Compute Engine pricing
This page lists all the pricing for Compute Engine.
Compute Engine charges for usage based on the following price sheet. A bill is sent out at the end of each billing cycle, providing a sum of Google Cloud charges. Prices on this page are listed in U.S. dollars (USD).
For Compute Engine, disk size, machine type memory, and network usage are calculated in JEDEC binary gigabytes (GB), or IEC gibibytes (GiB), where 1 GiB is 230 bytes. Similarly, 1 TiB is 240 bytes, or 1024 JEDEC GBs.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
You can also find pricing information with the following options:
- See the estimated costs of your instances and Compute Engine resources when you create them in the Google Cloud console.
- Estimate your total project costs with the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator.
- View and download prices from the Pricing Table in the Google Cloud console.
- View more information about costs and usage in Cloud Billing reports.
- Use the Cloud Billing Catalog API for programmatic access to SKU information.
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Try Compute Engine freeGeneral-purpose machine types
C4 machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4 standard machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4 high-memory machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4 high-CPU machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4A machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4A standard machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4A high-memory machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
C4A high-CPU machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
N4 machine types
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
N4 standard machine types
The following table shows the calculated costs for standard predefined machine types in the N4 machine family. The vCPUs and memory from each of these machine types are billed by their individual predefined vCPU and memory prices, but these tables provide the cost that you can expect using a specific machine type.
Standard machine types have 4 GB of memory per vCPU.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
N4 high-memory machine types
The following table shows the calculated cost for the N4 high-memory predefined machine types. The vCPUs and memory from each of these machine types are billed by their individual predefined vCPU and memory prices, but these tables provide the cost that you can expect using a specific machine type.
High-memory machine types have 8 GB of memory per vCPU. High-memory instances are ideal for tasks that require more memory relative to virtual CPUs.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
N4 high-CPU machine types
The following table shows the calculated cost for N4 high-CPU predefined machine types. The vCPUs and memory from each of these machine types are billed by their individual predefined vCPU and memory prices, but these tables provide the cost that you can expect using a specific machine type.
High-CPU machine types have one vCPU for every 1 GB of memory. High-CPU machine types are ideal for tasks that require moderate memory configurations for the needed vCPU count.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
N4 custom vCPUs and memory
Custom machine types let you set a specific number of vCPUs and GB of memory for your instances to match the needs of your workload. Custom machine types save you the cost of running on a larger and more expensive machine type if your application does not require all of the resources provided by that machine type.
Read Creating a VM instance with a custom machine type to learn how to use these machine types.
For an accurate estimate of your billing with custom machine types, use the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
The CUDs prices for Custom Machine Types reflect a 5% premium over predefined shapes.
The premium applies only for the duration and amount of CMTs used and covered by the CUDs.
More details please refer to the
documentation for Resource-based committed use discounts.
C3 machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3 standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3 high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3 high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3D machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding
on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3D standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding
on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3D high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding
on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3D high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding
on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
E2 machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
E2 standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
E2 high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
E2 high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
E2 custom vCPUs and memory
E2 custom and E2 shared-core custom machine types are subject to the same pricing rates. E2 shared-core custom machines have fractional vCPUs with a custom memory range.
- 0.25 vCPU for
micromachines - 0.50 vCPU for
smallmachines - 1 vCPU for
mediummachines
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
The CUDs prices for Custom Machine Types reflect a 5% premium over predefined shapes. The premium applies only for the duration and amount of CMTs used and covered by the CUDs. More details please refer to the documentation for Resource-based committed use discounts.
N2 machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2 standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2 high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2 high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2 custom vCPUs and memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
The CUDs prices for Custom Machine Types reflect a 5% premium over predefined shapes. The premium applies only for the duration and amount of CMTs used and covered by the CUDs. More details please refer to the documentation for Resource-based committed use discounts.
