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Cerebrium vs Google Cloud

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What's good about...

Cerebrium logo Cerebrium

  • Pay-per-second pricing with no cost for idle GPUs
  • Cold start times as low as a few seconds
  • Automatic scaling from zero to thousands of requests
  • Wide range of GPU options from T4 to H200
  • First 100GB storage free

Google Cloud 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
  • 40+ data centers around the world

Price comparison

How do Cerebrium's prices compare against Google Cloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
$5.00 / mo 100 GB beyond free allowance
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$4.10 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$24.93 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$29.44 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
Depends on service

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cerebrium Cerebrium
$0.59/hr
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$0.16/hr

Billing Options

Cerebrium Cerebrium
On-Demand
Google Cloud Google Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

Cerebrium offers 7 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10.

Cerebrium Cerebrium
H100(1) A100(2) H200(1) L40S(1) L4(1) A10(1) T4(1)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100(24) A100(36) H200(4) B200(4) RTX Pro 6000(16) V100(48) L4(32) T4(48) P100(36) P4(36)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cerebrium and Google Cloud offer:

Service Cerebrium Google Cloud
Analytics
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Python Notebooks
Realtime Databases
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Cerebrium Cerebrium
www.cerebrium.ai
Google Cloud Google Cloud
cloud.google.com
Headquarters
Cerebrium Cerebrium
United States of America
Google Cloud Google Cloud
United States of America
Founded
Cerebrium Cerebrium
2021
Google Cloud Google Cloud
2008
Data Center Locations
Cerebrium Cerebrium
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
40
Example Customers
Cerebrium Cerebrium
Deepgram, Vapi, Tavus, bitHuman
Google Cloud Google Cloud
PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank

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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Google Cloud on June 22, 2026.

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