What is the difference between Google Cloud and Impossible Cloud?

Google Cloud and Impossible 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: Google Cloud or Impossible 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 Google Cloud and Impossible 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 10 different GPU models across both Google Cloud and Impossible Cloud, with 0 models available from both providers.

Google Cloud vs Impossible Cloud

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

Google Cloud

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Google Cloud GPUs

Impossible Cloud GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.96/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 10Both available: 2Google Cloud: 5Impossible Cloud: 7

Showing 10 of 10 GPUs

Last updated: 9/24/2026, 3:28:30 PM

GPU Model ↑	Google Cloud Price	Impossible Cloud Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudImpossible Cloud	$4.95/hr 8x GPU	$4.21/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.74(+17.7%)	Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Impossible Cloud $4.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.74(+17.7%) Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
GB300 576GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$10.00/hr★ Best 72x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
GB300 576GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $10.00/hour 72x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$2.09/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $2.09/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$2.87/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $2.87/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudImpossible Cloud	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$3.48/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$1.17(+33.7%)	Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Impossible Cloud $3.48/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.17(+33.7%) Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$4.32/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $4.32/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.60/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.60/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$1.14/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $1.14/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.77/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.77/hour Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google CloudImpossible Cloud	$4.95/hr 8x GPU	$4.21/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$0.74(+17.7%)	Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Impossible Cloud $4.21/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.74(+17.7%) Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
GB300 576GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$10.00/hr★ Best 72x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
GB300 576GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $10.00/hour 72x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$2.09/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 PCIe 80GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $2.09/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$2.87/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $2.87/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google CloudImpossible Cloud	$4.65/hr 8x GPU	$3.48/hr★ Best 8x GPU	↑+$1.17(+33.7%)	Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 Impossible Cloud $3.48/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.17(+33.7%) Google Cloud Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$4.32/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $4.32/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.60/hr★ Best 4x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.60/hour 4x GPU configuration Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
L40S 48GB VRAM • Impossible Cloud	Not Available	$1.14/hr★ Best 2x GPU	—	Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Impossible Cloud $1.14/hour 2x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Impossible Cloud GPU offers feed
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.77/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.77/hour Updated: 9/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

LLM API Pricing Comparison

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

Showing 13 of 13 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 9/24/2026, 3:28:30 PM

Model ↑	Google Cloud	Impossible Cloud	Input Diff ↕
Gemini 2.0 Flash Google	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google	$0.075 in $0.300 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google	$0.100 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	$1.25 in $10.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Google	$0.500 in $3.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	$0.250 in $1.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	$2.00 in $12.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	$1.50 in $9.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

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.

Impossible Cloud

Bare Metal GPU Clusters
Dedicated NVIDIA systems without virtualization, from 2-GPU PCIe servers to 8-GPU SXM nodes and GB300 NVL72 racks, with InfiniBand or RoCE interconnect on larger clusters.
Published Term Pricing
Each listed cluster shows a per-GPU-hour rate for every available contract term, from one month to 60 months, along with region, node count and availability date.
Public Pricing Feed
The GPU offer list is published as an unauthenticated JSON feed, regenerated daily.
S3-Compatible Object Storage
Object storage compatible with the AWS S3 API, with no egress or API-call fees and no minimum storage duration.
Managed Inference
OpenAI-compatible inference endpoints for open-weight models (DeepSeek, Qwen, Kimi, GLM, gpt-oss, Nemotron), billed per million tokens; currently in early access.
Compliance
Headquartered in Germany with ISO 27001 certification and GDPR-aligned data handling in European data centers.

Pros & Cons

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

Impossible Cloud

Advantages

Per-GPU-hour rates published for every listed cluster and contract term
GPU compute and S3 object storage from one provider, so data and compute can sit in the same region
Dedicated bare metal hardware without virtualization
German headquarters and European data residency options

Considerations

No on-demand hourly rate; all GPU capacity is sold on committed terms
Many listed clusters have a future availability date rather than immediate capacity
Some listings show region, configuration or node count only on request

Compute Services

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

Impossible Cloud

Pricing Options

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.

Impossible Cloud

Committed GPU Terms

Per-GPU-hour rates for contract terms from one month to 60 months; longer terms carry lower rates.

Storage Pay-as-you-go

Object storage billed per TB per month with no egress or API-call fees.

Storage Reserved Capacity

Discounted per-TB storage pricing for 1, 3 and 5 year capacity commitments, sold through partners.

Per-Token Inference

Managed inference billed per million tokens, with rates provided on request during early access.

Getting Started

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.

Impossible Cloud

Get Started

1
Browse Available Clusters
Filter the bare metal GPU listings by GPU model, region and contract term.
2
Request a Quote
Request a listed cluster or a custom configuration; quotes are sent by email.
3
Agree Term and Deployment
Confirm the contract term, region and start date for the cluster.
4
Manage in the Console
Use the Impossible Cloud management console for GPU servers and storage.

Support & Global Availability

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.

Impossible Cloud

Global Regions

GPU clusters listed in EU, US and APAC regions; object storage in European and US data centers

Support

Customer support portal, knowledge base and documentation; regional consultants for quotes and deployment.