GCP vs The Cloud Minders

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
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

The Cloud Minders

AI/ML infrastructure tailored to your needs
Offers the latest Nvidia GPUs such as the H200
SOC 1 Type 2 data centers

Price comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against The Cloud Minders?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	The Cloud Minders
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	$10.00 / mo 1 TB
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	$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)	Free and unlimited

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
g2-standard-4	1x L4	24GB	4	16GB	$0.71	Source
g2-standard-8	1x L4	24GB	8	32GB	$0.85	Source
g2-standard-12	1x L4	24GB	12	48GB	$1.00	Source
g2-standard-16	1x L4	24GB	16	64GB	$1.15	Source
g2-standard-32	1x L4	24GB	32	128GB	$1.73	Source
g2-standard-24	2x L4	48GB	24	96GB	$2.00	Source
a2-highgpu-1g	1x A100	40GB	12	85GB	$3.67	Source
g2-standard-48	4x L4	96GB	48	192GB	$4.00	Source
a2-highgpu-2g	2x A100	80GB	24	170GB	$7.35	Source
g2-standard-96	8x L4	192GB	96	384GB	$8.00	Source
a2-highgpu-4g	4x A100	160GB	48	340GB	$14.69	Source
a2-highgpu-8g	8x A100	320GB	96	680GB	$29.39	Source
a2-megagpu-16g	16x A100	640GB	96	1360GB	$55.74	Source

The Cloud Minders offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
V100	1x V100	16GB	6	32GB	$0.24	Source
A4000	1x A4000	16GB	5	32GB	$0.40	Source
A5000	1x A5000	24GB	5	64GB	$0.55	Source
A4000 Ada	1x A4000	20GB	5	64GB	$0.55	Source
H100 PCIe	1x H100	80GB	32	192GB	$3.53	Source
H100 NVL	1x H100	94GB	32	192GB	$4.05	Source
H100 SXM	1x H100	80GB	24	256GB	$4.52	Source
B200	1x B200	180GB	--	--	On Request	Source
H200 SXM	8x H200	1128GB	384	2048GB	On Request	Source

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 managed services that Google Cloud and The Cloud Minders offer:

Service	Google Cloud	The Cloud Minders
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	The Cloud Minders
Website	cloud.google.com	thecloudminders.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008	2021
Data Center Locations	40	1
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	--

	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