Google Cloud vs RunPod
RunPod is cheaper on 5 of the 6 GPUs both providers list with on-demand pricing, verified 2026-09-04. Google Cloud still wins on one, its best case being the RTX PRO 6000 at $1.10 vs $2.09. Platform facts come from each provider's own documentation.
Price per GPU, side by side (2026-09-04)
| GPU (on-demand $/hr) | Google Cloud | RunPod | Price diff |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | not offered | $0.25 | – |
| RTX A5000 | not offered | $0.27 | – |
| Tesla T4 | $0.35 | not offered | – |
| L4 | $0.56 | $0.49 | -$0.07 (-12.5%) RunPod |
| A40 | not offered | $0.49 | – |
| RTX 3090 | not offered | $0.50 | – |
| RTX A6000 | not offered | $0.53 | – |
| RTX PRO 4500 | not offered | $0.72 | – |
| RTX 4090 | not offered | $0.74 | – |
| L40 | not offered | $0.82 | – |
| RTX 6000 Ada | not offered | $0.84 | – |
| RTX 5090 | not offered | $0.99 | – |
| L40S | not offered | $1.09 | – |
| RTX PRO 6000 | $1.10 | $2.09 | -$0.99 (-47.6%) Google Cloud |
| A100 | $2.93 | $1.59 | -$1.34 (-45.8%) RunPod |
| MI300X | not offered | $2.39 | – |
| Tesla V100 | $2.48 | not offered | – |
| H100 | $9.80 | $2.89 | -$6.91 (-70.5%) RunPod |
| H200 | $9.31 | $3.79 | -$5.52 (-59.3%) RunPod |
| B200 | $16.11 | $6.79 | -$9.32 (-57.9%) RunPod |
| B300 | not offered | $7.89 | – |
Cheapest verified on-demand rate per side from today's snapshot; highlighted = cheaper. Price diff is the absolute and percent saving on the cheaper side (named), relative to the higher price; – means one side does not offer that GPU on-demand. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
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Platform facts
| Google Cloud | RunPod | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing increment | not published | per-second |
| Egress | not published | free |
| Storage /GB-mo | not published | $0.10/GB/month volume disk; $0.07/GB/month network volume under 1TB |
| Spot offered | not published | not published |
| Reserved offered | not published | yes self-serve |
| Notebook support | not published | templates |
From each provider's documentation, verified 2026-07-07; sources on the fees matrix and enterprise matrix.
FAQ
RunPod is cheaper on 5 of the 6 GPUs both providers offer, verified 2026-09-04. The other is cheaper on the rest, so the right pick depends on the specific GPU you need.
The B200: $6.79 per GPU-hour on RunPod vs $16.11 on Google Cloud, a difference of $9.32 per hour, verified 2026-09-04.
Google Cloud lists 2 GPUs with on-demand pricing that RunPod does not: Tesla T4, Tesla V100. RunPod lists 13 that Google Cloud does not: RTX A4000, RTX A5000, A40, RTX 3090, RTX A6000, RTX PRO 4500 and 7 more.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.