Google Compute Engine Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on January 7 2018.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes | GCE uses the Andromeda network stack which features DDOS protection. |
| Backups | No | Snapshots and Images are available but are charged extra as storage ($0.026 per GB per month as of 5/8/2016). |
| Control Panel | Builtin | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 12 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 3 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes | CPU, disk and network utilization. |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | No | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit Cards | |
| Hidden CPU Model | Yes | |
| Affiliate Program | No |
In VpsBenchmark's opinion
Google Compute Engine Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Google Compute Engine also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block Storage | Object Storage | Load Balancer | Floating Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
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Google Compute Engine Plans
Plan Specifications
| Url | http://developers.google.com/compute/pricing#machinetype |
|---|---|
| Cost Per Month | $27.0 |
| Hourly Billing | true |
| Memory Gb | 1.7 |
| Disk Gb | 10 |
| Data Transfer Gb | 100 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Burstable |
Per core CPU allocation: 50%
|
Plan Grades
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Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Google Compute Engine - g1-small. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Test Results
This plan was tested 16 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the g1-small plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Avg response time | P95 response time | Avg DB time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16 2018 | 70ms | 150ms | 5ms |
| Feb 11 2018 | 87ms | 184ms | 8ms |
| Apr 30 2017 | 56ms | 111ms | 5ms |
| Oct 02 2016 | 56ms | 121ms | 6ms |
| May 08 2016 | 34ms | 73ms | 5ms |
| Jan 04 2016 | 30ms | 57ms | 4ms |
| Jul 27 2015 | 41ms | 95ms | 6ms |
| Feb 23 2015 | 53ms | 137ms | 6ms |
| Feb 15 2015 | 52ms | 131ms | 6ms |
| Sep 22 2014 | 55ms | 149ms | 5ms |
| Sep 15 2014 | 50ms | 127ms | 5ms |
| Apr 21 2014 | 47ms | 105ms | 4ms |
| Apr 15 2014 | 52ms | 114ms | 4ms |
| Apr 08 2014 | 44ms | 113ms | 4ms |
| Apr 07 2014 | 92ms | 240ms | 45ms |
| Mar 31 2014 | 50ms | 125ms | 5ms |
Plan Specifications
| Url | https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#predefined_machine_types |
|---|---|
| Cost Per Month | $41.5 |
| Hourly Billing | true |
| Memory Gb | 3.75 |
| Disk Gb | 10 |
| Data Transfer Gb | 100 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Burstable | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Google Compute Engine - n1-standard-1. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Test Results
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the n1-standard-1 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Avg response time | P95 response time | Avg DB time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 07 2018 | 64ms | 118ms | 4ms |
| Apr 02 2017 | 63ms | 121ms | 6ms |
Plan Specifications
| Url | https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#predefined_machine_types |
|---|---|
| Cost Per Month | $72.0 |
| Hourly Billing | true |
| Memory Gb | 7.5 |
| Disk Gb | 10 |
| Data Transfer Gb | 100 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Burstable | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Google Compute Engine - n1-standard-2. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Web Test Results
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the n1-standard-2 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Avg response time | P95 response time | Avg DB time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 05 2018 | 66ms | 112ms | 5ms |
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