z3-highmem-16-high-lssd

z3-highmem-16-high-lssd is a GCP AlloyDB machine type with 16 vCPUs, 128 GiB memory. In Iowa it costs $11.36 per hour on demand ($8,292.80 per month) for PostgreSQL, High availability; a 1-year committed use discount costs $8.52 per hour, 25% less. It is sold in 43 regions.

Prices by region

USD per hour, PostgreSQL, High availability. Committed use prices are billed monthly. Cheapest on-demand first.

Region	On-demand	1-yr committed use	3-yr committed use
Iowa us-central1	$11.36	$8.52	$5.453
Northern Virginia us-east4	$11.36	$8.52	$5.453
Columbus us-east5	$11.36	$8.52	$5.453
Oregon us-west1	$11.36	$8.52	$5.453
Mumbai asia-south1	$11.84	$8.88	$5.683
Bangkok asia-southeast3	$11.904	$8.928	$5.714
Stockholm europe-north2	$11.904	$8.928	$5.714
Netherlands europe-west4	$11.904	$8.928	$5.714
Mexico northamerica-south1	$12.352	$9.264	$5.929
Johannesburg africa-south1	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
Finland europe-north1	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
Belgium europe-west1	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
Tel Aviv me-west1	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
Montréal northamerica-northeast1	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
Toronto northamerica-northeast2	$12.416	$9.312	$5.96
South Carolina us-east1	$12.832	$9.624	$6.159
Las Vegas us-west4	$12.832	$9.624	$6.159
London europe-west2	$12.896	$9.672	$6.19
Taiwan asia-east1	$13.248	$9.936	$6.359
Milan europe-west8	$13.248	$9.936	$6.359
Paris europe-west9	$13.248	$9.936	$6.359
Madrid europe-southwest1	$13.376	$10.032	$6.42
Turin europe-west12	$13.376	$10.032	$6.42
Frankfurt europe-west3	$13.376	$10.032	$6.42
Dallas us-south1	$13.376	$10.032	$6.42
Delhi asia-south2	$13.728	$10.296	$6.589
Los Angeles us-west2	$13.728	$10.296	$6.589
Salt Lake City us-west3	$13.728	$10.296	$6.589
Doha me-central1	$13.856	$10.392	$6.651
Singapore asia-southeast1	$13.888	$10.416	$6.666
Sydney australia-southeast1	$14.272	$10.704	$6.851
Tokyo asia-northeast1	$14.432	$10.824	$6.927
Osaka asia-northeast2	$14.432	$10.824	$6.927
Seoul asia-northeast3	$14.432	$10.824	$6.927
Warsaw europe-central2	$14.752	$11.064	$7.081
Melbourne australia-southeast2	$14.784	$11.088	$7.096
Jakarta asia-southeast2	$15.264	$11.448	$7.327
Hong Kong asia-east2	$15.84	$11.88	$7.603
Zurich europe-west6	$15.84	$11.88	$7.603
Santiago southamerica-west1	$16.288	$12.216	$7.818
Berlin europe-west10	$17.376	$13.032	$8.341
São Paulo southamerica-east1	$18.176	$13.632	$8.725
Dammam me-central2	$18.24	$13.68	$8.755

Committed use discounts

Prices by engine and deployment in Iowa

Option	On-demand /hr	1-yr committed use /hr	3-yr committed use /hr
PostgreSQL · Basic	$5.68	$4.26	$2.726
PostgreSQL · High availability	$11.36	$8.52	$5.453

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	16
Architecture	x86_64

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	128

Storage	Value
Storage	Cluster storage + local SSD cache

Instance details	Value
Instance type	z3-highmem-16-high-lssd
Family	z3
Category	Z3

Other	Value
Series	Z3
Specs source	AlloyDB machine type docs

Other z3 sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
z3-highmem-8-high-lssd	8	64	$5.68
z3-highmem-14-standard-lssd	14	112	$7.602
z3-highmem-16-high-lssd	16	128	$11.36
z3-highmem-22-high-lssd	22	176	$15.62
z3-highmem-22-standard-lssd	22	176	$11.946
z3-highmem-32-high-lssd	32	256	$22.72
z3-highmem-44-high-lssd	44	352	$31.24
z3-highmem-44-standard-lssd	44	352	$23.892
z3-highmem-88-standard-lssd	88	704	$47.784

Prices updated 2026-11-12 from the Google Cloud Billing Catalog API. Compare all GCP AlloyDB sizes.