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Google Cloud vs Spheron

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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
  • 40+ data centers around the world

Spheron logo Spheron

  • Aggregates GPU supply from five data center partners
  • Blackwell B200 and B300 nodes offered on spot
  • Partner facilities certified to ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA
  • Regions in the US, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Spheron?

VM Small

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Spheron Spheron
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VM Medium

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Spheron Spheron
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VM Large

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)
Spheron Spheron
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Block Storage

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$4.10 / mo 100 GB
Spheron Spheron
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Object Storage

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$24.93 / mo 1 TB
Spheron Spheron
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Load Balancer

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$29.44 / mo
Spheron Spheron
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Managed PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Spheron Spheron
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Managed Redis®*

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)
Spheron Spheron
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Serverless 25M Executions

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration
Spheron Spheron
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Free egress allowance

Google Cloud Google Cloud
Depends on service
Spheron Spheron
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Google Cloud Google Cloud
$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)
Spheron Spheron
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Google Cloud Google Cloud
Spheron Spheron
H100 $14.19 $2.65 B200 $16.11 $9.36 H200 $10.44 $5.92 A100 $3.48 $1.43

Billing Options

Google Cloud Google Cloud
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Spheron Spheron
On-DemandSpot

Available Models

Google Cloud offers 10 GPU models, while Spheron offers 9.

Google Cloud Google Cloud
H100(24) A100(36) RTX PRO 6000(16) H200(4) B200(4) V100(48) L4(32) T4(48) P100(36) P4(36)
Spheron Spheron
H100(10) A100(7) H200(3) RTX PRO 6000(1) L40S(16) B200(3) B300(4) RTX A6000(3) L40(8)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

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B200 @ $3.75/h on demand
No contract, no spot interrupts, no cluster minimums
Full root SSH, web dashboard, CI/CD ready
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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Google Cloud and Spheron offer:

Service Google Cloud Spheron
Analytics
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Python Notebooks
Realtime Databases
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Google Cloud Google Cloud
cloud.google.com
Spheron Spheron
www.spheron.ai
Headquarters
Google Cloud Google Cloud
United States of America US flag
Spheron Spheron
Singapore SG flag
Founded
Google Cloud Google Cloud
2008
Spheron Spheron
2020
Data Center Locations
Google Cloud Google Cloud
40
Spheron Spheron
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Example Customers
Google Cloud Google Cloud
PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank
Spheron Spheron
Prem AI, Wafer, Compute Desk, Baseten, Stanford University, UC Berkeley

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 3, 2026, and for Spheron on Sept. 3, 2026.