N2 extended custom memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2D machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2D standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2D high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2D high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N2D custom vCPUs and memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
The CUDs prices for Custom Machine Types reflect a 5% premium over predefined shapes. The premium applies only for the duration and amount of CMTs used and covered by the CUDs. More details please refer to the documentation for Resource-based committed use discounts.
N2D extended custom memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
Tau T2D machine types
Tau T2D standard machine types
Tau T2A machine types
Tau T2A standard machine types
The following table shows the calculated costs for standard predefined machine types in the Tau T2A machine family. The vCPUs and memory from each of these machine types are billed by their individual predefined vCPU and memory prices, but these tables provide the cost that you can expect using a specific machine type.
Standard machine types have 4 GB of memory per vCPU.
N1 machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N1 standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N1 high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N1 high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N1 custom vCPUs and memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
The CUDs prices for Custom Machine Types reflect a 5% premium over predefined shapes. The premium applies only for the duration and amount of CMTs used and covered by the CUDs. More details please refer to the documentation for Resource-based committed use discounts.
N1 extended custom memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
Compute-optimized machine types
H3 machine types
H3 VMs are powered by the 4th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids), DDR5 memory, and Google's custom Intel Infrastructure Processing Engine (IPU). The following table describes the pricing per vCPU and GB of memory for H3 machine types.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
H3 Standard machine types
The following table shows the calculated cost for h3-standard-88 machine types, which is the H3 predefined machine type. The vCPUs and memory from each of these machine types are billed by their individual compute-optimized vCPUs and memory prices but these tables provide the cost that you can expect using a specific machine type.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2 vCPUs and memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2 machine types
C2D vCPUs and memory
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2D standard machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2D high-memory machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2D high-CPU machine types
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
Memory-optimized machine types
M3 memory-optimized machine types
Committed Use Discounts apply to memory-optimized machine types only if you buy the commitment type specifically for M3 machine types.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
M2 memory-optimized machine types
M1 memory-optimized machine types
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
Storage-optimized machine type family
Z3 machine types
Z3 highmem machine types
Accelerator-optimized machine type family
A3 High machine types
The following table shows the total calculated cost that you can expect for predefined A3 High machine types. This total cost includes the cost for the GPUs, vCPU, memory, and Local SSD storage.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
A2 Ultra machine types
The following table shows the total calculated cost that you can expect for these predefined A2 Ultra machine types. This total cost includes the cost for the GPUs, vCPU, memory, and Local SSD storage.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the Spot VMs documentation.
A2 Standard machine types
The following table shows the total calculated cost that you can expect for these predefined A2 machine types. This total cost includes the cost for the GPUs, vCPU, and memory.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the Spot VMs documentation.
G2 machine types
The following table shows the total calculated cost that you can expect for these predefined G2 machine types. This total cost includes the cost for the GPUs, vCPU, and default memory.
The on-demand prices for custom machine types include a 5% premium over the on-demand prices for standard machine types. If you are specifying custom memory, use the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator to calculate the total cost.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the Spot VMs documentation.
Shared-core machine types
E2 shared-core machine types
E2 shared-core custom machine types are subject to the same pricing rates as E2 custom machines. These instances have fractional vCPUs with a custom memory range.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
N1 shared-core machine types
Tier_1 higher bandwidth network pricing
You can configure your N2, N2D, C2, C2D, C3, C3D, C4, C4A, Z3 and M3 machine types to use per VM Tier_1 networking performance. The following machine series require a minimum number of vCPUs to use this feature:
- C2 and C3D: at least 30 vCPUs
- C2D, C4A, and N2: at least 32 vCPUs
- C3: at least 44 vCPUs
- C4 and N2D: at least 48 vCPUs
- M3: at least 64 vCPUs
Pricing is also dependent upon the regions and zones where the VM is located.
