more expensive on Atlas Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | Both ingress and egress are free. Unlimited free egress | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | Free Egress is always free | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | Free on Atlas Cloud |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Atlas Cloud. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Atlas Cloud | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
24 configs
|
-- | $3.77 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
A100
36 configs
|
-- | $1.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
V100
48 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
T4
48 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P100
36 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P4
36 configs
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Atlas Cloud | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Iceland | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 40 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | www.atlascloud.is | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Atlas Cloud was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 15, 2026.