Google Cloud
vs
Nebius
What's good about each
- 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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Google Cloud | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 81% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 24% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 35% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 10% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 54% cheaper on Nebius |
| PostgreSQL | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | 10% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Redis | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $44.66 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration (Cloud Run functions, 0.333 vCPU) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 1 GB / mo (Compute Engine), 100 GB / mo (Cloud Storage) | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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
Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models, while Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Nebius | Difference |
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$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Nebius |
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$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | $3.95 /GPU/hr Spot | 6% cheaper on Nebius |
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$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Nebius |
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$6.35 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.45 /GPU/hr Spot | 61% cheaper on Nebius |
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$1.31 /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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$1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
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-- | $4.30 /GPU/hr Spot | Nebius only |
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-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
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-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | Nebius only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Google Cloud | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Google Cloud | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 40 | 10 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | cloud.google.com | nebius.com |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nebius on Sept. 22, 2026.