N2, N2D, C2, M3
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C2D
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3
The cost of using Tier_1 networking with C3 is described in the following table.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C3D
The cost of using Tier_1 networking with C3D is described in the following table.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
Spot prices, which typically offer the largest discounts—up to 91% off of the corresponding
on-demand price—are listed separately on the Spot VMs pricing page.
C4
The cost of using Tier_1 networking with C4 is described in the following table.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
*Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days. For more information about Spot
VM pricing, see the Spot VMs
documentation.
C4A
The cost of using Tier_1 networking with C4A is described in the following table.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
*Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days. For more information about Spot
VM pricing, see the Spot VMs
documentation.
Z3
The cost of using Tier_1 networking with Z3 is described in the following table.
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
*Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days. For more information about Spot
VM pricing, see the Spot VMs
documentation.
Suspended VM instances
When you suspend an instance, Compute Engine preserves the memory and device state. While you are not charged for the VM instance as if it were running, suspended instances still incur charges for the following:
- Suspended instance memory and device state.
- Any persistent disk usage.
- Any static IPs attached to the VM instance.
Sole-tenant node pricing
Premium images
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and RHEL for SAP images
Price Model Update starting July 1, 2024.
Red Hat announced a price model update on RHEL and RHEL for SAP to all Cloud providers, including Google Cloud. Starting July 1, 2024, RHEL, RHEL for SAP, and the new RHEL 7 ELS license will be billed on a core-hour model.
Pricing before July 1, 2024
RHEL images:
- $0.06 USD/hour for instances with 4 or fewer vCPUs
- $0.13 USD/hour for instances with more than 4 vCPUs
RHEL 6 ELS images:
- $0.02 USD/hour for instances with 4 or fewer vCPUs
- $0.05 USD/hour for instances with more than 4 vCPUs
RHEL for SAP with HA and Update Services images:
- $0.10 USD/hour for instances with 4 or fewer vCPUs
- $0.225 USD/hour for instances with more than 4 vCPUs
New pricing starting July 1, 2024
RHEL:
- $0.0144 USD per core, per hour for instances with 8 or fewer vCPUs
- $0.0108 USD per core, per hour for instances with 9 to 127 vCPUs
- $0.0096 USD per core, per hour for instances with 128 vCPUs and more
RHEL for SAP:
- $0.0225 USD per core, per hour for instances with 1 to 8 vCPUs
- $0.01625 USD per core, per hour for instances with 9 to 127 vCPUs
- $0.01500 USD per core, per hour for instances with 128 vCPUs and more
RHEL 7 ELS add-on:
- $0.0084 USD per core, per hour for instances with 1 to 8 vCPUs
- $0.0060 USD per core, per hour for instances with 9 to 127 vCPUs
- $0.0050 USD per core, per hour for instances with 128 vCPUs and more
Calculating Costs
See below examples to understand how to calculate software costs under the new pricing model:
| Instance Size | [Current] Instance Hour Price Model |
[New] Core Hour Pricing Model (effective July 1, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPUs | $0.06/hour * 730 hours/month = $43.8/month |
$0.0144/hour * 730 hours/month * 2 cores = $21.02/month |
| 4 vCPUs | $0.06/hour * 730 hours/month = $43.8/month |
$0.0144/hour * 730 hours/month * 4 cores = $42.05/month |
| 16 vCPUs | $0.13/hour * 730 hours/month = $94.9/month |
$0.0108/hour * 730 hours/month * 16 cores = $126.14/month |
| 128 vCPUs | $0.13/hour * 730 hours/month = $94.9/month |
$0.0096/hour * 730 hours/month * 128 cores = $897.02/month |
| Instance Size | [Current] Instance Hour Price Model |
[New] Core Hour Pricing Model (effective July 1, 2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPUs | $0.100/hour * 730 hours/month = $73.00/month |
$0.02250/hour * 730 hours/month * 2 cores = $32.85/month |
| 4 vCPUs | $0.100/hour * 730 hours/month = $73.00/month |
$0.02250/hour * 730 hours/month * 4 cores = $65.70/month |
| 16 vCPUs | $0.225/hour * 730 hours/month = $164.25/month |
$0.01625/hour * 730 hours/month * 16 cores = $189.80/month |
| 128 vCPUs | $0.225/hour * 730 hours/month = $164.25/month |
$0.01500/hour * 730 hours/month * 128 cores = $1,401.60/month |
With this price update, RHEL and RHEL for SAP subscriptions costs will scale linearly with machine size. Instances with 12 vCPUs or less are expected to see equivalent or reduced costs; instances with more than 12 vCPUs are expected to see increased costs. Please use the tables below to estimate how this change will impact your RHEL and RHEL for SAP costs.
