Cerebrium
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 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 | Cerebrium | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 70% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 17% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 37% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 15 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 69% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 16 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 44% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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A100
8 configs · 36 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 46% cheaper on Cerebrium |
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L4
4 configs · 32 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | 12% cheaper on Google Cloud |
|
T4
4 configs · 48 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Google Cloud |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A10
4 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
V100
36 configs
|
-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
Cerebrium 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 | Cerebrium | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Cerebrium | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 40 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.