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Pricing comparison: The smallest GCE instance (2.75 compute units, 3.75 GB) should be compared to the medium sized EC2 instance (2 units, 3.75GB memory). That'
by blo 14y ago
Pricing comparison: The smallest GCE instance (2.75 compute units, 3.75 GB) should be compared to the medium sized EC2 instance (2 units, 3.75GB memory).
That's $0.145/hr GCE vs. $0.16/hr EC2 vs. $0.077/hr EC2 (heavy reserved 1 yr full time), so the pricing is competitive with Amazon - especially given the extra 0.75 compute units.
The only unknown is whether the compute units are equivalent - the docs only say they are Sandy Bridge-based Intel CPUs.
- ntkachov 14y agoMy guess is that an GCEU is about the same a single core 1.5ghz proc. Slightly more than amazon.
- mtgx 14y agoIt's more like extra 0.9-1.0 compute, since the prices aren't exactly equal. So that's indeed 50% more compute compared to Amazon, just like they said at the keynote.
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- okrasz 14y agoYou should try comparing cloud computing services with http://www.cloudorado.com/ http://www.cloudorado.com/ . It calculates price for specified resources from multiple providers. And for CPU comparison based on the same benchmark across all providers, so it is using the same unit.