Yeah, the Compute Engine offerings are clearly lined up against EC2, and the pricing is a bit cheaper. Still, it seems like a fairly niche product; Google sugg

Yeah, the Compute Engine offerings are clearly lined up against EC2, and the pricing is a bit cheaper. Still, it seems like a fairly niche product; Google suggests workloads like video encoding or scientific computing. By cutting out that lower ~$60/month tier, it's less attractive for many things people have used EC2 for.