Alternatives to Google Compute Engine
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to Google Compute Engine, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same mid-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected Google Compute Engine plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Compute Engine | c4-highcpu-2 | $66.190 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| Vultr | VX1 GP 2C 8G 50S | $48.800 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | 5000 |
| Google Compute Engine | c4-highcpu-2 | $66.190 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| Evoxt | VM-8 | $47.990 | 8 | 16.0 GB | 80 GB | 6000 |
| Google Compute Engine | c4-highcpu-2 | $66.190 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| OVHcloud | c3-8 | $58.477 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 100 GB | Unlimited |
| Google Compute Engine | c4-highcpu-2 | $66.190 | 2 | 4.0 GB | 40 GB | 0 |
| Unihost | UNE-14 | $58.383 | 12 | 48.0 GB | 300 GB | Unlimited |
Storage prices
Object and block storage prices for Google Compute Engine and its selected alternatives. Pricing details vary by product and region.
Object storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Compute Engine |
Cloud Storage Standard
Object storage is called "Cloud Storage" at Google. Data transfer and operation fees are extra. |
$0.023 |
Egress: $0.120 / GB
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| OVHcloud |
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S3 API. |
0.007€ ($0.008) |
Egress: 0.010€ ($0.012) / GB
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| Vultr |
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Includes 1TB of bandwidth. |
$0.006 |
Egress: $0.010 / GB
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Block storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Compute Engine |
Balanced persistent disk
Persistent Disk volumes provide high-performance and redundant network storage.Each Persistent Disk volume is striped across hundreds of physical disks.Balanced Persistent Disks are priced by the amount of provisioned space per disk. For these disk types, I/O operations are included in the price for provisioned space.
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$0.110 |
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| Google Compute Engine |
Hyperdisk Balanced
Hyperdisk volumes are network storage for Compute Engine, with configurable performance and volumes that can be dynamically resized. |
$0.080 |
IOPS price:
$0.005 IOPS allowance: 3000 Throughput price per MBps: $0.040 Throughput allowance MBps: 140 MBps View provider pricing |
| OVHcloud |
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Classic: 250 IOPS guaranteed, 4 TB max. |
0.042€ ($0.049) |
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| OVHcloud |
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High speed: Up to 3000 IOPS, 4 TB max. |
0.086€ ($0.101) |
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| OVHcloud |
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High speed gen2: 30 IOPS/GB for up to 20000 IOPS per volume |
0.086€ ($0.101) |
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| Vultr |
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Each volume is replicated 3 times across a highly available cluster. |
$0.100 |
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Features and locations
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| Feature | Google Compute Engine | Vultr | Evoxt | OVHcloud | Unihost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | Malaysia | France | Bulgaria |
| Locations | Africa: 1 Asia: 15 Europe: 9 North America: 2 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 5 Europe: 6 North America: 3 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 5 Europe: 5 North America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 2 Europe: 14 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 4 Europe: 8 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Object storage | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Load balancer | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| DDoS protection | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes | No | Mixed | No |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Backups | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Firewall | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 42 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 15 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.