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Compute Engine · $1143.22/mo (120 GB RAM, 30 vCPU)
Google Cloud's c2-standard-30 at $1143.22/mo is significantly overpriced for the specs. Multiple dedicated server and VPS providers offer 16-24 vCPU and 64-128GB RAM for $40-$250/mo with unlimited or very high traffic allowances, making them 4-28x cheaper. The Google plan's hidden costs (egress fees, commitment discounts, GKE cluster fees) and lack of included bandwidth make it poor value for most workloads.
16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 500GB SSD, unlimited traffic for $39.96/mo - roughly 1/28th the price of the Google plan with comparable CPU/RAM and no per-GB egress charges.
Caveat: Price is locked to 24-month prepaid term; shorter terms cost significantly more; fair usage policy can throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage.
16 AMD EPYC vCPU, 64GB RAM, 750GB NVMe, unlimited traffic for $72.52/mo - better CPU generation and storage than the base VPS at still 1/16th the Google price.
Caveat: 24-month prepaid term required for quoted price; fair usage policy applies to unlimited traffic.
16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 960GB NVMe, 2TB free egress pool, 99.99% SLA for $90/mo - includes data transfer allowance that Google charges per-GB for.
Caveat: Egress beyond 2TB is tiered at $0.036/GB; renewal pricing after contract can be 2-6x higher if promotional rate applied.
16-core AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, 128-192GB DDR5 ECC RAM, up to 3.84TB NVMe, 20TB traffic included for $99/mo - bare-metal performance at 1/11th the Google price.
Caveat: Price not confirmed (placeholder); 79 EUR setup fee applies; traffic overages billed per GB; VAT excluded from listed price.
16 ARM Ampere OCPU, 96GB RAM, flexible shape, 99.95% SLA for $140.16/mo - cloud-native alternative with higher RAM and no per-GB egress to internet.
Caveat: Block Volume performance (VPU) billed separately; Enhanced OKE clusters add $0.10/hour control-plane fee; Archive Storage has 90-day minimum retention.
Before you switch
| Hetzner | Dedicated Root Servers (AX line) · AX102 | $99/mo | 128 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 3840 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 16 OCPU / 96GB | $140.16/mo | 96 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| GoDaddy | VPS Hosting · 16 vCPU / 64 GB | $149.99/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Liquid Web | Dedicated Servers · Intel Xeon 6226R (entry, 1yr term, Linux) | $167.5/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD (RAID-1) | Visit |
| Scaleway | Virtual Instances · BASIC2-A16C-64G | $201.18/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Managed cPanel) · Managed cPanel 64GB | $207.92/mo | 64 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 800 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Contabo | Dedicated Servers · AMD Genoa 24 Cores | $214.92/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 2048 GB SSD (2x1TB) | Visit |
| Bluehost | Dedicated Servers · Enhanced NVMe 64 | $217.19/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 2000 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | Dedicated Servers · Intel Tier 2 | $249/mo | 64 GB RAM, 1000 GB NVMe RAID1 | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD vCPU Servers · 16 vCPU / 64 GB preset | $251.28/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU | Visit |
| Leaseweb | Dedicated Servers · Dell R7525 | $276.33/mo | 128 GB RAM, 24 vCPU, 1920 GB SSD | Visit |
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 16vCPU/64GB | $320/mo | 64 GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 1280 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
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