Amazon EC2 vs Compute Engine
Head-to-head comparison · Compute
At a glance
- Amazon EC2 has the lower starting price — $0.0052 per hour vs $0.00838 per hour.
- Only Amazon EC2 offers a free tier.
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Amazon EC2
AWS
Amazon EC2 provides virtual servers in the cloud, serving as a core compute service for AWS. It allows users to launch and manage virtual machines to run applications or workloads. This service is designed for developers…
CATEGORY
Compute
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free trial available
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Compute Engine
Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform’s Compute Engine lets you create and run virtual machines on Google Cloud. You can choose from preset or custom machine types to host web servers, databases, or AI workloads. This service is designe…
CATEGORY
Compute
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON EC2
On-Demand
$3.49/hour
On-Demand
$4.10/hour
On-Demand
$2.33/hour
On-Demand
$0.0490/hour
On-Demand
$4.17/hour
On-Demand
$0.3830/hour
On-Demand
$8.35/hour
On-Demand
$0.7638/hour
COMPUTE ENGINE
Committed 1yr
$0.0844/hour
Committed 1yr
$0.1224/hour
Committed 1yr
$0.1322/hour
Committed 1yr
$0.1352/hour
Committed 3yr
$0.0603/hour
Committed 3yr
$0.0874/hour
Committed 3yr
$0.0945/hour
Committed 3yr
$0.0966/hour