What is the difference between Aquanode and Google Cloud?

Aquanode and Google Cloud are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Aquanode or Google Cloud?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Aquanode and Google Cloud?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 36 different GPU models across both Aquanode and Google Cloud, with 0 models available from both providers.

Aquanode vs Google Cloud

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Aquanode and Google Cloud. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Aquanode GPUs

Google Cloud GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.35/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 36Both available: 8Aquanode: 35Google Cloud: 9

Showing 15 of 36 GPUs

Last updated: 10/15/2026, 7:25:39 PM

GPU Model ↑	Aquanode Price	Google Cloud Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$1.23/hr★ Best	$3.04/hr	↓$1.81(59.6%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode $1.23/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.81(59.6%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.65/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.65/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$8.79/hr	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$3.83(+77.4%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Aquanode $8.79/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$3.83(+77.4%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$2.19/hr★ Best	$4.86/hr 8x GPU	↓$2.67(54.9%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode $2.19/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.67(54.9%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$3.95/hr★ Best	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	↓$0.70(15.1%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Aquanode $3.95/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.70(15.1%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Aquanode	$9.89/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Aquanode $9.89/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
L4 24GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$0.65/hr	$0.32/hr★ Best	↑+$0.33(+104.0%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.65/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.33(+104.0%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.76/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.76/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.87/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.87/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode	$2.63/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode $2.63/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.16/hour Updated: 10/14/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.14/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.19/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.19/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.16/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$1.23/hr★ Best	$3.04/hr	↓$1.81(59.6%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode $1.23/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$1.81(59.6%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	Not Available	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Not Available Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.65/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
A40 48GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.65/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
B200 180GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$8.79/hr	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$3.83(+77.4%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Aquanode $8.79/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$3.83(+77.4%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$2.19/hr★ Best	$4.86/hr 8x GPU	↓$2.67(54.9%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Aquanode $2.19/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$2.67(54.9%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$3.95/hr★ Best	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	↓$0.70(15.1%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Aquanode $3.95/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/15/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.70(15.1%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Aquanode	$9.89/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Aquanode $9.89/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
L4 24GB VRAM • AquanodeGoogle Cloud	$0.65/hr	$0.32/hr★ Best	↑+$0.33(+104.0%)	Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.65/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.33(+104.0%) Aquanode GPU Price Index Google Cloud
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.76/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40 40GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.76/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.87/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
L40S 48GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.87/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode	$2.63/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Aquanode $2.63/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3060 Ti 8GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.16/hour Updated: 10/14/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.14/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3070 8GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.14/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.19/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3080 10GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.19/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Aquanode GPU Price Index
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • Aquanode $0.16/hour Updated: 10/15/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Aquanode GPU Price Index

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 13Both available: 0Aquanode: 0Google Cloud: 13

Showing 13 of 13 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/15/2026, 7:25:38 PM

Model ↑	Aquanode	Google Cloud	Input Diff ↕
Gemini 2.0 Flash Google	Not available	$0.150 in $0.600 out	—
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google	Not available	$0.075 in $0.300 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	Not available	$0.300 in $2.50 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google	Not available	$0.100 in $0.400 out	—
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	Not available	$1.25 in $10.00 out	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	Not available	$0.250 in $1.50 out	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	Not available	$2.00 in $12.00 out	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	Not available	$1.50 in $9.00 out	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	Not available	$0.300 in $2.50 out	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	Not available	$0.750 in $3.75 out	—
Gemini 4 Argon Google	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—

Features Comparison

Aquanode

Multi-provider GPU marketplace
One live marketplace over the providers Aquanode supports, so the same GPU model can be compared across offers before deploying. Each offer is tagged on-demand or preemptible.
Pods
An Environment (image and installed software) and a Volume (code, checkpoints, data) that persist while the rented machine is released, and can restart on a different GPU, provider or country.
Per-second billing
The machine is billed by the second only while it runs, with no minimum term; a stopped pod rents no machine.
Auto-stop
Opt-in per pod: an idle GPU gets a warning, then its environment and volume are captured and the machine is released.
Jobs
Run a command on a GPU to completion, with automatic retry on a different machine if a provider takes the original one away.
Teams and workspaces
Shared deployments, volumes, API keys and a credit balance owned by the team, with owner, admin and member roles.

