GCP vs Nebius

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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

Nebius

Offers managed services alongside cloud GPUs
Based in the EU, may ease compliance

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Nebius?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	Nebius
VM Small	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$38.51 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD
VM Medium	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$72.22 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD
VM Large	$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$145.65 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD
Block Storage	$4.10 / mo 100 GB	$7.00 / mo 100 GB / mo
Object Storage	$24.93 / mo 1 TB	$18.80 / 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	100 GB
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)	$15.00 $0.015 / 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	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

Nebius offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L40S PCIe	1x L40S	48GB	8	32GB	$1.58	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	20	160GB	$3.55	Launch
H100 SXM	2x H100	160GB	40	320GB	$7.10	Source
H100 SXM	4x H100	320GB	80	640GB	$14.20	Source
H200	8x H200	1128GB	--	--	$20.72	Source
H100 SXM	8x H100	640GB	160	1280GB	$28.39	Launch

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 Nebius offer:

Service	Google Cloud	Nebius
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	Nebius
Website	cloud.google.com	nebius.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	Netherlands 🇳🇱
Founded	2008	2022
Data Center Locations	40	2
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	JetBrains, Recraft, London Institute, Prisma Labs

	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