Google Cloud vs Northflank
As of , Northflank lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand; Google Cloud wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Google Cloud $3.93 (us-central1) vs Northflank $1.76 per GPU-hour on-demand — Northflank is $2.17 (55%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Google Cloud and Northflank, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Google Cloud | Northflank | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $3.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.76 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.17 (55%) | Northflank |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $2.93 us-central1 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.42 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.51 (52%) | Northflank |
| NVIDIA L4 | $0.56 us-east4 · GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.80 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 (30%) | Google Cloud |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Google Cloud | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.40 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.31 captured | — |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Google Cloud $3.93 (us-central1) vs Northflank $1.76 per GPU-hour on-demand — Northflank is $2.17 (55%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Google Cloud $2.93 (us-central1) vs Northflank $1.42 per GPU-hour on-demand — Northflank is $1.51 (52%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: Google Cloud $0.56 (us-east4) vs Northflank $0.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — Google Cloud is $0.24 (30%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: