TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Compute Engine

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) product from Google Cloud. It provides virtual machines with carbon-neutral infrastructure which run on the same data centers that Google itself uses.

    $0

    per month GB

    v0 by Vercel

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/Av0 is a prompt-based application builder from Vercel for generating, editing, and deploying full-stack web applications. The product accepts natural-language requests to create code, user interfaces, prototypes, and production-ready projects, with deployment and pull-request workflows built into the same environment.

    $30

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Editions & Modules
    Preemptible Price - Predefined Memory
    0.000892 / GB
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.001907 / GB
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined Memory
    $0.002669 / GB
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined Memory
    $0.004237 / GB
    Hour
    Preemptible Price - Predefined vCPUs
    0.006655 / vCPU
    Hour
    Three-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.014225 / CPU
    Hour
    One-year commitment price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.019915 / vCPU
    Hour
    On-demand price - Predefined vCPUS
    $0.031611 / vCPU
    Hour
    Team
    $30
    per month per user
    Business
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPrices vary according to region (i.e US central, east, & west time zones). Google Compute Engine also offers a discounted rate for a 1 & 3 year commitment.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    VERCEL
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    45 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google Compute Engine and v0 by Vercel
    Feature
    Google Compute Engine
    8.0
    66 Ratings
    3% below category average
    v0 by Vercel
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling7.861 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing9.354 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates9.463 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools3.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images9.465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support8.366 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Small Businesses
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
    Score9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (66 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.6
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (29 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Compute Enginev0 by Vercel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    You can use Google Cloud Compute Engine as an option to configure your Gitlab, GitHub, and Azure DevOps self-hosted runners. This allows full control and management of your runners rather than using the default runners, which you cannot manage. Additionally, they can be used as a workspace, which you can provide to the employees, where they can test their workloads or use them as a local host and then deploy to the actual production-grade instance.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    Vercel can generate large codebases in a single go, which is really helpful. Vercel can build really good web apps in Next.js. It also lets you add large project ZIP files in the chatbox, giving it context for the whole codebase. It can build and debug JavaScript code very efficiently, and it's also very easy to connect it to GitHub and publish the changes.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    Google
    • Scaling - whether it's traffic spikes or just steady growth, Google Compute Engine's auto-scaling makes sure we've got the compute power we need without any manual juggling acts
    • Load balancing - Keeping things smooth with that load balancing across multiple VMs, so our users don't have to deal with slow load times or downtime even when things get crazy busy
    • Customizability - Mix and match configs for CPU, RAM, storage and whatnot to suit our specific app needs
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Cons
    Google
    • Built-in monitoring via Stackdriver is quite expensive for what it provides.
    • Initially provided quotas (ie. max compute units one can use) are very low and it took several requests to get an appropriate amount.
    • Support on GCE is limited to their knowledge base and forums. For more hands-on support provided by Google, you must pay for their Premium services.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    • Currently, v0 can't connect to any payment gateways, and even if it could, the generated code is buggy for those gateways.
    • V0 cannot develop a whole system design or a microservices architecture on its own. We also need to specify what security vulnerabilities we want it to handle in our application. Instead, it should handle them itself.
    • Vercel v0 does not make SEO-friendly sites. We need to give a couple of more prompts and then share our seo score and issues with it; only then does it fix them separately.
    • Vercel v0 gives deprecated packages for Node. js js projects and does not use the updated packages, which creates a huge problem for developers trying to run the project locally.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    Its pretty good, easy and good performance. Also, interface is very good for starters compared to competitors. Infra as Code (IaC) using Terraform even added easiness for creation, management and deletion of compute Virtual Machines (VM). Overall, very good and very easy cloud based compute platform which simplified infrastructure, very much recommend.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Google
    Having interacted with several cloud services, GCE stands out to me as more usable than most. The naming and locating of features is a little more intuitive than most I've interacted with, and hinting is also quite helpful. Getting staff up to speed has proven to be overall less painful than others.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    An 8 is well deserved for Vercel, as I have been using it for more than 3 years now, so its performance has steadily improved. Vercel can also generate images and build working and fully production-ready web apps efficiently, while providing bug-resolving capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    Google Compute Engine works well for cloud project with lesser geographical audience. It sometimes gives error while everything is set up perfectly. We also keep on check any updates available because that's one reason of site getting down. Google Compute Engine is ultimately a top solution to build an app and publish it online within a few minutes
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Google
    It works great all the time except for occasional issues, but overall, I am very happy with the performance. It delivers on the promise it makes and as per the SLAs provided. Networking is great with a premium network, and AZs are also widespread across geographies. Overall, it is a great infra item to have, which you can scale as you want.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Google
    • The documentation needs to be better for intermediate users - There are first steps that one can easily follow, but after that, the documentation is often spotty or not in a form where one can follow the steps and accomplish the task. Also, the documentation and the product often go out of sync, where the commands from the documentation do not work with the current version of the product.
    • Google support was great and their presence on site was very helpful in dealing with various issues.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Google Compute Engine provides a one stop solution for all the complex features and the UI is better than Amazon's EC2 and Azure Machine Learning for ease of usability. It's always good to have an eco-system of products from Google as it's one of the most used search engine and IoT services provider, which helps with ease of integration and updates in the future.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    All of the above-mentioned technologies are good, but Vercel stands out better compared to them. These have strict limitations on code length, but Vercel can generate thousands of lines of code for free. Where Bolt, Base44, and Lovable do not let you add large zip files, Vercel lets you add large code bases.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Scalability
    Google
    It works really well with other Google Cloud services, making it easy to build scalable solutions across different teams and locations.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Google
    • With Google Compute we don't have the overhead of managing our own data centers reducing costs and reducing the staff needed to manage systems.
    • As I said earlier, Google's costs are ~1/2 of AWS, so we are able to see a ROI much faster.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    VERCEL
    • It's mostly positive but it totally depends on the way its been used.
    • Vercel has helped debug some good production level bugs.
    • Vercel has also helped identify flaws and vulnerabilities in the system and fix them.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    Google Compute Engine Screenshots

    Screenshot of How to choose the right VM
With thousands of applications, each with different requirements, which VM is right for you?Screenshot of documentation, guides, and reference architectures
Migration Center is Google Cloud's unified migration platform with features like cloud spend estimation, asset discovery, and a variety of tooling for different migration scenarios.