AWS vs GCP

AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) both offer a wide range of cloud services. AWS has a vast array of services and a long track record, while GCP shines with its strong AI and machine learning tools.

What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo Amazon Web Services

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Amazon Web Services logo Google Cloud

  • Extensive range of managed services with a focus on big data and machine learning
  • BigQuery and Google Kubernetes Engine are widely considered industry-leading solutions
  • Strong community and developer tooling
  • 40+ data centers around the world

Price comparison

How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Google Cloud?

Example configuration Amazon Web Services Google Cloud
VM Small $7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Medium $119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Large $248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Block Storage $8.00 / mo 100 GB $4.10 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $24.63 / mo 1 TB $24.93 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer $29.44 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)
Serverless 25M Executions $36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance 100 GB / mo Depends on service
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America) $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

AWS GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
g4ad.xlarge 1x Radeon Pro V520 8GB 4 16GB $0.38 Source
g5g.xlarge 1x T4G 16GB 4 16GB $0.42 Source
g4dn.xlarge 1x T4 16GB 4 16GB $0.53 Source
g4ad.2xlarge 1x Radeon Pro V520 8GB 8 32GB $0.54 Source
g5g.2xlarge 1x T4G 16GB 8 16GB $0.56 Source
g3s.xlarge 1x M60 8GB 4 30GB $0.75 Source
g4dn.2xlarge 1x T4 16GB 8 32GB $0.75 Source
g6.xlarge 1x L4 24GB 4 16GB $0.80 Source
g5g.4xlarge 1x T4G 16GB 16 32GB $0.83 Source
g4ad.4xlarge 1x Radeon Pro V520 8GB 16 64GB $0.87 Source
p2.xlarge 1x K80 12GB 4 61GB $0.90 Source
g6.2xlarge 1x L4 24GB 8 32GB $0.98 Source
g5.xlarge 1x A10G 24GB 4 16GB $1.01 Source
g3.4xlarge 1x M60 8GB 16 122GB $1.14 Source
g4dn.4xlarge 1x T4 16GB 16 64GB $1.20 Source
g5.2xlarge 1x A10G 24GB 8 32GB $1.21 Source
g6.4xlarge 1x L4 24GB 16 64GB $1.32 Source
g5g.8xlarge 1x T4G 16GB 32 64GB $1.37 Source
g5.4xlarge 1x A10G 24GB 16 64GB $1.62 Source
g4ad.8xlarge 2x Radeon Pro V520 16GB 32 128GB $1.73 Source
g6e.xlarge 1x L40S 48GB 4 32GB $1.87 Source
g6.8xlarge 1x L4 24GB 32 128GB $2.01 Source
g4dn.8xlarge 1x T4 16GB 32 128GB $2.18 Source
g6e.2xlarge 1x L40S 48GB 8 64GB $2.24 Source
g3.8xlarge 2x M60 16GB 32 244GB $2.28 Source
g5.8xlarge 1x A10G 24GB 32 128GB $2.45 Source
g5g.16xlarge 2x T4G 32GB 64 128GB $2.74 Source
g5g.metal 2x T4G 32GB 64 128GB $2.74 Source
g6e.4xlarge 1x L40S 48GB 16 128GB $3.00 Source
p3.2xlarge 1x V100 16GB 8 61GB $3.06 Source
g6.16xlarge 1x L4 24GB 64 256GB $3.40 Source
g4ad.16xlarge 4x Radeon Pro V520 32GB 64 256GB $3.47 Source
g4dn.12xlarge 4x T4 64GB 48 192GB $3.91 Source
g5.16xlarge 1x A10G 24GB 64 256GB $4.10 Source
g4dn.16xlarge 1x T4 16GB 64 256GB $4.35 Source
g6e.8xlarge 1x L40S 48GB 32 256GB $4.53 Source
g3.16xlarge 4x M60 32GB 64 488GB $4.56 Source
g6.12xlarge 4x L4 96GB 48 192GB $4.60 Source
g5.12xlarge 4x A10G 96GB 48 192GB $5.67 Source
g6.24xlarge 4x L4 96GB 96 384GB $6.68 Source
p2.8xlarge 8x K80 96GB 32 488GB $7.20 Source
g6e.16xlarge 1x L40S 48GB 64 512GB $7.58 Source
g4dn.metal 8x T4 128GB 96 384GB $7.82 Source
g5.24xlarge 4x A10G 96GB 96 384GB $8.14 Source
g6e.12xlarge 4x L40S 192GB 48 384GB $10.49 Source
p3.8xlarge 4x V100 64GB 32 244GB $12.24 Source
g6.48xlarge 8x L4 192GB 192 768GB $13.35 Source
p2.16xlarge 16x K80 192GB 64 732GB $14.40 Source
g6e.24xlarge 4x L40S 192GB 96 768GB $15.07 Source
g5.48xlarge 8x A10G 192GB 192 768GB $16.29 Source
p3.16xlarge 8x V100 128GB 64 488GB $24.48 Source
g6e.48xlarge 8x L40S 384GB 192 1536GB $30.13 Source
p3dn.24xlarge 8x V100 256GB 96 768GB $31.21 Source
p4d.24xlarge 8x A100 320GB 96 1152GB $32.77 Source
p5e.48xlarge 8x H200 1128GB 192 2048GB $84.80 Source
p5.48xlarge 8x H100 640GB 192 2048GB $98.32 Source

