Compare Amazon EC2 and Google Compute Engine 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (40.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (36.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Pay As You Go Per Month
Amazon EC2
Star Rating
(1,190)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (40.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon EC2Google Compute Engine
Star Rating
(952)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Browse all 2 pricing plansAmazon EC2 vs Google Compute Engine
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Google Compute Engine easier to use and set up. However, Amazon EC2 is easier to administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Amazon EC2 overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon EC2 meets the needs of their business better than Google Compute Engine.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Amazon EC2 is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google Compute Engine over Amazon EC2.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon EC2
No pricing availableGoogle Compute Engine
Beyond Free Tier and Free Trial
Pay As You Go
Per Month
Pricing for Compute Engine is based on per-second usage of the machine types, persistent disks, and other resources that you select for your virtual machines.
- Compute Engine charges for usage based on the following price sheet: https://cloud.google.com/compute/all-pricing
Free Trial
Amazon EC2
Free Trial is available
Google Compute Engine
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
1,006
9.0
506
Ease of Use
8.6
1,013
8.7
508
Ease of Setup
8.5
538
8.6
333
Ease of Admin
8.7
478
8.6
213
Quality of Support
8.7
967
8.4
467
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
467
8.8
205
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
924
9.4
483
Features by Category
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.7
135
Not enough data
8.8
136
Management
Not enough data
8.3
135
Not enough data
8.9
136
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
8.9
135
Agentic AI - Cloud Management Platforms
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
8.3
14
Infrastructure Provision
9.3
197
8.8
174
8.9
180
8.4
173
8.7
166
8.5
164
8.1
141
7.9
157
9.1
165
8.7
165
9.4
208
9.2
179
8.8
157
8.3
159
9.0
185
8.8
176
Management
8.8
207
8.6
174
8.6
186
8.7
170
8.8
181
8.5
176
Functionality
9.2
189
8.9
173
Performance
Not enough data
9.0
115
Not enough data
8.6
110
Not enough data
8.5
109
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
109
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.7
110
Not enough data
9.1
114
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.3
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Automated resource scaling
Not enough data
8.6
116
Not enough data
8.9
118
Scaling strategies
Not enough data
8.3
117
Not enough data
8.4
116
Visualization
Not enough data
8.3
115
Not enough data
8.4
116
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
9.2
6
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon EC2 and Google Compute Engine are categorized as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Unique Categories
Amazon EC2 is categorized as AWS Marketplace
Google Compute Engine is categorized as Cloud Management Platforms, Server Virtualization, and Auto Scaling
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon EC2
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google Compute Engine
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
25.4%
Computer Software
23.6%
Computer & Network Security
3.6%
Financial Services
3.0%
Internet
2.9%
Other
41.3%
Information Technology and Services
20.7%
Computer Software
19.0%
Financial Services
6.5%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Marketing and Advertising
3.2%
Other
46.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Amazon EC2 used for?
5 Comments
MN
Amazon EC2 is basically like a VM. You can build your VM in the cloud and you can do most of the tasks that you are supposed to do with a VM. The advantage...Read more
What are the benefits of using Amazon EC2 ?
5 Comments
SD
What is your question?
There are many benefits to using cloud computing (not just AWS, but Azure, GCP, or other services like Heroku, Redshift, etc), but...Read more
What is the easy way to creat a GUI instance just like creating normal instance
4 Comments
KM
Have you tried the Windows Instances?Read more
What does Google Compute Engine do?
4 Comments
IC
You can deploy a VM instance within minutes via the Google Compute Engine, connect to your instance via SSH, and monitor metrics like CPU, Network, Memory...Read more
What is Google Compute Engine used for?
2 Comments
MV
Virtual machine implementation in the CloudRead more
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