Google Cloud Compute Engine
e2-small
A Google Cloud Compute Engine machine type in the E2 machine series. Its 2 vCPUs share a physical core with other VMs.
On-demand, Linux
$0.016753/ hr
$12.23/mo · lowest in Iowa (us-central1)3-yr commitment, Linux
$0.007539/ hr
Lowest in Iowa (us-central1)Spot, Linux
$0.002607/ hr
Lowest in Las Vegas (us-west4)Per unit
$0.008377/ vCPU-hr
$0.008377 / GiB-hr, at the lowest rateCompute
2vCPUs
Shared core • x86-64Memory
2GiB
1 GiB / vCPUGiB per vCPU: 1
Architecture: x86-64
CPU: Mixed (Intel / AMD)
Cores: Shared core
On AWS
The nearest AWS machines to e2-small by vCPU and memory, at On-demand Linux rates in Northern Virginia (us-east4 ↔ us-east-1).
| Machine | Size | On-demand Linux | vs e2-small |
|---|---|---|---|
| e2-smallThis page · Google Cloud, us-east4 | 2 vCPU · 2 GiB | $0.018868/hr | — |
| t3a.smallsame 2 vCPU and 2 GiB; Intel or AMD vs AMD | 2 vCPU · 2 GiB | $0.0188/hr | 0.4% less |
| t3.smallsame 2 vCPU and 2 GiB; Intel or AMD vs Intel | 2 vCPU · 2 GiB | $0.0208/hr | 10% more |
| t8i.smallsame 2 vCPU and 2 GiB; Intel or AMD vs Intel | 2 vCPU · 2 GiB | $0.02496/hr | 32% more |
Matched on vCPU and memory, then CPU vendor, then rate; a larger size is offered only when nothing is the same size. On-demand Linux only: Spot and commitments work differently on the two clouds, so they aren't compared here.
How this price is built
Google bills a VM by its parts, each with its own SKU. These are the parts of the On-demand Linux rate in Iowa (us-central1). The total is the published price; the parts add up to it.
| Part | SKU | Google's rate | Quantity | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vCPU | E2 Instance Core running in Americas CF4E-A0C7-E3BF | $0.021812 per hour | 0.5 vCPU | $0.010906 |
| Memory | E2 Instance Ram running in Americas F449-33EC-A5EF | $0.002924 per GiB-hour | 2 GiB | $0.005847 |
| On-demand, Linux | $0.016753 | |||
Windows adds the Windows Server licence: 2 vCPU × $0.046 per hour (SKU 92D2-8A8F-DF54) = $0.0920/hr, the same in every region and on every basis.
Rates by region
On-demand: Pay-as-you-go rate, composed from Google's per-vCPU and per-GiB SKUs
Lowest$0.016753 / hrIowa (us-central1)
Highest$0.026805 / hrDammam (me-central2)
Regions42With a Linux On-demand price
| Region | Linux (On-demand) | vs On-demand | Windows (On-demand) | vs On-demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
africa-south1 Johannesburg | $0.018429 | $0.110429 | ||
asia-east1 Taiwan | $0.019398 | $0.111398 | ||
asia-east2 Hong Kong | $0.02344 | $0.11544 | ||
asia-northeast1 Tokyo | $0.021491 | $0.113491 | ||
asia-northeast2 Osaka | $0.021491 | $0.113491 | ||
asia-northeast3 Seoul | $0.021491 | $0.113491 | ||
asia-south1 Mumbai | $0.020121 | $0.112121 | ||
asia-south2 Delhi | $0.020121 | $0.112121 | ||
asia-southeast1 Singapore | $0.020667 | $0.112667 | ||
asia-southeast2 Jakarta | $0.022527 | $0.114527 | ||
australia-southeast1 Sydney | $0.02377 | $0.11577 | ||
australia-southeast2 Melbourne | $0.020204 | $0.112204 | ||
europe-central2 Warsaw | $0.020271 | $0.112271 | ||
europe-north1 Finland | $0.018444 | $0.110444 | ||
europe-north2 Stockholm | $0.01759 | $0.10959 | ||
europe-southwest1 Madrid | $0.019769 | $0.111769 | ||
europe-west1 Belgium | $0.018429 | $0.110429 | ||
