Google Cloud
vs
Vast.ai
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
- 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 | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | -- Not listed | |
| 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) | -- 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
15 configs · 57 configs
|
$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | 84% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
B200
3 configs · 8 configs
|
$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | $5.94 /GPU/hr Spot | 30% cheaper on Google Cloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs · 93 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 76% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
H200
3 configs · 56 configs
|
$6.35 /GPU/hr Spot | $1.32 /GPU/hr Spot | 79% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
A100
36 configs · 91 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 89% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
L4
32 configs · 11 configs
|
$0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | 62% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
V100
36 configs · 20 configs
|
$2.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | 97% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
T4
48 configs · 14 configs
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | 68% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
P100
36 configs · 13 configs
|
$1.51 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | 94% cheaper on Vast.ai |
|
P4
36 configs
|
$0.11 /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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Google Cloud | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II, platform only |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | Secure Cloud tier only |
| 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 | Vast.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 10 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch |
| Website | cloud.google.com | vast.ai |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Oct. 4, 2026, and for Vast.ai on Oct. 4, 2026.