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    Google Compute Engine

    Score8.3 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

    OpenMetal

    N/AN/AOpenMetal is an open source alternative to conventional public and private clouds. It delivers a private cloud, built on OpenStack + Ceph, on-demand and in less than one minute, to combine private cloud benefits with the convenience of public cloud use. OpenMetal can be used to launch a production-ready cloud in 45 seconds without a significant hardware investment or steep learning curve. OpenMetal states their mission is to make OpenStack accessible to everyone. They further state that…N/A
    Pricing
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    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.
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    Community Pulse
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
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    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
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    Implementation went as expected
    92%
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    Features
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Google Compute Engine and OpenMetal
    Feature
    Google Compute Engine
    7.3
    58 Ratings
    10% below category average
    OpenMetal
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    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime8.125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling8.353 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.048 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates7.555 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools3.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images7.357 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support7.958 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls7.957 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.6
    (58 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Usability
    9.0
    (8 ratings)
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    Availability
    8.6
    (21 ratings)
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    Performance
    8.3
    (21 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    Google Compute EngineOpenMetal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
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    OpenMetal
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    Pros
    Google
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    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.
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    OpenMetal
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    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.
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    OpenMetal
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    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.
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    OpenMetal
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    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
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    Performance
    Google
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    Support Rating
    Google
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
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    Scalability
    Google
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    OpenMetal
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    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.
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    OpenMetal
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    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.

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