Which is cheaper, Google Persistent Disk or Vultr Block Storage?

GCP is cheaper in 3 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 20.5%.

How do Google Persistent Disk and Vultr Block Storage compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026GCPVultr

Overall Winner

GCP

GCP Wins

Vultr Wins

Ties

GCP wins 3 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 20.5% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.001400/hr to $1.37/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Canonical workloads

Comparing Google Persistent Disk and Vultr Block Storage across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	GCP Google Persistent Disk	Vultr Block Storage	Diff	Cheapest
RAM - DWS Defined Duration G2 Custom Ram	$0.0031/hr 0060-41CB-30B5 ($2.24/mo)	$0.0014/hr vultr-block-10gb ($1.02/mo)	+54.5%	Vultr
RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU	$0.0144/hr 00FD-1480-5509 ($10.51/mo)	$0.0137/hr vultr-block-100gb ($10.00/mo)	+4.9%	Vultr
Canonical - Licensing Fee for Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) on VM with 2 to 3 GPU (GPU cost)	$0.0660/hr 04AE-10F2-B311 ($48.18/mo)	$0.0685/hr vultr-block-500gb ($50.01/mo)	+3.6%	GCP
Storage - Regional Balanced PD Instant Snapshot data storage	$0.2000/hr 0141-5268-AAA5 ($146.00/mo)	$0.2740/hr vultr-block-2000gb ($200.02/mo)	+27.0%	GCP
TPU - TpuV5e	$1.2000/hr 097F-10BC-11B9 ($876.00/mo)	$1.3699/hr vultr-block-10000gb ($1,000.03/mo)	+12.4%	GCP

✓Canonical - Licensing Fee for Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) on VM with 2 to 3 GPU (GPU cost) - saves $1.82/mo (3.6% cheaper)
✓Storage - Regional Balanced PD Instant Snapshot data storage - saves $54.02/mo (27% cheaper)
✓TPU - TpuV5e - saves $124.03/mo (12.4% cheaper)

✓RAM - DWS Defined Duration G2 Custom Ram - saves $1.24/mo (54.5% cheaper)
✓RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU - saves $0.51/mo (4.9% cheaper)