Google Cloud

Compute Engine
Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless compute platform.
Cloud Run
Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.
Vertex AI
Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.
Spot VMs
Spare compute capacity at discounted Spot prices, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads that can be interrupted.

Pros & Cons

Aquanode

Advantages

Compares live offers for the same GPU model across several providers from one account and one balance
Billed per second with no minimum commitment, and a stopped pod does not rent a machine
Environment and volume persist across stops and can move to a different provider or region
Failover and automatic job retry on another machine if the chosen card is taken

Considerations

Capacity comes from third-party providers, so availability and network policy vary by offer
Marketplace rates are live minimums that can change between page loads
No spot bidding or committed-use reserved tier is offered

Google Cloud

Advantages

Flexible pricing options, including sustained use discounts
Strong AI and machine learning tools (Vertex AI)
Good integration with other Google services
Mature managed Kubernetes offering (GKE)

Considerations

Limited availability in some regions compared to AWS
Complexity in managing resources
Support can be costly

Compute Services

Aquanode

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

Offers customizable virtual machines running in Google's data centers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Managed Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.

Automated Kubernetes operations
Integration with Google Cloud services

Cloud Functions

Serverless compute platform for running code in response to events.

Automatic scaling and high availability
Pay only for the compute time consumed

Pricing Options

Aquanode

On-demand

Per-second billing while an instance runs, with no contract or minimum term

Preemptible

Lower-cost capacity from independent hosts, shown beside on-demand offers in the GPU Availability Index

Storage for pods

Environments and volumes are billed separately for the time they are held

Google Cloud

On-Demand

Pay for vCPUs, GPUs, and memory with a one-minute minimum and per-second billing thereafter, with no long-term commitments.

Sustained Use Discounts

Automatic discounts for running instances for a significant portion of the month.

Resource-based Committed Use Discounts

Discounted rates in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a minimum level of resource usage in a region, and combinable with reservations.

Compute Flexible Committed Use Discounts

Spend-based commitments that apply across eligible machine families and regions rather than to specific resources.

Spot VMs

Spare capacity at discounted Spot prices for fault-tolerant workloads that can be preempted.

Getting Started

Aquanode

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up in the Aquanode console and add credit to the account or team balance.
2
Choose a GPU
Browse live offers in the marketplace and pick a GPU model, provider and region.
3
Launch a pod
Start from a template such as JupyterLab or ComfyUI, or an empty box, and connect by browser terminal, SSH or the aq CLI.
4
Stop when idle
Stop the pod to release the machine and stop the hourly charge; the Environment and Volume are kept and can be started again on another provider.

Google Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a Google Cloud project
Set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.
2
Enable billing
Set up a billing account to pay for resource usage.
3
Choose a compute service
Select Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run based on your needs.
4
Create and configure an instance
Launch a VM instance, configure a Kubernetes cluster, or deploy a function/application.
5
Manage resources
Use the Cloud Console, command-line tools, or APIs to manage your resources.

Support & Global Availability

Aquanode

Global Regions

Capacity is listed across many countries in Europe, Asia and Oceania, varying with live supply. The regions page notes some regions, such as the United States and Canada, can show no listed capacity at a given time.

Support

Documentation at docs.aquanode.io, a Discord community, and a Book a demo / Contact Sales option on the website.

Google Cloud

Global Regions

40+ regions and 120+ zones worldwide.

Support

Role-based (free), Standard, Enhanced and Premium support plans. Comprehensive documentation, community forums, and training resources.