GCP vs Green AI Cloud

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

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

Green AI Cloud

CO₂-negative AI compute, reduce emissions while running high-performance workloads
Eases compliance by keeping data within the EU, aligned with GDPR & Schrems II
High-speed networking with 3,200 Gbps InfiniBand connectivity
Free ingress and egress

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Green AI Cloud?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	Green AI 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)	Free and unlimited

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

Green AI Cloud offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
H200	1x H200	141GB	112	2048GB	$2.75	Source
H200	8x H200	1128GB	112	2048GB	$22.00	Source
H100	8x H100	640GB	--	--	On Request	Source
A100	8x A100	640GB	--	--	On Request	Source
B200 SXM6	8x B200	1536GB	96	2048GB	On Request	Source

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 managed services that Google Cloud and Green AI Cloud offer:

Service	Google Cloud	Green AI 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

	Google Cloud	Green AI Cloud
Website	cloud.google.com	greenai.cloud
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	Sweden 🇸🇪
Founded	2008	1989
Data Center Locations	40	1
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	--

	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