| Instance vCPU count | Instance hours per month | Instance Hour Pricing (current model) | New Core Hour Pricing (starting Juiy 1, 2024) | Monthly cost difference under new pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly price per instance | Total cost per month | Hourly price per core | Total cost per month | |||
| 1 | 730 | $0.06 | $43.80 | $0.0144 | $10.51 | -$33.29 |
| 2 | 730 | $0.06 | $43.80 | $0.0144 | $21.02 | -$22.78 |
| 4 | 730 | $0.06 | $43.80 | $0.0144 | $42.05 | -$1.75 |
| 8 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0144 | $84.10 | -$10.80 |
| 12 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0108 | $94.608 | -$0.292 |
| 16 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0108 | $126.14 | $31.24 |
| 32 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0108 | $252.29 | $157.39 |
| 64 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0108 | $504.58 | $409.68 |
| 128 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0096 | $897.02 | $802.12 |
| 256 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0096 | $1,794.05 | $1,699.15 |
| 512 | 730 | $0.13 | $94.90 | $0.0096 | $3,588.10 | $3,493.20 |
| Instance vCPU count | Instance hours per month | Instance Hour Pricing (current model) | New Core Hour Pricing (starting Juiy 1, 2024) | Monthly cost difference under new pricing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly price per instance | Total cost per month | Hourly price per core | Total cost per month | |||
| 1 | 730 | $0.100 | $73.00 | $0.02250 | $16.43 | -$56.58 |
| 2 | 730 | $0.100 | $73.00 | $0.02250 | $32.85 | -$40.15 |
| 4 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.02250 | $65.70 | -$98.55 |
| 8 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.02250 | $131.40 | -$32.85 |
| 12 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01625 | $142.35 | -$21.90 |
| 16 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01625 | $189.80 | $25.55 |
| 32 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01625 | $379.60 | $215.35 |
| 64 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01625 | $759.20 | $594.95 |
| 128 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01500 | $1,401.6 | $1,237.35 |
| 256 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01500 | $2,803.2 | $2,638.95 |
| 512 | 730 | $0.225 | $164.25 | $0.01500 | $5,606.40 | $5,442.15 |
Prices in this table are estimates only to the RHEL pricing update impact.
All RHEL and RHEL for SAP images are charged a 1 minute minimum. After 1 minute, RHEL images are charged in 1 second increments.
If you have concerns over RHEL and RHEL for SAP software costs, contact your Google Cloud account representative.
SLES and SLES for SAP images
SLES images:
- $0.02 USD/hour for
f1-microandg1-smallmachine types - $0.11 USD/hour for all other machine types
SLES for SAP images:
- $0.17 USD/hour for instances with 1 - 2 vCPUs
- $0.34 USD/hour for instances with 3 - 4 vCPUs
- $0.41 USD/hour for instances with 5 or more vCPUs
All SLES images are charged a 1 minute minimum. After 1 minute, SLES images are charged in 1 second increments.
You can purchase commitments and receive committed use discounts (CUDs) for your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and SLES for SAP licenses. Because you commit to a minimum level of resource usage when you purchase your license commitment, you have to pay the agreed-upon prices for the duration of that commitment, even if your resource usage is lower than that minimum level. As a result, to maximize the benefit of your CUDs, ensure that you use all of your committed licenses and run VMs with those licenses for 100% time of your commitment's term. To learn more about CUDs for licenses and how to purchase a commitment, see Purchase commitments for licenses.
