GCP vs OVH

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
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

OVHcloud

Wide range of managed services and VPS configurations
Competitive prices, unlimited free egress
10+ data center locations
European-based, may ease GDPR compliance requirements

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against OVHcloud?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	OVHcloud
VM Small	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$36.58 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (b3-8)
VM Medium	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$73.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (b3-16)
VM Large	$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$130.54 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (c3-16)
Block Storage	$4.10 / mo 100 GB	$9.50 / mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS)
Object Storage	$24.93 / mo 1 TB	$10.75 / mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read
Load Balancer	$29.44 / mo	$45.58 / mo Large 2 Gbps
Managed PostgreSQL	$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	$51.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4)
Managed Redis®*	$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)	$44.57 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4)
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 Reduced bandwidth may apply

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

OVH offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
t1-le-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$0.77	Source
t2-le-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$0.88	Source
l4-90	1x L4	24GB	22	90GB	$1.00	Source
t1-le-90	2x V100	32GB	16	90GB	$1.55	Source
t2-le-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$1.76	Source
l40s-90	1x L40S	48GB	15	90GB	$1.80	Source
t1-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$1.97	Source
l4-180	2x L4	48GB	45	180GB	$2.00	Source
t2-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$2.19	Source
h100-380	1x H100	80GB	30	380GB	$2.99	Source
a100-180	1x A100	80GB	15	180GB	$3.07	Source
t1-le-180	4x V100	64GB	32	180GB	$3.10	Source
t2-le-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$3.53	Source
l40s-180	2x L40S	96GB	30	180GB	$3.60	Source
t1-90	2x V100	32GB	18	90GB	$3.94	Source
l4-360	4x L4	96GB	90	360GB	$4.00	Source
t2-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$4.38	Source
h100-760	2x H100	160GB	60	760GB	$5.98	Source
a100-360	2x A100	160GB	30	360GB	$6.15	Source
l40s-360	4x L40S	192GB	60	360GB	$7.20	Source
t1-180	4x V100	64GB	36	180GB	$7.89	Source
t2-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$8.76	Source
h100-1520	4x H100	320GB	120	1520GB	$11.97	Source
a100-720	4x A100	320GB	60	720GB	$12.29	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 OVHcloud offer:

Service	Google Cloud	OVHcloud
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	OVHcloud
Website	cloud.google.com	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2008	1999
Data Center Locations	40	12
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys

	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

	OVHcloud
Website	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	France 🇫🇷
Founded	1999
Data Center Locations	12
Example Customers	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys