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Compute Engine · $6.11/mo (1 GB RAM, 2 vCPU)
Google Cloud e2-micro at $6.11/mo is significantly more expensive than most comparable 1GB RAM / 1 vCPU alternatives, and you'll face steep hidden costs (egress billing, sustained-use discount complexity, GKE cluster fees). Several providers offer similar or better specs at $2-4/mo with flatter pricing, though most have renewal-price traps you must factor in.
2GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 50GB NVMe SSD, unmetered bandwidth, and root SSH access for $2.09/mo—better specs and no egress billing.
Caveat: Renewal jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo after intro term; requires 36-month contract for lowest price.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB Standard SSD, and 99.999% SLA (vs Google's implicit lower SLA) for $3.5/mo with no egress surprises.
Caveat: Backup add-ons are percentage surcharges (10-60% of server cost); Fair Transfer Policy may still trigger overage charges.
1GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20GB SSD, 1TB transfer, and unmanaged root access for $3.88/mo—straightforward pricing with no per-GB egress.
Caveat: Renewal pricing substantially higher; management add-ons ($10-25/mo) required if you need hands-on support.
512MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10GB SSD, 500GB transfer, and 99.99% SLA for $4/mo—simpler pricing model than Google Cloud with transparent $0.01/GB overage.
Caveat: Lower RAM (512MB vs 1GB); bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB if you exceed 500GB/mo.
Before you switch
| Vultr | Cloud Compute · Regular 1vCPU/0.5GB | $2.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Shared Hosting · Core | $2.99/mo | 512 MB RAM, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Fly.io | Machines (Shared CPU) · shared-cpu-1x - 512MB | $3.32/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| AWS Lightsail | Virtual Servers · GP 0.5GB (Linux, IPv6) | $3.5/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| UpCloud | Cloud Servers - Starter · STARTER-1xCPU-1GB | $3.5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB Standard SSD | Visit |
| Microsoft Azure | Virtual Machines · B1ls | $3.8/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Spark | $3.88/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB SSD | Visit |
| DigitalOcean | Droplets · Basic 512MB | $4/mo | 512 MB RAM, 1 vCPU, 10 GB SSD | Visit |
| Kamatera | Cloud VMs · Type A base (Availability, 1 vCPU/1GB) | $4/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 20 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Alibaba Cloud | Simple Application Server · economy-e-2c-0.5g | $4.55/mo | 512 MB RAM, 2 vCPU, 40 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS S+ | $5/mo | 2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 90 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Liquid Web | VPS Hosting · Compute 1 | $5/mo | 1 GB RAM, 1 vCPU, 30 GB SSD | Visit |
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