Elastx
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- 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 | Elastx | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.26 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | 74% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $127.07 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | 26% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Large VM | $254.14 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | 13% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Block storage | $28.46 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | 72% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $70.22 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | 40% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| PostgreSQL | $183.69 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | 49% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Redis | $183.69 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | 88% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Load balancer | $38.78 /mo v1-lb-1 | $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 | $50.11 /TB 1 TB external traffic | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | 58% cheaper on Elastx |
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
Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 16 configs
|
$2.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 38% cheaper on Elastx |
|
A100
2 configs · 36 configs
|
$3.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
L4
1 config · 32 configs
|
$0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | 28% cheaper on Google Cloud |
|
L40S
1 config
|
$2.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
H100
15 configs
|
-- | $4.34 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
-- | $4.66 /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 |
Elastx bills on-demand; 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 | Elastx | 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 | Elastx | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 40 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | elastx.se | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Oct. 1, 2026.