Civo
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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 | Civo | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 20% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 54% cheaper on Civo |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 37% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 27% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 74% cheaper on Civo |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | 54% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | 63% cheaper on Civo |
| 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 | Free and unlimited | $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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 15 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 73% cheaper on Civo |
|
B200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $11.22 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 60% cheaper on Civo |
|
H200
10 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.19 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $7.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 56% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 36 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Civo |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.98 /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 Spot | Google Cloud only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); 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 | Civo | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | 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 | Civo | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 40 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | civo.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Oct. 2, 2026.