Google Cloud pricing
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Strong data and ML services and a genuinely useful always-free e2-micro VM, but standard internet egress is the most expensive of the big three.
Data as of June 2026.
Google Cloud pricing at a glance
| What | Price |
|---|---|
| Object storage | $0.02/GB-mo (Cloud Storage Standard) |
| Egress to internet | $0.12/GB |
| Cheapest VM | $0 (free tier) (e2-micro (free tier) / e2-small) |
| Managed Postgres | $9.00/mo (db-f1-micro shared / 1 vCPU 3.75 GB) |
Vendor pricing as of June 2026 — estimate, verify on the provider pricing page. List prices change frequently and vary by region.
Object storage tiers
| Storage tier | $/GB-month |
|---|---|
| Standard (regional) | $0.02/GB |
| Nearline | $0.01/GB |
| Coldline | $0.004/GB |
Source: Google Cloud pricing. Data as of June 2026.
Class A ops $0.005/1k; Class B $0.0004/1k. 5 GB-month always-free in US regions.
Egress / data transfer
Internet egress: $0.12/GB. Internet egress ~$0.12/GB for the first 1 TB to most destinations, tapering at scale. 1 GB/mo free general egress on the always-free tier. See the full egress comparison.
Compute / VPS plans
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| e2-micro 0.25-1 GB (always-free, 1 region) | 2 | 1 GB | $0 (free tier) |
| e2-micro on-demand | 2 | 1 GB | $7.00/mo |
| e2-small | 2 | 2 GB | $13.00/mo |
Source: Google Cloud pricing. Data as of June 2026.
One e2-micro VM per month always-free in us-west1/us-central1/us-east1 (plus 30 GB disk, 1 GB egress).
Managed Postgres
Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL — from $9.00/mo (db-f1-micro shared / 1 vCPU 3.75 GB). Shared-core db-f1-micro from ~$9/mo + storage; production tiers cost more. AlloyDB is the premium option. See the Postgres comparison.
Compare GCP with others
$0.023/GB-mo storage
Microsoft Azure$0.018/GB-mo storage
Cloudflare$0.015/GB-mo storage
Backblaze$0.006/GB-mo storage
Wasabi$0.0069/GB-mo storage
DigitalOcean$0.02/GB-mo storage
Frequently asked questions
How much does GCP object storage cost?
Google Cloud's Cloud Storage Standard costs $0.02/GB-month (~$20.00/TB). Egress to the internet is $0.12/GB. Class A ops $0.005/1k; Class B $0.0004/1k. 5 GB-month always-free in US regions.
Does GCP charge for egress?
Yes. Google Cloud charges about $0.12/GB for internet egress. Internet egress ~$0.12/GB for the first 1 TB to most destinations, tapering at scale. 1 GB/mo free general egress on the always-free tier.
What is the cheapest GCP VM?
Google Cloud's cheapest small VM is the e2-micro (free tier) / e2-small from $0 (free tier). One e2-micro VM per month always-free in us-west1/us-central1/us-east1 (plus 30 GB disk, 1 GB egress).
How much is managed Postgres on GCP?
Google Cloud's Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL starts at about $9.00/mo for the db-f1-micro shared / 1 vCPU 3.75 GB. Shared-core db-f1-micro from ~$9/mo + storage; production tiers cost more. AlloyDB is the premium option.
Source
All figures are Google Cloud's published list prices captured June 2026 from its pricing page. Prices change frequently and vary by region — confirm before you commit spend. See our methodology. All figures are estimates, not quotes.
Last updated: 2026-06-18