Google Cloud vs Vultr

The Basics

	Google Cloud	Vultr
Website	cloud.google.com	www.vultr.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008	2014
Data Center Locations	40	32
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

	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

	Vultr
Website	www.vultr.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2014
Data Center Locations	32
Example Customers	Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

Cost Comparison

How do Google Cloud's prices compare against Vultr?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	Vultr
VM Small	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Large	$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)
Block Storage	$4.10 / mo 100 GB	$10.00 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$24.93 / mo 1 TB	$6.00 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$29.44 / mo	$10.00 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)	$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions	$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration	--
Free egress allowance	Depends on service	2 TB / mo for most services
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$111.60	$10.00

Note: These 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 of the managed services that Google Cloud and Vultr offer:

Service	Google Cloud	Vultr
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)

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