Cleura
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- 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 | Cleura | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.05 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 55% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $87.58 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 7% cheaper on Cleura |
| Large VM | $175.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 21% cheaper on Cleura |
| Block storage | $11.30 /mo 100 GB | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 30% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $33.11 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 21% cheaper on Cleura |
| 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 | $38.91 /mo Octavia LBaaS | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | 25% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| 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 | $32.48 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | 73% cheaper on Cleura |
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
Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Cleura. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cleura | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $4.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.98 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | 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 Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P100
36 configs
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P4
36 configs
|
-- | $0.11 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
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 | Cleura | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | 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 | Cleura | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 40 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | cleura.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.