GCP vs Vultr: Pricing Comparison (2026)
Updated Apr 4, 2026GCPVultr
Overall Winner
Vultr
GCP Wins
5
Vultr Wins
9
Ties
0
Pricing Analysis
vultr wins 9 of 14 price comparisons, averaging 21.7% lower prices in categories where it leads.
Prices range from $0.001400/hr to $2.70/hr across comparable tiers.
- ●vultr leads in Compute Engine (3/3 tiers, avg 8% difference)
- ●GCP leads in Cloud Storage (2/3 tiers, avg 22% difference)
- ●GCP leads in Persistent Disk (2/3 tiers, avg 24% difference)
- ●vultr leads in Cloud SQL (2/3 tiers, avg 32% difference)
Choose vultr
Best for Compute Engine workloads
Choose GCP
Best for Cloud Storage workloads
Side-by-Side Pricing
Comparing GCP and Vultr across 14 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.
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| Category | GCP GCP | Vultr Vultr | Diff | Cheapest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Compute Engine - Accelerated Computing - 24 vCPU, 170 GB RAM | $1.4790/hr a2-highgpu-2g ($1,079.64/mo) | $1.3151/hr voc-m-24c-192gb-1200s-amd ($960.02/mo) | +11.1% | Vultr |
Compute Engine - General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | $0.2680/hr e2-standard-8 ($195.67/mo) | $0.2630/hr vhf-8c-32gb ($191.99/mo) | +1.9% | Vultr |
Compute Engine - General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM | $2.7037/hr n2d-standard-64 ($1,973.73/mo) | $2.4460/hr vx1-g-64c-256g-3840s ($1,785.58/mo) | +9.5% | Vultr |
Cloud Storage - TagBinding - Bucket Tagging Storage | $0.0050/hr 066B-4D44-7137 ($3.65/mo) | $0.0082/hr vultr-obj-standard ($5.99/mo) | +39.0% | GCP |
Cloud Storage - CDNCacheFill - Cloud CDN Cache Fill from North America to Middle East | $0.0400/hr 5391-66E2-9811 ($29.20/mo) | $0.0329/hr vultr-obj-performance ($24.02/mo) | +17.8% | Vultr |
Cloud Storage - PeeringOrInterconnectEgress - APAC-based Storage Data Transfer Out via peered/interconnect network | $0.0600/hr 30DD-9D90-52CE ($43.80/mo) | $0.0658/hr vultr-obj-enterprise ($48.03/mo) | +8.8% | GCP |
Persistent Disk - 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 |
Persistent Disk - 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 |
Persistent Disk - TPU - TpuV5e | $1.2000/hr 097F-10BC-11B9 ($876.00/mo) | $1.3699/hr vultr-block-10000gb ($1,000.03/mo) | +12.4% | GCP |
Cloud SQL - SQLGen2InstancesF1Micro - Cloud SQL for MySQL: Regional - Extended support f1-micro v56 | $0.0350/hr 0196-43DA-CE10 ($25.55/mo) | $0.0205/hr vultr-db-hp-1c1g ($14.96/mo) | +41.4% | Vultr |
Cloud SQL - PremiumInternetEgress - Network Internet Data Transfer Out from Americas to APAC | $0.1900/hr 094A-C58C-9FD6 ($138.70/mo) | $0.3288/hr vultr-db-hp-6c16g ($240.02/mo) | +42.2% | GCP |
Cloud SQL - SQLGen2InstancesN1Highmem - Cloud SQL for MySQL: Zonal - Extended support 32 vCPU + 208GB RAM v56 | $2.2400/hr 02A7-A44D-B75B ($1,635.20/mo) | $1.9726/hr vultr-db-occ-16c64g ($1,440.00/mo) | +11.9% | Vultr |
GKE - Kubernetes - Zonal Kubernetes Clusters | $0.1000/hr 6B92-A835-08AB ($73.00/mo) | $0.0548/hr vultr-vke-ha ($40.00/mo) | +45.2% | Vultr |
Cloud Load Balancing - 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-lb-standard ($10.00/mo) | +4.9% | Vultr |
When to Choose GCP GCP
- ✓Cloud Storage - TagBinding - Bucket Tagging Storage - saves $2.34/mo (39% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud Storage - PeeringOrInterconnectEgress - APAC-based Storage Data Transfer Out via peered/interconnect network - saves $4.23/mo (8.8% cheaper)
- ✓Persistent Disk - 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)
- ✓Persistent Disk - TPU - TpuV5e - saves $124.03/mo (12.4% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud SQL - PremiumInternetEgress - Network Internet Data Transfer Out from Americas to APAC - saves $101.32/mo (42.2% cheaper)
When to Choose Vultr Vultr
- ✓Compute Engine - Accelerated Computing - 24 vCPU, 170 GB RAM - saves $119.65/mo (11.1% cheaper)
- ✓Compute Engine - General Purpose - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $3.65/mo (1.9% cheaper)
- ✓Compute Engine - General Purpose - 64 vCPU, 256 GB RAM - saves $188.12/mo (9.5% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud Storage - CDNCacheFill - Cloud CDN Cache Fill from North America to Middle East - saves $5.18/mo (17.8% cheaper)
- ✓Persistent Disk - RAM - DWS Defined Duration G2 Custom Ram - saves $1.24/mo (54.5% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud SQL - SQLGen2InstancesF1Micro - Cloud SQL for MySQL: Regional - Extended support f1-micro v56 - saves $10.59/mo (41.4% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud SQL - SQLGen2InstancesN1Highmem - Cloud SQL for MySQL: Zonal - Extended support 32 vCPU + 208GB RAM v56 - saves $195.20/mo (11.9% cheaper)
- ✓GKE - Kubernetes - Zonal Kubernetes Clusters - saves $33.00/mo (45.2% cheaper)
- ✓Cloud Load Balancing - RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU - saves $0.51/mo (4.9% cheaper)
Monthly Cost Examples
Compute Engine - Accelerated Computing - 24 vCPU, 170 GB RAM
GCP a2-highgpu-2g$1,079.64/mo
Vultr voc-m-24c-192gb-1200s-amd$960.02/mo
Persistent Disk - Canonical - Licensing Fee for Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) on VM with 2 to 3 GPU (GPU cost)
GCP 04AE-10F2-B311$48.18/mo
Vultr vultr-block-500gb$50.01/mo
Cloud Load Balancing - RedHat - Licensing Fee for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 on VM with up to 8 VCPU
GCP 00FD-1480-5509$10.51/mo
Vultr vultr-lb-standard$10.00/mo
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