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Google Cloud vs Microsoft Azure

GCP and Azure both offer comprehensive cloud services. GCP excels in AI and machine learning integrations, while Azure is strong in hybrid cloud solutions and seamless integration with Microsoft products.

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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 Microsoft Azure

  • Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
  • Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
  • 60+ datacenter locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Microsoft Azure?

Example configuration Google Cloud Microsoft Azure
VM Small $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) $7.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B1s)
VM Medium $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $137.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (A4v2)
VM Large $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $288.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (A8v2)
Block Storage $4.10 / mo 100 GB $9.60 / mo 128 GiB
Object Storage $24.93 / mo 1 TB $21.50 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $29.44 / mo $23.25 / mo Standard
Managed PostgreSQL $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage $131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Managed Redis®* $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic) $39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Serverless 25M Executions $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration $29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance Depends on service 100 GB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $111.60 $78.30

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs Total GPU Memory vCPUs RAM Price per hour
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

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs Total GPU Memory vCPUs RAM Price per hour
NC4as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 4 28GB $0.53
NC8as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 8 56GB $0.75
NC6 1x K80 12GB 6 56GB $0.90
NV6 1x M60 8GB 6 56GB $1.14
NV12s v3 1x M60 8GB 12 112GB $1.14
NC16as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 16 110GB $1.20
NC12 2x K80 24GB 12 112GB $1.80
NC6s v2 1x P100 16GB 6 112GB $2.07
ND6s 1x P40 24GB 6 112GB $2.07
NV12 2x M60 16GB 12 112GB $2.28
NV24s v3 2x M60 16GB 24 224GB $2.28
NC6s v3 1x V100 16GB 6 112GB $3.06
NC24 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.60
NC24r 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.96
NC12s v2 2x P100 32GB 12 224GB $4.14
ND12s 2x P40 48GB 12 224GB $4.14
NC64as T4 v3 4x T4 64GB 64 440GB $4.35
NV48s v3 4x M60 32GB 48 448GB $4.56
NV24 4x M60 32GB 24 224GB $4.56
NC12s v3 2x V100 32GB 12 224GB $6.12
ND24s 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $8.28
NC24s v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $8.28
ND24rs 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $9.11
NC24rs v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $9.11
NC24s v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $12.24
NC24rs v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $13.46
ND40rs v2 8x V100 256GB 40 672GB $22.03
ND96asr A100 v4 8x A100 320GB 96 900GB $27.20

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 Microsoft Azure offer:

Service Google Cloud Microsoft Azure
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
Microsoft Azure
Website azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2008
Data Center Locations 66
Example Customers General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on July 24, 2024, and for Microsoft Azure on July 24, 2024.