EmpirioLabs AI
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- 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 | EmpirioLabs AI | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | |
| 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 | -- Not listed | $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 | -- Not listed | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) |
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
EmpirioLabs AI offers 19 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | EmpirioLabs AI | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 15 configs
|
$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 77% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI |
|
B200
1 config · 3 configs
|
$10.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 16 configs
|
$2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI |
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H200
4 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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A100
5 configs · 36 configs
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$1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | 54% cheaper on EmpirioLabs AI |
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L4
1 config · 32 configs
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
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B300
1 config
|
$17.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | EmpirioLabs AI only |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | EmpirioLabs AI 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 |
EmpirioLabs AI 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 | EmpirioLabs AI | 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 | EmpirioLabs AI | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | -- | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 40 |
| Example customers | -- | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | empiriolabs.ai | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for EmpirioLabs AI was last updated on Sept. 29, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Sept. 28, 2026.