Google CloudvsAWS

Platform62

Platform58

Score Comparison

Overall

Pricing

Usability

Performance

Support

Reliability

Onboarding

Security

Integrations

Google CloudAWS

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Google Cloud

Billing surprises even with credits(9/10)
Data egress and networking costs surprise users(8/10)
Free tier extremely limited compared to AWS(6/10)

AWS

Unpredictable billing with surprise charges(9/10)
Free tier traps - Aurora, RDS, and Elastic IP charges(8/10)
Data egress fees add up quickly(8/10)
Cost optimization requires dedicated expertise(7/10)

Support

Google Cloud

Impossible to reach human support(9/10)
Support slow with wait times(7/10)

AWS

Enterprise Support required - $5,000+/month minimum(9/10)
Basic support is documentation-only(7/10)

Reliability

Google Cloud

June 2025 global outage - 6 hours downtime(10/10)
Account suspension causes data loss risk(9/10)

AWS

Major October 2025 outage - 15 hours downtime(10/10)
US-East-1 single point of failure for many services(8/10)

Usability

Google Cloud

Steep learning curve and overwhelming complexity(7/10)
Console interface slow and laggy(5/10)

AWS

Overwhelming complexity with 260+ services(8/10)
IAM policies are complex and error-prone(8/10)
Console slow and difficult to navigate(6/10)

Integrations

Google Cloud

DevOps tooling less mature than competitors(6/10)

AWS

No signals

Customization

Google Cloud

Cloud Functions single-file code limitation(5/10)

AWS

No signals

Performance

Google Cloud

Cold start latency affects serverless performance(5/10)

AWS

No signals

Security

Google Cloud

No signals

AWS

Unauthorized charges from compromised credentials(9/10)

Pricing Comparison

Google Cloud

Free Trial ($300 credits)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: As credits allow

Limits: 90-day expiration, some services not eligible, GPU/TPU restrictions may apply

Credits may be ignored while charges still apply per some reports, no warnings before credit exhaustion

Always Free Tier

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB Cloud Storage

Limits: Extremely limited compared to AWS Free Tier, e2-micro only, US-west1/central1/east1 only

Very limited - most services not included, egress beyond 1GB charged, only US regions free

Compute Engine (e2-micro)

Popular

$7.67/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Separate

Limits: Shared vCPU, basic support only, limited for production

Egress $0.12/GB (first 10TB), storage extra, premium images cost more

Premium Support

$12500/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Very expensive, Essential/Standard support with longer response times also available

Minimum $12,500/mo or 4% of spend (whichever higher), required for SLA guarantees

AWS

Free Tier (12 months)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB S3, 30GB EBS

Limits: 12-month limit, only specific instance types, basic support only (documentation)

Aurora NOT included, Elastic IPs charged when stopped, data egress fees, many services NOT free tier eligible

EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro)

Popular

$7.49/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Shared tenancy, basic support unless upgraded

EBS storage extra, data egress $0.09/GB, EBS snapshots, CloudWatch logs, NAT Gateway if needed

EC2 On-Demand (t3.medium)

$30.37/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Each service billed separately

All infrastructure costs extra: load balancers, databases, storage

Enterprise Support

$5000/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Required for production SLAs, Developer/Business support discontinued Dec 2025

Minimum $5,000/mo or % of AWS spend, additional for premium services

Feature Comparison

Feature	Google Cloud	AWS
Infrastructure
Compute Engine (VMs)
Compute (EC2) Industry-leading
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Best-in-class
Kubernetes (EKS)
40+ Global Regions
33 Global Regions
Storage
Object Storage (S3) 11 9s durability
Cloud Storage
Databases
Managed Databases (RDS) Multiple engines
Analytics
BigQuery Industry-leading
Compute
Serverless (Lambda)
Cloud Functions Cold start issues
AI
Vertex AI / Gemini Leading AI platform
AI/ML Services (Bedrock)
TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) Unique to Google
Security
90+ Compliance Certifications
Support
Free Technical Support Paid plans required
DevOps
DevOps/CI-CD Tools Less mature than competitors
Pricing
Simple Pricing Notoriously complex

