I don't really see a fundamental difference except that Google's offering is more opaque and less flexible. Instead of "your instance got killed, but you can re

I don't really see a fundamental difference except that Google's offering is more opaque and less flexible. Instead of "your instance got killed, but you can restart it if you're willing to pay $x/hour", you get "your instance got killed, tough luck." EC2's spot market fluctuates based on supply and demand, and there's no reason to think the same forces won't apply to GCE.