Google Cloud
vs
Verda
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
- Nvidia GPU range from A100 to GB300 NVL72
- On-demand, spot, and reserved pricing on the same hardware
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and C5 certified
- EU owned, with datacenters in Finland and Iceland
- Powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Google Cloud | Verda | 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) | $21.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 77% cheaper on Verda |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $36.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 84% cheaper on Verda |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $20.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 61% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| 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) | Free and unlimited |
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 Verda offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs · 35 configs
|
$11.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 67% cheaper on Verda |
|
B200
3 configs · 49 configs
|
$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | $3.56 /GPU/hr Spot | 15% cheaper on Verda |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs · 35 configs
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on Verda |
|
H200
3 configs · 28 configs
|
$6.35 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.39 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 62% cheaper on Verda |
|
A100
36 configs · 42 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 65% cheaper on Verda |
|
V100
36 configs · 28 configs
|
$2.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.19 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 92% cheaper on Verda |
|
L4
32 configs
|
$0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
T4
48 configs
|
$0.21 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
B300
42 configs
|
-- | $4.35 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
GB300
21 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Verda bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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 | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| 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 | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | Finland |
| Locations | 40 | 3 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University |
| Website | cloud.google.com | verda.com |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Verda on Oct. 2, 2026.