GCP GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
g2-standard-4 1x L4 24GB 4 16GB $0.71 Source
g2-standard-8 1x L4 24GB 8 32GB $0.85 Source
g2-standard-12 1x L4 24GB 12 48GB $1.00 Source
g2-standard-16 1x L4 24GB 16 64GB $1.15 Source
g2-standard-32 1x L4 24GB 32 128GB $1.73 Source
g2-standard-24 2x L4 48GB 24 96GB $2.00 Source
a2-highgpu-1g 1x A100 40GB 12 85GB $3.67 Source
g2-standard-48 4x L4 96GB 48 192GB $4.00 Source
a2-highgpu-2g 2x A100 80GB 24 170GB $7.35 Source
g2-standard-96 8x L4 192GB 96 384GB $8.00 Source
a2-highgpu-4g 4x A100 160GB 48 340GB $14.69 Source
a2-highgpu-8g 8x A100 320GB 96 680GB $29.39 Source
a2-megagpu-16g 16x A100 640GB 96 1360GB $55.74 Source
a3-ultragpu-8g 8x H200 1128GB 224 2952GB On Request Source
a4-highgpu-8g 8x B200 1440GB 224 3968GB On Request Source
a3-megagpu-8g 8x H100 640GB 208 1872GB On Request Source
a3-highgpu-1g 1x H100 80GB 26 234GB On Request Source
a3-highgpu-2g 2x H100 160GB 52 468GB On Request Source
a3-highgpu-4g 4x H100 320GB 104 936GB On Request Source
a3-highgpu-8g 8x H100 640GB 208 1872GB On Request Source
a3-edgegpu-8g 8x H100 640GB 208 1872GB On Request Source
a2-ultragpu-1g 1x A100 80GB 12 170GB On Request Source
a2-ultragpu-2g 2x A100 160GB 24 340GB On Request Source
a2-ultragpu-4g 4x A100 320GB 48 680GB On Request Source
a2-ultragpu-8g 8x A100 640GB 96 1360GB On Request Source
n1-t4-x1 1x T4 16GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-t4-x2 2x T4 32GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-t4-x4 4x T4 64GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p4-x1 1x P4 8GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p4-x2 2x P4 16GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p4-x4 4x P4 32GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-v100-x1 1x V100 16GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-v100-x2 2x V100 32GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-v100-x4 4x V100 64GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-v100-x8 8x V100 128GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p100-x1 1x P100 16GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p100-x2 2x P100 32GB -- -- On Request Source
n1-p100-x4 4x P100 64GB -- -- On Request Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud offer:

Service Amazon Web Services Google Cloud
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Amazon Web Services
Website aws.amazon.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2006
Data Center Locations 31
Example Customers Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Google Cloud
Website cloud.google.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2008
Data Center Locations 40
Example Customers PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank

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Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on May 19, 2025, and for Google Cloud on May 19, 2025.