Cloudways
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
- 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 | Cloudways | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 38% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $88.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 7% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Large VM | $149.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 32% cheaper on Cloudways |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | |
| Redis | Included depending on plan | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | |
| Egress allowance | 1-12 TB / mo | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | $20.00 /TB $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | 83% cheaper on Cloudways |
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 Cloudways. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudways | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $4.14 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
-- | $1.86 /GPU/hr Spot | 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 Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
|
P100
36 configs
|
-- | $0.77 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
P4
36 configs
|
-- | $0.12 /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 | Cloudways | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | Cloudways | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 40 |
| Example customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | www.cloudways.com | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 24, 2026.