Google Cloud vs Azure: Price Comparison

Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure are two of the three major hyperscalers. GCP often wins on committed-use discounts, while Azure integrates tightly with Windows and enterprise tools. Compare their standard on-demand prices below.

Provider	Instance	vCPUs	RAM	Storage	Region	Price/mo
Azure	Standard_B1lsBest Price	1	0.5 GB	EBS	eastus	$3.80
Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	EBS	centralindia	$4.09
Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	EBS	westeurope	$4.38
Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	EBS	westus2	$3.80
Azure	Standard_B1ls	1	0.5 GB	EBS	southeastasia	$4.82
GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	EBS	us-central1	$6.11
GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	EBS	us-east1	$6.11
GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	EBS	asia-south1	$6.11
GCP	e2-micro	1	1 GB	EBS	europe-west1	$6.11
Azure	Standard_B2pts_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	westeurope	$7.01
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	westus2	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	eastus	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B1s	1	1 GB	EBS	westus2	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B1s	1	1 GB	EBS	eastus	$7.59
Azure	Standard_B1s	1	1 GB	EBS	centralindia	$8.18
Azure	Standard_B2ats_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	southeastasia	$8.61
Azure	Standard_B1s	1	1 GB	EBS	westeurope	$8.76
Azure	Standard_B2ts_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	southeastasia	$9.64
Azure	Standard_B1s	1	1 GB	EBS	southeastasia	$9.64
Azure	Standard_B2pts_v2	2	8 GB	EBS	centralindia	$10.80