What's good about...

Cloudways logo Cloudways

  • Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
  • Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
  • Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups

Cloudways 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 Cloudways's prices compare against Google Cloud?

Example configuration Cloudways Google Cloud
VM Small $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Medium $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Large $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Block Storage -- $4.10 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $24.93 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $29.44 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL -- $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®* Included depending on plan $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 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan Depends on service
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

GCP GPUs

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 Cloudways and Google Cloud offer:

Service Cloudways 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

Cloudways
Website www.cloudways.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2012
Data Center Locations --
Example Customers Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko
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 Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 28, 2024.