Compute Engine vs Virtual Machines

Head-to-head comparison · Compute

At a glance

Virtual Machines has the lower starting price — $0.004 per hour vs $0.00838 per hour.

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

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Azure Virtual Machines provide scalable, on-demand computing resources for Linux and Windows environments. This service allows DevOps engineers to provision virtual infrastructure tailored to specific application needs w…

CATEGORY Compute

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

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Pricing Tiers

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

VIRTUAL MACHINES

Free Tier Free/month

On-Demand $0.0104/hour

On-Demand $0.0416/hour

On-Demand $0.1660/hour

On-Demand $0.1140/hour

On-Demand $1.73/hour

On-Demand $0.2180/hour

On-Demand $0.1480/hour