RunPod vs Google Cloud
RunPod comes out ahead of Google Cloud on 5 of the 7 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
RunPod takes it, 5–1 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, RunPod takes 5 of 7 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose RunPod if…
- • You want RunPod's edge on the cheapest h100 and the cheapest a100
Choose Google Cloud if…
- • You want Google Cloud's edge on how many places it runs
Round by round
- Round 1The cheapest H100RunPod winsGoogle Cloud5/10
$11.06
worked out from $88.49 an hour for an a3-highgpu-8g with eight H100s
- $11.06, against $1.99
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2The cheapest A100RunPod winsGoogle Cloud5/10
$3.67
worked out from $29.38708 an hour for an a2-highgpu-8g with eight A100s
- $3.67, against $1.19
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3What it costs to get your data outRunPod winsGoogle Cloud5/10
$0.12 per GiB to start
premium-tier internet egress to North America after the first GiB
- $0.12 per GiB to start, against No egress fees
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
RunPod wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How many places it runsGoogle Cloud wins
Google Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotRunPod winsGoogle Cloud5/10
1.4 out of 5
TrustScore from 43 reviews on Trustpilot
- 1.4 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
RunPod wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 6How precisely you are billedTieGoogle Cloud7/10
Per-second after the first minute
vCPUs, GPUs and memory are charged a one-minute minimum, then per second
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 7What storage costs per monthRunPod winsRunPod8/10
$0.07/GB-mo (network volume)
Pods on-demand (price shown on pricing page)
Source: runpod.io ↗
Google Cloud5/10$0.10/GiB-mo (balanced PD)
Compute Engine on-demand (US); Cloud Run for serverless
- $0.10/GiB-mo (balanced PD), against $0.07/GB-mo (network volume)
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
RunPod wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- H100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($2.89 on Secure Cloud)
- A100 PCIe on Community Cloud ($1.59 on Secure Cloud)
- $1.99, against $0.90
- $1.19, against $0.35
- $0.34, against $0.13
- 31 regions, against 500+ locations
- $11.06, against $1.99
- $3.67, against $1.19
- $0.12 per GiB to start, against No egress fees
- 1.4 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5