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 Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery
  • Generous free tier

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Render?

Example configuration Google Cloud Render
VM Small $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) $25.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Medium $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $175.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)
VM Large $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $450.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)
Block Storage $4.10 / mo 100 GB $25.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $24.93 / mo 1 TB --
Load Balancer $29.44 / mo Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage $95.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic) $32.00 / mo 1 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration --
Free egress allowance Depends on service 100 GB - 1 TB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network) $300.00 Billed $30 / 100 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

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 Render offer:

Service Google Cloud Render
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
Render
Website render.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 4
Example Customers Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Render on Sept. 30, 2024.