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Google Cloud vs Render

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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

Render

Lots of managed services: from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
Very easy for setting up Git-based deployments
Managed PostgreSQL supports automated backups, replicas, 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	$111.60	$300.00

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

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	Render
Website	cloud.google.com	render.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008	2018
Data Center Locations	40	4
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

	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