How we saved on VM cost by switching from Rackspace to GCE
June 13, 2017
How we saved on VM cost by switching from Rackspace to GCE
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Overall Satisfaction with Google Compute Engine
Google Compute Engine (GCE) is Google's answer to AWS. We use GCE as a low-cost virtual host solution, and we purposefully migrated off AWS and Rackspace to GCE. We made the decision mostly based on cost, but also the flexibility of the toolkit and deployment. GCE is a one-stop shop for hosting virtual and scalable environments in the cloud.
- GCE is an excellent tool for quick deployment of on demand servers.
- GCE offers the ability to snapshot servers, create host clusters, and auto-scale based on demand.
- GCE is the most cost effective virtual hosting environment we've used. They give up front pricing which is a major plus for us.
- I can't think of any immediate areas GCE could improve on.
- GCE has had a positive impact on our ROI. We made the switch from Rackspace and saved something like 40% off our monthly VM costs.
I've used Rackspace, AWS, and Digital Ocean to host virtual environments. In my opinion, GCE has a robust feature set on par with any other mainstream virtual hosting company. I would say AWS and Digital Ocean are comparable, and Rackspace would be slightly less robust than GCE.
All in all, GCE is a standard tool that every engineer should have in their toolbox.
All in all, GCE is a standard tool that every engineer should have in their toolbox.