GPUBank vs Google Cloud

Google Cloud sells NVIDIA GPUs inside Compute Engine, as accelerator-optimized VMs with GPUs attached or as GPUs added to N1 VMs, in 34 regions. In us-central1 its 8x H100 SXM VM (a3-highgpu-8g) lists at $88.49 per hour, which is $11.06 per GPU-hour; GPUBank charges $1.85. Google has the wider catalogue, rack-scale systems, a contractual SLA and compliance reports; GPUBank is 74 to 83 % cheaper on demand and includes IPv4 and traffic.

GPUBank

Tallinn, Estonia

H100 SXM

$1.85 / h

vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
Per-second billing after the health check
Top up in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins

Launch H100 SXM

Google Cloud

Mountain View, United States

H100 SXM

$11.06 / h

13 GPU models, from T4 and L4 to B200, GB200 and GB300
GPUs in 34 regions across 22 countries
SLA with credits, ISO 27001, a SOC 2 report and a HIPAA BAA

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Google Cloud

Hyperscaler

HeadquartersMountain ViewUnited States

GPUs run in22 countries

GPU models13

BillingPer second

CertificationsISO 27001 · GDPR DPA

Status pagestatus.cloud.google.com

28 points compared21 of their pages readprices last checked on 29 September 2026page updated 2 November 2026

The verdict

Breadth, SLA and compliance at Google Cloud. One sixth of the H100 price, traffic included, at GPUBank.

Google Cloud fits teams already on its platform that need GPUs next to GKE and its data services, 16-GPU VMs, GB200 or GB300 systems under reservation, or SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA paperwork. On demand in us-central1, GPUBank costs 74 to 83 % less on the H100 SXM, H200, A100 SXM and RTX PRO 6000. Google also meters egress at $0.12 per GiB and each external IPv4 at $0.005 per hour, while GPUBank includes both. Google has no on-demand B200 price, and A3 High VMs with 1, 2 or 4 GPUs exist only as Spot or Flex-start.

28 points compared

GPUBank ahead: 8
Even: 7
Google Cloud ahead: 13

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Criterion

Google CloudGPUBank

H100 SXM, per GPU-hour $11.06, a3-highgpu-8g divided by 8 $1.85, all-in

Cheapest GPU-hour $0.35, T4, GPU only $0.23, RTX 4090

Billing granularity Per second Per second

Stopped instance Compute stops; disks and static IPs keep billing Disk only

Egress traffic $0.12 per GiB, Premium Tier to NA and Europe Included

Crypto payments Not accepted Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more

Serverless GPUs Cloud Run with GPUs No

GPU models listed 13 10

Regions 34 with GPUs 4

Availability target 99.9 % single instance, 99.99 % multi-zone 99.9 % monthly

01The real cost

The same GPUs, side by side, per hour.

Every GPU model both of us rent, at each provider's own published price for one card, in US dollars, excluding VAT. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.

GPU	Google Cloud per hour	GPUBank per hour	Difference	100 h at Google Cloud	100 h at GPUBank
B200 SXM180 GB · their spot price	$4.95	$4.15	−16 %	$495.00	$415.00
H200 SXM141 GB	$10.60	$2.49	−77 %	$1,060.00	$249.00
H100 SXM80 GB	$11.06	$1.85	−83 %	$1,106.00	$185.00
RTX PRO 600096 GB	$4.50	$1.15	−74 %	$450.00	$115.00
A100 SXM80 GB	$5.07	$0.95	−81 %	$507.00	$95.00

Google prices accelerator-optimized VMs per machine in us-central1; figures are the VM price divided by its GPU count, 8 on A3. The B200 figure is Spot, since A4 has no on-demand price.

Where Google Cloud publishes no on-demand price for a model, its lowest published spot price is used, as labelled on the row.

A fine-tune, 40 h on an H100 SXM

Google Cloud

$442.40

GPUBank

$74.00

Saves $368.40 at GPUBank (−83 %)

A long-context job, 40 h on an H200

Google Cloud

$424.00

GPUBank

$99.60

Saves $324.40 at GPUBank (−77 %)

A training run, 100 h on an A100 SXM

Google Cloud

$507.00

GPUBank

$95.00

Saves $412.00 at GPUBank (−81 %)

02Their catalogue

Every GPU Google Cloud lists.

Google Cloud lists 13 GPU models. The 11 below are the ones recorded in our check, each at its lowest public price per GPU-hour. 5 of them are also rented at GPUBank (in blue).

