Google Cloud
vs
Vast.ai
What's good about each
- 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
- Budget cards to Blackwell, including the RTX PRO 6000 and B200
- On-demand, interruptible and reserved rentals
- SOC 2 Type II certified, with vetted datacenter hosts in Secure Cloud
- Host reliability ratings and GPU performance benchmarks
- REST API, CLI, Python SDK and coding agent plugins
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Google Cloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $20.49 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $90.15 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $179.87 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $4.10 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $24.93 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $93.60 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $35.28 /mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $29.44 /mo | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $47.62 /mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | Depends on service | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | -- Not listed |
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 Vast.ai offers 64. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Vast.ai | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
24 configs · 52 configs
|
$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 6.4x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
B200
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$16.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.9x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs · 61 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.7x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
H200
4 configs · 42 configs
|
$10.62 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.9x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
A100
36 configs · 48 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9.3x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
L4
32 configs · 14 configs
|
$0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.2x more expensive on Google Cloud |
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V100
48 configs · 20 configs
|
$2.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | 23x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
T4
48 configs · 8 configs
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.9x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
P100
36 configs · 6 configs
|
$1.51 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 16x more expensive on Google Cloud |
|
P4
36 configs
|
$0.12 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Vast.ai bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 or 48 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Google Cloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 10 |
| Example customers | PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | cloud.google.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Sept. 14, 2026.