Ubuntu pro images
The following sections outline the license cost for using Ubuntu Pro images on Compute Engine
Memory
License cost for memory is charged at one flat rate of $0.000127 per GB/hour in USD.
vCPULicense cost for vCPU varies by the number of vCPUs that the Ubuntu Pro VM has. The following table summarizes the license cost per hour in USD.
| Number of vCPUs | License cost (USD)/hour |
|---|---|
| 1 | $0.001660 |
| 2 | $0.002971 |
| 4 | $0.005545 |
| 6 - 8 | $0.009970 |
| 10 - 16 | $0.018063 |
| 18 - 48 | $0.033378 |
| 50 - 78 | $0.060548 |
| 80 - 96 | $0.077871 |
| 98 - 222 | $0.102401 |
| >222 | $0.122063 |
Ubuntu pro GPU license
When running VMs that use the Ubuntu Pro images with attached GPUs, you incur license cost for the premium image and a GPU license in addition to the regular cost of running the VM and the cost of the attached GPU.
The following table summarizes the per GPU license rates per month in USD for Ubuntu Pro VMs. The license fee varies based on the number of GPUs attached to the VM but is the same for all GPU models that are available on Compute Engine.
| Number of GPUs | License cost (USD) |
|---|---|
| 1 | $0.035 |
| 2 | $0.066 |
| 4 | $0.120 |
| 8 | $0.208 |
| >8 | $0.300 |
Windows Server images
If you use a Compute Engine Windows Server image or you import a Windows Server image without bringing your own licenses, you are billed based on the machine types you use as follows:
-
f1-microandg1-smallmachine types: $0.023 USD/hour. -
All other machine types: $0.046 USD/hour per visible vCPU. For example,
n2-highcpu-4, andn2-highmem-4have 4 vCPUs, so are charged at $0.184 USD/hour (4 x $0.046 USD/hour).
Windows Server images are charged a 1 minute minimum. After 1 minute, Windows images are charged in 1 second increments.
For information about licensing for Windows Server images, see Microsoft licenses.
SQL Server images
SQL Server images incur costs in addition to the cost for Windows Server images and the cost for the selected machine type.
- $0.399 USD per core/hour for SQL Server Enterprise
- $0.1200 USD per core/hour for SQL Server Standard
- $0.011 USD per core/hour for SQL Server Web
- No additional charge for SQL Server Express
Microsoft SQL Server licensing requires a core license to be assigned to each virtual CPU on your virtual machine instance, with a four core minimum for each instance. Instances with fewer than 4 vCPUs will be charged for 4 vCPUs to comply with these requirements.
Google recommends that you not use SQL Server images on f1-micro or
g1-small machine types based on Microsoft's minimum hardware and software recommendations.
SQL Server images are charged a 1 minute minimum. After 1 minute, SQL Server images are charged in 1 second increments.
For information about licensing for SQL Server OS images, see Microsoft licenses.
Disk pricing
The information included here doesn't include all Persistent Disk features. The basic disk pricing information is included here for convenience and is intended for reference purposes. For detailed pricing information and explanations about how disk pricing works, see the Disk and image pricing page.
Persistent disk space pricing
Local SSD pricing
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the Spot VMs documentation.
Custom image storage pricing
If you import or create custom images in Compute Engine, these images incur a storage cost. The cost of these custom images depends on the location where you store the image.
Machine image pricing
GPU pricing
If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on
Cloud Platform SKUs
apply.
Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days, but provide discounts of 60-91% off
of the corresponding on-demand price for most machine types and GPUs. Spot prices also provide smaller discounts for local
SSDs and A3 machine types. For more information, see the
Spot VMs documentation.
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