B200180 GB · spot$4.95
H200141 GB · on demand$10.60
H100 SXM80 GB · on demand$11.06
A100 SXM 80GB80 GB · on demand$5.07
A100 40GB40 GB · on demand$3.48
L424 GB · on demand$0.71
T416 GB · on demand$0.35
V10016 GB · on demand$2.48
P10016 GB · on demand$1.46
P48 GB · on demand$0.60
RTX PRO 600096 GB · on demand$4.50
At GPUBankB200 SXM $4.15/h · +4 more
At GPUBank
- B200 SXM $4.15/h
- H200 SXM $2.49/h
- +3 more
vCPU, RAM, NVMe and traffic included. All prices

03What the price includes

What appears on the bill besides the GPU.

The same H100 SXM session of 2 h 14 m 03 s, line by line, as each provider describes its billing.

Google Cloud

2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM

GPU · $11.06 / h: $24.71
vCPU and RAM: Included
Storage: $0.10 per GiB-month, Balanced PD
Egress: $0.12 per GiB, Premium Tier to NA and Europe
Public IPv4: $0.005 per hour per external IPv4
Billing granularity: Per second
Minimum charge: 1 minute

GPUBank

2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM

GPU · $1.85 / h: $4.13
vCPU and RAM: Included
Storage: Local NVMe included; persistent disk $0.03 per GB-month
Egress: Included
Public IPv4: Included
Billing granularity: Per second, from the health check
Minimum charge: None

While stopped

What keeps running on the bill.

Google Cloud

Compute stops; disks and static IPs keep billing.

GPUBank

Only the persistent disk, $0.03 per GB-month. Compute, IPv4 and scratch cost nothing.

04Where the GPUs run

22 countries against 4, and where they are.

Countries where Google Cloud says its GPUs run, from its own region list or documentation, against GPUBank's four regions. A pin marks a country, not the exact site.

Paris Frankfurt Ashburn Singapore

Google Cloud22

Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
India
Singapore
Indonesia
Australia
Poland
Finland
Belgium
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Switzerland
Italy
France
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Canada
Brazil
United States

GPUBank4

Paris
Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore

Google Cloud · 22 countriesGPUBank · 4 regions

05Paying and signing up

How each one takes your money.

Google Cloud

Payments and sign-up

Payment methods

Cards Invoice, enterprise only No crypto

Minimum top-up None for standard self-serve accounts

To start

1Email
2Card
3Payment method verification
4Bank account verification in some countries

Billing modelPostpaid, monthly invoice

GPUBank

Payments and sign-up

Payment methods

Bitcoin USDT Ethereum + a dozen more coins No cards

A prepaid USD balance, topped up in crypto. Every GPU-second is drawn from it.

Minimum top-up $25

To start

1Email and password
2Top up in crypto
3Launch a GPU

Billing modelPrepaid balance

06Trust and support

Certificates, uptime and who answers.

	Google Cloud	GPUBank
SOC 2	Listed, report not public	Not published
ISO 27001	Yes	Not published
HIPAA	Listed, report not public	No
GDPR DPA	DPA available	Published DPA, applies automatically
Availability target	99.9 % single instance, 99.99 % multi-zone	99.9 % monthly, per region
Status page	status.cloud.google.com	Public status page
Support	Basic free; technical support from $29/month	Tickets from a $25 balance

07Their site, our site

What you see before you pay.

Both sites as a visitor sees them, without an account: the Google Cloud pricing page captured on 29 September 2026, and GPUBank's live board. Cookie banners and chat bubbles are closed; nothing else is edited.

Google Cloud pricing page, 29 September 2026 — Google Cloud pricing page, captured on 29 September 2026.

GPUBank live board of GPU prices and stock — GPUBank home page, live price board, 2 November 2026.

08The spec sheet

28 points, read off both sites.

