Cloud · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Google Cloud vs Tencent Cloud
6 cloud instances from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount), and where the price comes from.
Google Cloud
from $51.10/mo
e2-standard-2 · 3 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $23.73/vCPU (e2-standard-4)
Tencent Cloud
from $29.20/mo
S5.SMALL2 · 3 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $25.55/vCPU (S5.MEDIUM4)
Which is cheaper, Google Cloud or Tencent Cloud?
Tencent Cloud's cheapest listed plan is S5.SMALL2 at $29.20/mo; Google Cloud's is e2-standard-2 at $51.10/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.
Which gives more for the money, Google Cloud or Tencent Cloud?
On price per vCPU, Google Cloud does best with e2-standard-4 at $23.73/vCPU; Tencent Cloud's best is S5.MEDIUM4 at $25.55/vCPU.
How many cloud instances does each offer here?
We list 3 for Google Cloud and 3 for Tencent Cloud, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Google Cloud
Everything from Google Cloude2-standard-2approx
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Hourly
- $0.07
- Note
- Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
- Region
- us-central1
e2-standard-4approx
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Hourly
- $0.13
- Note
- Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
- Region
- us-central1
n2-standard-4approx
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Hourly
- $0.228
- Note
- Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
- Region
- us-central1
Tencent Cloud
Everything from Tencent CloudS5.SMALL2approx
- vCPU
- 1
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Hourly
- $0.04
- Note
- Pay-as-you-go — cloud disk and bandwidth billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
S5.MEDIUM4approx
- vCPU
- 2
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Hourly
- $0.07
- Note
- Pay-as-you-go — cloud disk and bandwidth billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
S5.LARGE8approx
- vCPU
- 4
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Hourly
- $0.15
- Note
- Pay-as-you-go — cloud disk and bandwidth billed separately
- Region
- Hong Kong
Google Cloud against the rest