Which is cheaper, AWS Elastic Beanstalk or GCP App Engine?

AWS is cheaper in 5 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 62.9%.

How do AWS Elastic Beanstalk and GCP App Engine compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSGCP

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

GCP Wins

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AWS wins 5 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 62.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0104/hr to $12.80/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Dev/Test (1 instance, small) workloads

Comparing AWS Elastic Beanstalk and GCP App Engine across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Elastic Beanstalk	GCP App Engine	Diff	Cheapest
Dev/Test (1 instance, small)	$0.0104/hr EB t3.micro x1 ($7.59/mo)	$0.0500/hr App Engine B1 x1 ($36.50/mo)	+79.2%	AWS
Small Production (2 instances, medium)	$0.0416/hr EB t3.small x2 ($30.37/mo)	$0.2000/hr App Engine B2 x2 ($146.00/mo)	+79.2%	AWS
Medium Production (4 instances)	$0.3840/hr EB m5.large x4 ($280.32/mo)	$0.8000/hr App Engine B4 x4 ($584.00/mo)	+52.0%	AWS
Large Production (8 instances)	$1.5360/hr EB m5.xlarge x8 ($1,121.28/mo)	$3.2000/hr App Engine B4_1G x8 ($2,336.00/mo)	+52.0%	AWS
High Scale (16 instances)	$6.1440/hr EB m5.2xlarge x16 ($4,485.12/mo)	$12.8000/hr App Engine B8 x16 ($9,344.00/mo)	+52.0%	AWS