GPUBank aheadGoogle Cloud aheadEven

Criterion	GPUBank	Google Cloud
Price and catalogue
H100 SXM, per GPU-hourThe 8-GPU VM lists at $88.49 per hour on demand in us-central1.	$1.85, all-in	$11.06, a3-highgpu-8g divided by 8
Cheapest GPU-hourN1-attached GPU prices exclude the N1 vCPU and RAM.	$0.23, RTX 4090	$0.35, T4, GPU only
GPU models listed	10	13Ahead
What the GPU price includesGoogle bills egress and IPv4 on top; GPUBank includes both.	vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4, traffic	vCPU, RAM; Local SSD on A2 Ultra, A3, A4
Billing
Billing granularity	Per second	Per second
Minimum charge	None	1 minute
Stopped instance	Disk only	Compute stops; disks and static IPs keep billing
Persistent storage	$0.03 per GB-month	$0.10 per GiB-month, Balanced PD
Egress trafficStandard Tier is $0.085 per GiB after 200 GiB free.	Included	$0.12 per GiB, Premium Tier to NA and Europe
Public IPv4	Included	$0.005 per hour per external IPv4
Billing model	Prepaid balance	Postpaid, monthly invoice
Payment and sign-up
Crypto payments	Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more	Not accepted
Card payments	No	Cards, bank debit, invoice; PayPal in 3 countriesAhead
Minimum deposit	$25	None for standard self-serve accountsAhead
Platform
API and CLI	REST API, CLI, Python SDK	API, gcloud CLI, client libraries
Terraform	Official provider	Official (hashicorp/google)
Serverless GPUs	No	Cloud Run with GPUsAhead
Managed Kubernetes	No	Managed (GKE)Ahead
Ready-made templates	25	Not published
Interruptible or spot	Yes, 40 % off	Spot VMs, up to 91 % off per GoogleAhead
GPUs per instance	Up to 8	Up to 16 (a2-megagpu-16g)Ahead
Multi-node interconnect	Not offered	NVLink; up to 3,600 Gbps per VMAhead
Network and regions
Regions	4	34 with GPUsAhead
Countries	France, Germany, US, Singapore	22Ahead
EU regions	Paris, Frankfurt	8 EU regions, incl. Paris and FrankfurtAhead
Trust and support
Availability targetFinancial credits from 10 %.	99.9 % monthly	99.9 % single instance, 99.99 % multi-zoneAhead
Compliance reports	None published	ISO 27001, SOC 2 report, HIPAA BAAAhead
Public status page	Yes	status.cloud.google.com
Support	Tickets from a $25 balance	Basic free; technical support from $29/month

09The right fit

Different needs. A clear choice.

What Google Cloud does better

13 GPU models, from T4 and L4 to B200, GB200 and GB300
GPUs in 34 regions across 22 countries
SLA with credits, ISO 27001, a SOC 2 report and a HIPAA BAA
Managed Kubernetes (GKE), Cloud Run with GPUs and bare metal
Spot VMs, Flex-start and 1- or 3-year committed use discounts

Choose GPUBank if

H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour, against $11.06 on a3-highgpu-8g
B200 on demand at $4.15; Google lists no on-demand A4 price
Single H100 SXM on demand; Google sells 1 to 4 H100s as Spot only
IPv4 and all traffic included; no 1-minute minimum
Crypto top-ups, no card check, support tickets without a paid plan

Moving from Google Cloud takes an afternoon.

Google Cloud VMs are standard machines, but moving data out is metered as egress. Terraform configs written for hashicorp/google document the setup to rebuild elsewhere.

1Launch the same GPU on GPUBank with a persistent disk, in Ashburn or the region closest to you.
2Copy data from persistent disks with rsync over SSH, or export disk images to Cloud Storage.
3Push container images from Artifact Registry to another registry and run them on GPUBank.

Start on GPUBank

bash

# 1. a GPU and a disk on GPUBank
gpubank launch --gpu h100-sxm --region eu-paris --disk data

# 2. copy your data from the old machine
rsync -azP old-host:/workspace/ root@<new-ip>:/workspace/

# 3. run the same image or template
ssh root@<new-ip> 'cd /workspace && ./start.sh'

A few things you might be wondering.

Yes. In us-central1, Google's a3-highgpu-8g VM with 8 H100 SXM lists at $88.49 per hour on demand, which is $11.06 per GPU-hour. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included.

Not on demand. A3 High VMs with 1, 2 or 4 GPUs can only be created as Spot or Flex-start VMs. GPUBank rents a single H100 SXM on demand.

Yes. Premium Tier internet egress from us-central1 costs $0.12 per GiB up to 1 TiB per month to North America, Europe and most of Asia, and an external IPv4 costs $0.005 per hour. GPUBank includes one public IPv4 and all traffic.

Not on a Free Trial account. GPUs cannot be added until the account is upgraded to a paid billing account, after which the remaining $300 credit can still be used.

Google Cloud. It publishes a Compute Engine SLA with credits, ISO 27001, a SOC 2 report and a HIPAA BAA, and offers GB200 and GB300 systems under reservation. GPUBank publishes no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 report and rents up to 8 GPUs per instance.

Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Google Cloud and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.

Sources

Every figure about Google Cloud was read on its own pages or official documentation. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.

01cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricing/accelerator-optimizedGPU VM prices (on-demand, Flex-start, Calendar, Spot, CUD), GPU attachment prices, vWS, disk and image prices (us-central1)
02cloud.google.com/spot-vms/pricingSpot prices per machine type and per attached GPU (us-central1)
03cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricingBilling model (1-minute minimum, per second), discounts, CUD/SUD rules, redirect target of the GPU pricing URL
04cloud.google.com/gpuGPU catalogue overview, per-second billing claim
05docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/gpusGPU catalogue, machine type specs, interconnect
06docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/accelerator-optimized-machinesConsumption options, A3 High 1/2/4g Spot/Flex-start only, maintenance behaviour
07docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/gpu-regions-zonesRegions, zones and countries with GPUs, limited-availability notes
08docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/payment-methodsCards, bank account, PayPal, Pix, UPI, prepayment, no crypto listed
09docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features300 USD credit, no GPUs on Free Trial
10cloud.google.com/vpc/network-pricingEgress and external IP prices
11docs.cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/stop-start-instanceCharges while stopped
12cloud.google.com/compute/slaSLA levels
13cloud.google.com/support?hl=enSupport tiers and pricing
14cloud.google.com/security/compliance/soc-2SOC 2 report availability
15cloud.google.com/security/compliance/iso-27001ISO 27001 certification
16cloud.google.com/security/compliance/hipaa-complianceBAA
17cloud.google.com/terms/data-processing-addendumGDPR DPA
18status.cloud.google.com/Status page

What we could not verify (9)

On-demand prices for a3-highgpu-1g/2g/4g not published (machine types limited to Spot or Flex-start); Flex-start prices for these not on the page read
A3 Edge (a3-edgegpu-8g), A4X (GB200) and A4X Max (GB300) prices not listed on the accelerator-optimized pricing page
CUD prices for a2-ultragpu-2g/4g/8g: page says contact sales
RTX PRO 6000 vWS and L4 vWS lines: unclear whether the price is a surcharge or full per-GPU price; column headers do not match the number of values
Only us-central1 prices recorded; other regions differ
SOC 2 report type (I or II) not stated on the SOC 2 page read
Maximum GPUs per VM: 16 on a2-megagpu-16g; 8 for other machine types
Company legal name, founding year and financials not read on a primary source
Official SDK language list and templates/Jupyter offering on Compute Engine not verified in this study

In short

GPUBank vs Google Cloud, in facts.

The essentials of this comparison in one table, for quick readers and AI assistants. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.

Read as Markdown

H100 SXM, per GPU-hour: Google Cloud: $11.06, a3-highgpu-8g divided by 8
GPUBank: $1.85, all-in
Cheapest GPU-hour: Google Cloud: $0.35, T4, GPU only
GPUBank: $0.23, RTX 4090
Billing granularity: Google Cloud: Per second
GPUBank: Per second
Stopped instance: Google Cloud: Compute stops; disks and static IPs keep billing
GPUBank: Disk only
Persistent storage: Google Cloud: $0.10 per GiB-month, Balanced PD
GPUBank: $0.03 per GB-month
Egress traffic: Google Cloud: $0.12 per GiB, Premium Tier to NA and Europe
GPUBank: Included
Crypto payments: Google Cloud: Not accepted
GPUBank: Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more
Card payments: Google Cloud: Cards, bank debit, invoice; PayPal in 3 countries
GPUBank: No
Minimum deposit: Google Cloud: None for standard self-serve accounts
GPUBank: $25
GPU models listed: Google Cloud: 13
GPUBank: 10
Regions: Google Cloud: 34 with GPUs
GPUBank: 4
Serverless GPUs: Google Cloud: Cloud Run with GPUs
GPUBank: No
Availability target: Google Cloud: 99.9 % single instance, 99.99 % multi-zone
GPUBank: 99.9 % monthly
Compliance reports: Google Cloud: ISO 27001, SOC 2 report, HIPAA BAA
GPUBank: None published
Support: Google Cloud: Basic free; technical support from $29/month
GPUBank: Tickets from a $25 balance
Headquarters: Google Cloud: Mountain View, United States
GPUBank: Tallinn, Estonia

How this page was made

Every price and policy of Google Cloud was read on its own website, documentation or public API on 29 September 2026, with the address of each page listed above. A value we could not read on a primary source is marked "Not published" rather than estimated. GPUBank figures come from this site and its terms. Prices change: check both providers before you buy. Google Cloud, its logo and its website belong to their owner and are shown only to identify the service compared. GPUBank is not affiliated with Google Cloud.