What's good about...

Google Cloud logo 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

Google Cloud logo Linode

  • Many VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
  • Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
  • Good performance/price for most of its services
  • Multiple data center locations

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Linode?

Example configuration Google Cloud Linode
VM Small $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated)
Block Storage $4.10 / mo 100 GB $16.00 / mo 160 GB
Object Storage $24.93 / mo 1 TB $20.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $29.44 / mo $10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage $65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 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 1-20 TB / mo per instance
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network) $5.00 $0.005 / GB

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

Linode offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
GPU1 1x RTX6000 24GB 8 32GB $1.50
GPU2 2x RTX6000 48GB 16 64GB $3.00
GPU3 3x RTX6000 72GB 20 96GB $4.50
GPU4 4x RTX6000 96GB 24 128GB $6.00

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 Google Cloud and Linode offer:

Service Google Cloud Linode
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
Website cloud.google.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2008
Data Center Locations 40
Example Customers PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank
Linode
Website www.linode.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2003
Data Center Locations 24
Example Customers Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Linode on Nov. 12, 2024.