Google Cloud
vs
Runpod
Both rent A100 to B200 GPUs with containers and notebooks. Google Cloud adds hundreds of managed services, TPUs and BigQuery, while Runpod rents a wider catalog per second from community and secure clouds.
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
- GPUs from RTX 3070 to B300 in one catalog
- Serverless GPU endpoints that scale to zero
- Built-in deployments, autoscaling & monitoring
- No ingress or egress fees
- SOC 2 Type II certified
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Google Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | $43.20 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 84% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $86.40 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 8% cheaper on Runpod |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $172.80 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | 22% cheaper on Runpod |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | 21% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | -- Not listed | |
| 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) | Free and unlimited | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | Free and unlimited |
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 Runpod offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Runpod | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs · 12 configs
|
$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 74% cheaper on Runpod |
|
B200
3 configs · 3 configs
|
$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | $6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs · 5 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 62% cheaper on Runpod |
|
H200
3 configs · 7 configs
|
$4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $4.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | Different terms |
|
A100
36 configs · 9 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 73% cheaper on Runpod |
|
L4
32 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on Runpod |
|
V100
36 configs · 3 configs
|
$2.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | 91% cheaper on Runpod |
|
T4
48 configs
|
$0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
P100
36 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
B300
4 configs
|
-- | $7.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Runpod only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Runpod bills on-demand. 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Runpod |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 33 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | Civitai, Cognition, Cursor, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Replit |
| Website | cloud.google.com | www.runpod.io |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Runpod on Oct. 2, 2026.