europe-west10 Berlin | $0.021585 | $0.113585 | ||
europe-west12 Turin | $0.021611 | $0.113611 | ||
europe-west2 London | $0.021584 | $0.113584 | ||
europe-west3 Frankfurt | $0.021584 | $0.113584 | ||
europe-west4 Netherlands | $0.018443 | $0.110443 | ||
europe-west6 Zurich | $0.021946 | $0.113946 | ||
europe-west8 Milan | $0.019433 | $0.111433 | ||
europe-west9 Paris | $0.019433 | $0.111433 | ||
me-central1 Doha | $0.020355 | $0.112355 | ||
me-central2 HighestDammam | $0.026805 | $0.118805 | ||
me-west1 Tel Aviv | $0.018428 | $0.110428 | ||
northamerica-northeast1 Montreal | $0.018443 | $0.110443 | ||
northamerica-northeast2 Toronto | $0.018443 | $0.110443 | ||
northamerica-south1 Mexico | $0.018261 | $0.110261 | ||
southamerica-east1 Sao Paulo | $0.026593 | $0.118593 | ||
southamerica-west1 Santiago | $0.023957 | $0.115957 | ||
us-central1 LowestIowa | $0.016753 | $0.108753 | ||
us-east1 LowestSouth Carolina | $0.016753 | $0.108753 | ||
us-east4 Northern Virginia | $0.018868 | $0.110868 | ||
us-east5 LowestColumbus | $0.016753 | $0.108753 | ||
us-south1 Dallas | $0.019768 | $0.111768 | ||
us-west1 LowestOregon | $0.016753 | $0.108753 | ||
us-west2 Los Angeles | $0.020122 | $0.112122 | ||
us-west3 Salt Lake City | $0.020122 | $0.112122 | ||
us-west4 Las Vegas | $0.018868 | $0.110868 |
No regions match the filter.
Monthly is 730 hours and annual is 8,760. Windows prices include the Windows Server licence.
What the prices include
- Regions. e2-small is priced in the 42 regions where Compute Engine runs it in at least one zone. It may run in only some of a region's zones.
- Windows. The Windows Server licence costs $0.046 per visible vCPU per hour, charged on both of this type's visible vCPUs: Google's flat shared-core licence rate covers only f1-micro and g1-small. Spot and commitments don't discount it, so it's added at the full rate on every basis.
- Spot. Google can stop a Spot VM at any time and changes Spot prices up to once every 30 days.
- Commitments. The 1-yr and 3-yr rates are resource-based committed use discounts: you commit to an amount of E2 vCPU and memory in one region and pay for it whether you use it or not. Flexible (spend-based) commitments discount less and aren't shown.
- Sustained use. E2 gets no sustained-use discount.
Other E2 machine types
| Machine type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) | Lowest On-demand, Linux |
|---|---|---|---|
| e2-micro | 2 | 1 | $0.008376/hr |
| e2-highcpu-2 | 2 | 2 | $0.04947/hr |
| e2-small | 2 | 2 | $0.016753/hr |
| e2-medium | 2 | 4 | $0.033506/hr |
| e2-standard-2 | 2 | 8 | $0.067011/hr |
| e2-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 | $0.0904/hr |
| e2-highcpu-4 | 4 | 4 | $0.09894/hr |
| e2-standard-4 | 4 | 16 | $0.134023/hr |
| e2-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 | $0.180799/hr |
| e2-highcpu-8 | 8 | 8 | $0.197881/hr |
| e2-standard-8 | 8 | 32 | $0.268046/hr |
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 | $0.361599/hr |
| e2-highcpu-16 | 16 | 16 | $0.395762/hr |
| e2-standard-16 | 16 | 64 | $0.536091/hr |
| e2-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 | $0.723197/hr |
| e2-highcpu-32 | 32 | 32 | $0.791524/hr |
| e2-standard-32 | 32 | 128 | $1.072183/hr |