Canopy Wave
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Iceland data centers running on hydro and geothermal power
- 2-8 TB of local NVMe included per node
- GPU rental and open-model inference on one account
- 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 | Canopy Wave | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB (Shared Storage) | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 11% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| Object storage | $40.00 /mo 1 TB | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 5% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
| 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 | -- Not listed | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) |
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
Canopy Wave offers 5 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Canopy Wave | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 15 configs
|
$3.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Canopy Wave |
|
B200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
-- On request | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | |
|
H200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Canopy Wave only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.86 /GPU/hr Spot | 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
36 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
T4
48 configs
|
-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
Canopy Wave bills on-demand; 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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Canopy Wave | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Yes |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Canopy Wave | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 2 | 40 |
| Example customers | UC San Diego, Pax Historia, Foundry BioSciences | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | canopywave.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Canopy Wave was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 23, 2026.