What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Offers many managed services, from databases to GPUs to object storage to containers
  • Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
  • Competitive pricing, free egress

Civo 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 Civo's prices compare against Google Cloud?

Example configuration Civo Google Cloud
VM Small $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Medium $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Large $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $4.10 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer $24.93 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $10.00 / mo Single node $29.44 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)
Serverless 25M Executions -- $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance -- Depends on service
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L40S Medium 1x L40S 48GB 8 64GB $1.79 Source
A100-40 Small 1x A100 40GB 8 64GB $1.79 Source
A100-80 Small 1x A100 80GB 12 128GB $2.38 Source
L40S Medium (2x) 2x L40S 96GB 16 128GB $3.57 Source
A100-40 Medium 2x A100 80GB 16 128GB $3.57 Source
A100-80 Medium 2x A100 160GB 24 256GB $4.76 Source
L40S Large 4x L40S 192GB 32 255GB $7.14 Source
A100-40 Large 4x A100 160GB 32 255GB $7.14 Source
A100-80 Large 4x A100 320GB 48 512GB $9.52 Source
L40S Extra Large 8x L40S 384GB 64 512GB $14.29 Source
A100-40 Extra Large 8x A100 320GB 64 512GB $14.29 Source
A100-80 Extra Large 8x A100 640GB 96 1024GB $19.05 Source
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- On Request Source
GH200 1x GH200 96GB -- -- On Request Source

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

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 Civo and Google Cloud offer:

Service Civo 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

Civo
Website civo.com
Headquarters United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded 2015
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™
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 Civo was last updated on Oct. 16, 2024, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 28, 2024.