Google Cloud vs Kamatera

Google Cloud is strongest for enterprises. Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Google Cloud	Kamatera
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$0.05/mo
Best for	Enterprises Data & AI/ML workloads Kubernetes-native teams BigQuery/analytics-heavy stacks	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.95%
Storage	SSD	NVME
Regions	40	20
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community, Phone (paid support tiers)	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)
Compliance	SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, HIPAA (BAA available), GDPR, FedRAMP (select services)	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	Network egress to internet billed per-GB and rises past free tier (200 GiB/month egress to certain destinations) Sustained-use and committed-use discounts are separate mechanisms and easy to miss when comparing to flat-rate competitors Custom machine types carry a 5% premium over predefined machine type pricing GKE charges a $0.10/hour cluster management fee per cluster (Standard and Autopilot alike) Cloud SQL high-availability configuration doubles vCPU, memory, and persistent disk costs Nearline/Coldline/Archive storage classes carry early-deletion minimum storage durations (30/90/365 days) and per-GB retrieval fees	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18