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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud Platform

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud Platform is a suite of cloud computing services used to build apps or take advantage of cloud infrastructural services, achieve legacy infrastructure modernization, or manage enterprise data and analytic needs.

    $0

    (25+ apps are currently available at no cost)

    Hetzner IaaS

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AHetzner is a professional web hosting provider and data center operator offering a range of IaaS and cloud services, as well as web hosting, managed or self-managed.N/A
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Google Cloud PlatformHetzner IaaS
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google Cloud Platform and Hetzner IaaS
    Feature
    Google Cloud Platform
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Hetzner IaaS
    8.6
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.13 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing7.43 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates6.33 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Monitoring tools8.03 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images6.23 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Operating system support9.04 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Security controls9.04 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Automation7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP on IBM Cloud
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud PlatformHetzner IaaS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud PlatformHetzner IaaS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    When most of our stuff is in Google Cloud Platform, it works great to integrate and cross/share data that is all in Google Cloud Platform or BigQuery. It has simplified things from a permissions perspective as well. I'd say it is less appropriate when trying to test something quickly locally, or when half your stuff is in AWS or another provider.
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    Hetzner
    Very affordable cloud server solution for people who can set up their own servers. There are quite a lot of regions (but sadly no Frankfurt) as well as a lot of templates to get started quickly with the servers, including Coolify, which allows you to run a PaaS inside Hetzner without too much hassle.
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    Pros
    Google
    • Easy to set up
    • Affordable use of the tool
    • Easy to access billing
    • Reliable service
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    Hetzner
    • VPS/Cloud servers.
    • Networking
    • Load balancers.
    • Configuration via UI.
    • Volumes
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    Cons
    Google
    • The UI is so confusing. The console is good, but it is like a maze. There are too many menus and settings, and things do not work as expected. It takes time to get friendly, and it is not friendly for new users.
    • Support experience: Sometimes, you get a great engineer, but other times, it's very difficult to talk with them as they are unable to respond as expected and solve issues late.
    • Region and zone are issues, as not all services are available in all regions, which is lacking when deploying something in the same region or zone.
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    Hetzner
    • No-downtime upgrade - lately we've had 2 forced downtimes because of planned maintenance, which is not very nice, but we managed.
    • Managed databases would be amazing.
    • Any kind of PAAS for running containerized apps (even though I think that's past what they want to be).
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    Usability
    Google
    The Google Cloud Platform console is pretty slick for BigQuery especially. I have liked the visibility I get from using that and the way to integrate and see what's in our data lake. The logging console for tracking GKE jobs isn't quite as great, which is why it doesn't get a full 10.
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    Hetzner
    I think the UI is best-in-class, really. The UX is very though-through and nothing is missing or out of place. Kudos to their designer. Design is great, but they also have a CLI, which could be quite handy for AI agents. I think it has the foundation to scale the offering into something great, given the quality of everything they put out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Google Cloud Platform is release later than Amazon web service, I think that why Google Cloud Platform can learned and optimized the Dashboard and some features that make it easy to use and can be cheaper than amazon web service.
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    Hetzner
    We chose it because of price, because it's like 5-6 times cheaper while offering top-tier features and quality for a SAAS business. Also, we observed that they kept adding new features, so we were sure we could stick with them (Volumes, Private Networks, and other features were added after we had already become customers).
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • It allows us to focus our efforts on other, more important items at hand
    • It gives us an affordable option letting me know it's available to all users, not just the largest scale ones out there
    • The customer service is always helpful and reliable, along with the service itself which lets me focus on my work instead of worrying about the service.
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    Hetzner
    • Hetzner allowed us to retain great margins on our business.
    • Hetzner allowed us to experiment with various self-hosted tools to safe money.
    • It allows us to run the fast http servers without breaking the bank.
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    Google Cloud Platform Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of Google Compute EngineScreenshot of the GCP consoleScreenshot of SLIsScreenshot of various homepages