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Cloudflare vs Google Cloud

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What's good about...

Cloudflare logo Cloudflare

  • Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
  • No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
  • Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
  • One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search

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 Cloudflare's prices compare against Google Cloud?

VM Small

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Medium

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

VM Large

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)

Block Storage

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$4.10 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Cloudflare Cloudflare
$15.81 / mo 1 TB (R2 Standard)
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$24.93 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$29.44 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)

Serverless 25M Executions

Cloudflare Cloudflare
$82.50 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
Depends on service

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cloudflare Cloudflare
Free for most services
Google Cloud Google Cloud
$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models.

Cloudflare Cloudflare
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Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100(24) A100(36) H200(4) RTX PRO 6000(16) B200(4) V100(48) L4(32) T4(48) P100(36) P4(36)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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Which services do they offer

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

Service Cloudflare Google Cloud
Analytics
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Databases
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
Cloudflare Cloudflare
cloudflare.com
Google Cloud Google Cloud
cloud.google.com
Headquarters
Cloudflare Cloudflare
United States of America US flag
Google Cloud Google Cloud
United States of America US flag
Founded
Cloudflare Cloudflare
2009
Google Cloud Google Cloud
2008
Data Center Locations
Cloudflare Cloudflare
312
Google Cloud Google Cloud
40
Example Customers
Cloudflare Cloudflare
Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk
Google Cloud Google Cloud
PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 1, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 7, 2026.