GMI Cloud
vs
Google Cloud
What's good about each
- Hopper and Blackwell GPUs, up to GB200 NVL72
- Single-tenant GPUs as bare metal or Kubernetes containers
- GPU regions in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific
- Inference API for open models on the same platform
- 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 | GMI Cloud | 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
GMI Cloud offers 5 GPU models, while Google Cloud offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | GMI Cloud | Google Cloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$2.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 77% cheaper on GMI Cloud |
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$5.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | Different terms |
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$3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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-- On request | -- | GMI Cloud only |
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$8.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | GMI Cloud only |
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-- | $1.79 /GPU/hr Spot | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $1.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $0.21 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Google Cloud only |
GMI Cloud 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 | GMI Cloud | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Yes | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | 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 | GMI Cloud | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | -- | 40 |
| Example customers | Trend Micro, Reflection AI, OpenRouter, Higgsfield, Utopai Studios | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group |
| Website | www.gmicloud.ai | cloud.google.com |
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Our data for GMI Cloud was last updated on Nov. 2, 2026, and for Google Cloud on Nov. 2, 2026.