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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (93.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial
Google Compute Engine
Star Rating
(934)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (36.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 2 pricing plansKinsta
Star Rating
(1,331)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (93.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Browse all 3 pricing plansGoogle Compute Engine vs Kinsta
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Kinsta easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Kinsta overall.
- Reviewers felt that Kinsta meets the needs of their business better than Google Compute Engine.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Kinsta is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google Compute Engine over Kinsta.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Google 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
Kinsta
Single-site plans
Free Trial
Best if you have 1 site
- $300+ worth of premium features
- CDN and edge caching
- Enterprise-level security with Cloudflare
Free Trial
Google Compute Engine
Free Trial is available
Kinsta
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
497
9.5
977
Ease of Use
8.6
499
9.4
1,187
Ease of Setup
8.6
322
9.4
892
Ease of Admin
8.5
210
9.4
739
Quality of Support
8.4
459
9.7
978
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
202
9.5
734
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
475
9.2
948
Features by Category
Functionality
8.8
136
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
8.8
135
Not enough data
Management
8.3
135
Not enough data
8.9
135
Not enough data
8.7
133
Not enough data
8.9
135
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Cloud Management Platforms
8.0
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
Infrastructure Provision
8.7
176
Not enough data
8.4
174
Not enough data
8.5
167
Not enough data
7.8
159
Not enough data
8.6
166
Not enough data
9.2
177
Not enough data
8.3
162
Not enough data
8.7
174
Not enough data
Management
8.6
176
Not enough data
8.6
171
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
173
Not enough data
Performance
9.0
112
Not enough data
8.6
111
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
Functionality
8.7
109
Not enough data
8.6
108
Not enough data
8.6
107
Not enough data
9.1
111
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Server Virtualization
8.3
15
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
Automated resource scaling
8.6
118
Not enough data
8.9
117
Not enough data
Scaling strategies
8.4
120
Not enough data
8.4
119
Not enough data
Visualization
8.3
118
Not enough data
8.4
118
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
8.9
633
Not enough data
9.4
639
Not enough data
9.6
653
Not enough data
9.4
637
Not enough data
9.3
617
Security
Not enough data
9.5
646
Not enough data
9.3
626
Not enough data
9.1
603
Not enough data
9.0
586
Free Resources
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.6
636
Development
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
9.1
27
Database
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
9.5
27
Not enough data
9.5
28
Infrastructure
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.6
27
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Google Compute Engine and Kinsta share no categories
Unique Categories
Google Compute Engine is categorized as Cloud Management Platforms, Server Virtualization, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Auto Scaling
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Google Compute Engine
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Kinsta
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
20.4%
Computer Software
18.9%
Financial Services
6.5%
Computer & Network Security
4.2%
Marketing and Advertising
3.3%
Other
46.6%
Marketing and Advertising
11.9%
Computer Software
6.6%
Information Technology and Services
5.9%
Retail
5.1%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.5%
Other
66.9%
Discussions
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
MR
Google Compute Engine (GCE) is a component of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) that provides virtual machines (VMs) running in Google's data centers. It is an...Read more
Are there any feature rollouts upcoming?
1 Comment
FP
Thank you, Tim, for your suggestions! 🙌
We take note and consider every comment or observation regarding new or already existing features, and we're...Read more
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