Google Cloud
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Google Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.79 /mo 2 vCPU (shared-core), 1 GB RAM (e2-micro) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 26% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $94.20 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (E2 custom) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 58% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $220.44 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (n4-highcpu-8) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 27% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $7.89 /mo 100 GB (Hyperdisk Balanced) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 21% cheaper on Google Cloud |
| Object storage | $42.13 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 57% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $94.22 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB SSD (Cloud SQL Enterprise) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 36% cheaper on Vultr |
| Redis | $22.90 /mo 1.4 GB (Memorystore for Valkey, shared-core-nano) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 34% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | $29.16 /mo Passthrough Network Load Balancer | $10.00 /mo | 66% cheaper on Vultr |
| 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) | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $120.00 /TB $0.12 / GB (Premium network) | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 92% cheaper on Vultr |
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 and Vultr each offer 10 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Google Cloud | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
15 configs · 1 config
|
$4.14 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 44% cheaper on Vultr |
|
B200
3 configs · 1 config
|
$4.18 /GPU/hr Spot | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 24% cheaper on Vultr |
|
A100
36 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.72 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 36% cheaper on Vultr |
|
RTX PRO 6000
16 configs
|
$1.86 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$4.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
L4
32 configs
|
$0.32 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
|
V100
36 configs
|
$1.34 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Google Cloud only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Google Cloud bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | Merchant |
| 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 40 | 33 |
| Example customers | Shopify, Wayfair, Etsy, The Home Depot, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | cloud.google.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 27, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 27, 2026.