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Google Cloud vs Shadeform

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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

Shadeform

Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
Free to use, zero mark-up fees

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Shadeform?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	Shadeform
VM Small	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)	--
VM Medium	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	--
VM Large	$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	--
Block Storage	$4.10 / mo 100 GB	--
Object Storage	$24.93 / mo 1 TB	--
Load Balancer	$29.44 / mo	--
Managed PostgreSQL	$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	--
Managed Redis®*	$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)	--
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	$111.60	--

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

Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.

Here are some example configurations:

GPU	VRAM	Price range (per hour)
Nvidia A4000	16 GB	$0.30-0.80
Nvidia A6000	48 GB	$0.57-1.93
Nvidia V100	16 GB	$0.69-3.06
Nvidia L40S	48 GB	$0.99-1.15
Nvidia A100	40 GB	$1.29-3.19
Nvidia H100	80 GB	$2.48-5.99

You can view the full list here.

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.

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Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Google Cloud and Shadeform offer:

Service	Google Cloud	Shadeform
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	Shadeform
Website	cloud.google.com	shadeform.ai
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008	2023
Data Center Locations	40	--
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1

	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

	Shadeform
Website	shadeform.ai
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2023
Data Center Locations	--
Example Customers	University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1