Amazon EC2 vs Google Cloud Compute Engine
Here is a quick comparison of the pricing between Amazon's EC2 and Google's newly released Cloud
Definition: GCEU (Google Cloud Engine Unit) ~= EC2 Compute Unit
| Provider | Name | Virtual cores | Memory | Compute Unit | HDD (GB) | $ /hour | $ /Unit /hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n1-standard-1-d | 1 | 3.75GB | 2.75 | 420 | $0.145 | $0.053 | |
| Amazon | m1.medium - Medium Instance | 1 | 3.75GB | 2 | 410 | $0.160 | $0.080 |
| n1-standard-2-d | 2 | 7.5GB | 5.5 | 870 | $0.290 | $0.053 | |
| Amazon | m1.large - Large Instance | 2 | 7.5GB | 4 | 850 | $0.320 | $0.080 |
| n1-standard-4-d | 4 | 15GB | 11 | 1770 | $0.580 | $0.053 | |
| Amazon | m1.xlarge - Extra Large Instance | 4 | 15GB | 8 | 1690 | $0.640 | $0.080 |
| n1-standard-8-d | 8 | 30GB | 22 | 2 x 1770 | $1.160 | $0.053 | |
| Amazon | m2.2xlarge - High-Mem Dbl-X-Large Memory-equiv, 1.7x less CPU |
4 | 34.2GB | 13 | 850 | $0.900 | $0.069 |
| Amazon | c1.xlarge - High-CPU X-Large CPU-equiv, 4.3x less mem. |
8 | 7GB | 20 | 1690 | $0.660 | $0.033 |
| Amazon | cc1.4xlarge - Cluster Compute 4x-X-Large Pseudo-equiv., with tradeoffs |
8 | 23GB | 33.5 | 1690 | $1.300 | $0.039 |
Notes:
- There is no direct equivalent to Google's largest instance. You have to trade off memory or CPU each time. In that sense, Google seems to have more general purpose instances (for now).
- Also, Amazon will give you less HDD space with the larger instances
- Only the Linux instances were considered in the comparison, as Google only offers Linux (for now?)
- I made now comparison of the different Compute Units from each provider. I pretty much assume to be equivalent.
- The comparison is done using Amazon's regular instances. Google does not seem to provide adaptive pricing according to usage, but they claim you always have full power of your instance, and you don,t notice the other VMs. If this claim is true, then their VMs would be pretty much the equivalent of the high-utilisation VMs of Amazon.
- The Amazon pricing list that was taken was for the cheapest region (USA East Virginia), so move around the globe and your Amazon bill could be up to ~1.8x higher.
- This isn't a complete comparison as it doesn't take into account the network and storage fees. I might take a look if there is interest.
Conclusion: for now, Amazon has better fits and prices depending on your purpose for high-end instances, but Google seems to have better prices overall. I'm eager to discover their
Source: Google Cloud specs and pricing, Amazon's specs and pricing
