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
- 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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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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More comparisonsOur data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Render on Sept. 30, 2024.