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.
https://cloudplatform.googleblog.com/2014/04/enter-andromeda-zone-google-cloud-platforms-latest-networking-stack.html
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

URL: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/api/getting-started
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

Feature Value Comment
UI Friendliness 

A tad complex but manageable.
Quality of Service 
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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  

Admin UI Screenshots


Cloud Storage Prices

For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.

Storage Type Price / GB / month Restriction Description
Object $0.023 Regional Storage. First 5GB free. Object storage is called "Cloud Storage" at Google.
Nearline and Coldline storage are also available at lower prices and speeds.
https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing
Block $0.170 SSD Provisioned space Called "Additional Disks" at Google.
Also available in Standard form on HDD at $0.04/GB/month.
https://cloud.google.com/persistent-disk/
Snapshots $0.026 https://cloud.google.com/persistent-disk/

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

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.

How are grades calculated?

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
C F C C D

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.

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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 Web Results Sysbench Results Avg web response time P99 web response time
Aug 16 2018 Web Sysbench 70ms 310ms
Feb 11 2018 Web Sysbench 87ms 305ms
Apr 30 2017 Web Sysbench 56ms 260ms
Oct 02 2016 Web Sysbench 56ms 225ms
May 08 2016 Web Sysbench 34ms 128ms
Jan 04 2016 Web Sysbench 30ms 93ms
Jul 27 2015 Web Sysbench 41ms 150ms
Feb 23 2015 Web Sysbench 53ms 305ms
Feb 15 2015 Web Sysbench 52ms 350ms
Sep 22 2014 Web Sysbench 55ms 297ms
Sep 15 2014 Web Sysbench 50ms 272ms
Apr 21 2014 Web Sysbench 47ms 240ms
Apr 15 2014 Web Sysbench 52ms 243ms
Apr 08 2014 Web Sysbench 44ms 271ms
Apr 07 2014 Web Sysbench 92ms 500ms
Mar 31 2014 Web Sysbench 50ms 281ms

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 20
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.

How are grades calculated?

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
D F B D C

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.

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Test Results

This plan was tested 3 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 Web Results Sysbench Results Avg web response time P99 web response time
Nov 07 2018 Web Sysbench 84ms 330ms
Jan 07 2018 Web Sysbench 64ms 270ms
Apr 02 2017 Web Sysbench 63ms 223ms

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.

How are grades calculated?

Web Performance Raw CPU Power Performance Stability Disk IO Performance Network Performance
C C C C D

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 Sysbench Test Remote Timing Test Endurance Test Network Transfers
Review Review Review Review Review
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare

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 Web Results Sysbench Results Avg web response time P99 web response time
Jul 05 2018 Web Sysbench 66ms 300ms

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