It's not just Google cloud that's the problem here. It's using somebody else's computer. Now that you've learned your lesson, you need to run out and buy a nice

It's not just Google cloud that's the problem here. It's using somebody else's computer. Now that you've learned your lesson, you need to run out and buy a nice Threadripper and I guarantee it will run your whole workload eith enough juice to spare so when you're pulling 1 million paying visitors per day or whatever you'll still be able to run your whole operation on one machine. You may have to fire your "responsive" front end people but they'll kill your whole business sooner or later anyhow.