What's good about...

Google Cloud logo Google Cloud

  • 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
  • Strong community and developer tooling
  • 40+ data centers around the world

Google Cloud logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price 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 $120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network) $10.00 $0.01 / GB

GCP offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
g2-standard-4 1x L4 24GB 4 16GB $0.71 Source
g2-standard-8 1x L4 24GB 8 32GB $0.85 Source
g2-standard-12 1x L4 24GB 12 48GB $1.00 Source
g2-standard-16 1x L4 24GB 16 64GB $1.15 Source
g2-standard-32 1x L4 24GB 32 128GB $1.73 Source
g2-standard-24 2x L4 48GB 24 96GB $2.00 Source
a2-highgpu-1g 1x A100 40GB 12 85GB $3.67 Source
g2-standard-48 4x L4 96GB 48 192GB $4.00 Source
a2-highgpu-2g 2x A100 80GB 24 170GB $7.35 Source
g2-standard-96 8x L4 192GB 96 384GB $8.00 Source
a2-highgpu-4g 4x A100 160GB 48 340GB $14.69 Source
a2-highgpu-8g 8x A100 320GB 96 680GB $29.39 Source
a2-megagpu-16g 16x A100 640GB 96 1360GB $55.74 Source

Vultr offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
A16 1x A16 16GB 6 64GB $0.51 Launch
A16 2x A16 96GB 12 128GB $1.02 Launch
A40 1x A40 48GB 24 120GB $1.86 Launch
A16 4x A16 192GB 24 256GB $2.05 Launch
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 16 240GB $2.23 Source
A100 80GB 1x A100 80GB 12 120GB $2.60 Launch
GH200 1x GH200 96GB 72 480GB $3.32 Source
A16 8x A16 384GB 48 486GB $4.09 Launch
A40 4x A40 192GB 96 480GB $7.44 Launch
A16 16x A16 768GB 96 960GB $9.19 Launch
HGX A100 8x A100 5120GB 112 2048GB $12.90 Source
H100 8x H100 640GB 112 2048GB $18.40 Source

Note: Our 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 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)

Company details

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

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Vultr on Sept. 28, 2024.