Signals Comparison

Pricing

Google Cloud

Billing surprises even with credits(9/10)
Data egress and networking costs surprise users(8/10)
Free tier extremely limited compared to AWS(6/10)

AWS

Unpredictable billing with surprise charges(9/10)
Free tier traps - Aurora, RDS, and Elastic IP charges(8/10)
Data egress fees add up quickly(8/10)
Cost optimization requires dedicated expertise(7/10)

Support

Google Cloud

Impossible to reach human support(9/10)
Support slow with wait times(7/10)

AWS

Enterprise Support required - $5,000+/month minimum(9/10)
Basic support is documentation-only(7/10)

Reliability

Google Cloud

June 2025 global outage - 6 hours downtime(10/10)
Account suspension causes data loss risk(9/10)

AWS

Major October 2025 outage - 15 hours downtime(10/10)
US-East-1 single point of failure for many services(8/10)

Usability

Google Cloud

Steep learning curve and overwhelming complexity(7/10)
Console interface slow and laggy(5/10)

AWS

Overwhelming complexity with 260+ services(8/10)
IAM policies are complex and error-prone(8/10)
Console slow and difficult to navigate(6/10)

Integrations

Google Cloud

DevOps tooling less mature than competitors(6/10)

AWS

No signals

Customization

Google Cloud

Cloud Functions single-file code limitation(5/10)

AWS

No signals

Performance

Google Cloud

Cold start latency affects serverless performance(5/10)

AWS

No signals

Security

Google Cloud

No signals

AWS

Unauthorized charges from compromised credentials(9/10)

Pricing Comparison

Google Cloud

Free Trial ($300 credits)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: As credits allow

Limits: 90-day expiration, some services not eligible, GPU/TPU restrictions may apply

Credits may be ignored while charges still apply per some reports, no warnings before credit exhaustion

Always Free Tier

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB Cloud Storage

Limits: Extremely limited compared to AWS Free Tier, e2-micro only, US-west1/central1/east1 only

Very limited - most services not included, egress beyond 1GB charged, only US regions free

Compute Engine (e2-micro)

Popular

$7.67/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: Separate

Limits: Shared vCPU, basic support only, limited for production

Egress $0.12/GB (first 10TB), storage extra, premium images cost more

Premium Support

$12500/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Very expensive, Essential/Standard support with longer response times also available

Minimum $12,500/mo or 4% of spend (whichever higher), required for SLA guarantees

AWS

Free Tier (12 months)

Free

Users: N/A

Storage: 5GB S3, 30GB EBS

Limits: 12-month limit, only specific instance types, basic support only (documentation)

Aurora NOT included, Elastic IPs charged when stopped, data egress fees, many services NOT free tier eligible

EC2 On-Demand (t3.micro)

Popular

$7.49/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Shared tenancy, basic support unless upgraded

EBS storage extra, data egress $0.09/GB, EBS snapshots, CloudWatch logs, NAT Gateway if needed

EC2 On-Demand (t3.medium)

$30.37/mo

Users: N/A

Storage: EBS separate

Limits: Each service billed separately

All infrastructure costs extra: load balancers, databases, storage

Enterprise Support

$5000/mo

Users: Unlimited

Storage: N/A

Limits: Required for production SLAs, Developer/Business support discontinued Dec 2025

Minimum $5,000/mo or % of AWS spend, additional for premium services

Feature Comparison

Feature	Google Cloud	AWS
Infrastructure
Compute Engine (VMs)
Compute (EC2) Industry-leading
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Best-in-class
Kubernetes (EKS)
40+ Global Regions
33 Global Regions
Storage
Object Storage (S3) 11 9s durability
Cloud Storage
Databases
Managed Databases (RDS) Multiple engines
Analytics
BigQuery Industry-leading
Compute
Serverless (Lambda)
Cloud Functions Cold start issues
AI
Vertex AI / Gemini Leading AI platform
AI/ML Services (Bedrock)
TPUs (Tensor Processing Units) Unique to Google
Security
90+ Compliance Certifications
Support
Free Technical Support Paid plans required
DevOps
DevOps/CI-CD Tools Less mature than competitors
Pricing
Simple Pricing Notoriously complex