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FluidStack vs GCP

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

FluidStack

Deploy GPU workloads without having to manage infrastructure
Affordable prices, wide range of GPU options
Clusters can be reserved to lock-in savings
24/7 support with a 15-minute response time

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 FluidStack's prices compare against Google Cloud?

Example configuration	FluidStack	Google Cloud
VM Small	--	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Medium	--	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
VM Large	--	$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®*	--	$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	--	Depends on service
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)

FluidStack offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
Nvidia A4000	1x A4000	16GB	36	128GB	$0.40
Nvidia A5000	1x A5000	24GB	36	128GB	$0.55
Nvidia A40	1x A40	48GB	32	128GB	$0.60
Nvidia A6000	1x A6000	48GB	48	128GB	$0.80
Nvidia L40	1x L40S	48GB	32	48GB	$1.25
Nvidia A100 PCIe 40GB	1x A100	40GB	32	128GB	$1.65
Nvidia A100 PCIe 80GB	1x A100	80GB	48	256GB	$1.80
Nvidia H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	48	256GB	$2.89

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
g2-standard-4	1x L4	24GB	4	16GB	$0.71
g2-standard-8	1x L4	24GB	8	32GB	$0.85
g2-standard-12	1x L4	24GB	12	48GB	$1.00
g2-standard-16	1x L4	24GB	16	64GB	$1.15
g2-standard-32	1x L4	24GB	32	128GB	$1.73
g2-standard-24	2x L4	48GB	24	96GB	$2.00
a2-highgpu-1g	1x A100	40GB	12	85GB	$3.67
g2-standard-48	4x L4	96GB	48	192GB	$4.00
a2-highgpu-2g	2x A100	80GB	24	170GB	$7.35
g2-standard-96	8x L4	192GB	96	384GB	$8.00
a2-highgpu-4g	4x A100	160GB	48	340GB	$14.69
a2-highgpu-8g	8x A100	320GB	96	680GB	$29.39
a2-megagpu-16g	16x A100	640GB	96	1360GB	$55.74

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 of the managed services that FluidStack and Google Cloud offer:

Service	FluidStack	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

	FluidStack	Google Cloud
Website	www.fluidstack.io	cloud.google.com
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2017	2008
Data Center Locations	4	40
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank

	FluidStack
Website	www.fluidstack.io
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2017
Data Center Locations	4
Example Customers	Character.ai, Playground, Samsung Research, Krisp, Codeway

	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