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Has anyone switched to Google cloud & found it cheaper overall? It seems like there was a lot of interest in Google before but not so much as of late.

boundlessdreamz 10y ago
Yeah. Love it. It's way cheaper than AWS because of automatic discounting if you use it for a full month. Performance, boot up time & the dashboard UI/UX is better. (Regarding performance and boot up time, my experience is a bit outdated so things might have changed) Downside: Some documentation (stackdriver for ex) can be really confusing. Also for opening up port 80 firewall rule wasn't enough, you had to apply the http label (Haven't tested this recently)
radimm 10y ago
Yup. No more reserved instance nightmare and you can play with the custom instances a lot to optimize pricing (like low CPU/high mem etc). Overall it's much easier to predict than AWS. There are some aspects where documentation could be better. And obviously no managed Postgresql.
matt4077 10y ago
I'm very happy with them and believe it is cheaper, although it's hard to compare considering the explosion of services on both platforms. I initially chose them because I/O performance on gce was ahead by about factor 10 (may have been workload-specific, may have changed – this was about a year ago, may only apply to the smaller machine types with SSD I tested). I've also had a much easier time getting started, but my AWS experience may be out of date now. But both the web UI as well as the cli client are excellent. I also prefer google because of their excellent contributions to OSS, their advocacy for an open internet, their lack of sweatshop-warehouses, and their investments in hard problems. (and I know altruism may not be the motive, but still...)
- 0xmohit 10y ago
  their lack of sweatshop-warehouses You are now hitting below the belt.
  - matt4077 10y ago
    I admit writing that – if I were at Amazon – I'd spend the rest of the week making sure every future package to "that unfair guy on the internet" gets thrown against the wall an extra four times :) And, more seriously, I didn't want to imply that Amazon deserves any hate – they're probably a net positive for the world. And Google is no saint. Just that, on balance, I'm still more inclined to be loyal to the latter.
    - 0xmohit 10y ago
      To be fair, I'm indifferent which side you take. [I was perhaps amused to see it mentioned in the first place.]
merb 10y ago
Actually I don't think that Google Cloud is cheaper, their price model is just superior.
user5994461 10y ago
Google is 10 to 60% cheaper last I checked ;) They're not even playing in the same league.
- user5994461 10y ago
  After an in depth analysis: Google instances are 50% cheaper in average, your mileage may vary => http://imgur.com/g6Tz7K7 http://imgur.com/g6Tz7K7

boundlessdreamz 10y ago

Yeah. Love it. It's way cheaper than AWS because of automatic discounting if you use it for a full month. Performance, boot up time & the dashboard UI/UX is better. (Regarding performance and boot up time, my experience is a bit outdated so things might have changed) Downside: Some documentation (stackdriver for ex) can be really confusing. Also for opening up port 80 firewall rule wasn't enough, you had to apply the http label (Haven't tested this recently)

radimm 10y ago

Yup. No more reserved instance nightmare and you can play with the custom instances a lot to optimize pricing (like low CPU/high mem etc). Overall it's much easier to predict than AWS. There are some aspects where documentation could be better. And obviously no managed Postgresql.

matt4077 10y ago

I'm very happy with them and believe it is cheaper, although it's hard to compare considering the explosion of services on both platforms. I initially chose them because I/O performance on gce was ahead by about factor 10 (may have been workload-specific, may have changed – this was about a year ago, may only apply to the smaller machine types with SSD I tested). I've also had a much easier time getting started, but my AWS experience may be out of date now. But both the web UI as well as the cli client are excellent. I also prefer google because of their excellent contributions to OSS, their advocacy for an open internet, their lack of sweatshop-warehouses, and their investments in hard problems. (and I know altruism may not be the motive, but still...)

0xmohit 10y ago
their lack of sweatshop-warehouses You are now hitting below the belt.
- matt4077 10y ago
  I admit writing that – if I were at Amazon – I'd spend the rest of the week making sure every future package to "that unfair guy on the internet" gets thrown against the wall an extra four times :) And, more seriously, I didn't want to imply that Amazon deserves any hate – they're probably a net positive for the world. And Google is no saint. Just that, on balance, I'm still more inclined to be loyal to the latter.
  - 0xmohit 10y ago
    To be fair, I'm indifferent which side you take. [I was perhaps amused to see it mentioned in the first place.]

merb 10y ago

Actually I don't think that Google Cloud is cheaper, their price model is just superior.

user5994461 10y ago

Google is 10 to 60% cheaper last I checked ;) They're not even playing in the same league.

user5994461 10y ago
After an in depth analysis: Google instances are 50% cheaper in average, your mileage may vary => http://imgur.com/g6Tz7K7 http://imgur.com/g6Tz7K7