c4a-standard-1

c4a-standard-1 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 1 vCPU, 4 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $0.0449 per hour on demand ($32.78 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0296 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0221 per hour. It is sold in 32 regions.

Prices by region

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

RegionOn-demandSpot1-yr committed use3-yr committed use
Iowa us-central1$0.0449$0.0221$0.0296$0.0202
South Carolina us-east1$0.0449$0.0221$0.0296$0.0202
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.0449$0.0267$0.0296$0.0202
Columbus us-east5$0.0449$0.0116$0.0296$0.0193
Oregon us-west1$0.0449$0.0221$0.0296$0.0202
Mumbai asia-south1$0.0467$0.0188$0.0308$0.021
Stockholm europe-north2$0.0471$0.028$0.0311$0.0212
Netherlands europe-west4$0.0471$0.0066$0.0311$0.0212
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.0489$0.0127$0.0323$0.022
Johannesburg africa-south1$0.0494$0.0223$0.0326$0.0223
Finland europe-north1$0.0494$0.0127$0.0326$0.0223
Belgium europe-west1$0.0494$0.0221$0.0326$0.0223
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.0494$0.0227$0.0326$0.0223
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.0494$0.0227$0.0326$0.0223
Las Vegas us-west4$0.0506$0.022$0.0334$0.0228
London europe-west2$0.0512$0.025$0.0338$0.023
Taiwan asia-east1$0.052$0.0172$0.0343$0.0234
Madrid europe-southwest1$0.053$0.026$0.0349$0.0238
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.053$0.0216$0.0349$0.0238
Dallas us-south1$0.053$0.0177$0.0349$0.0238
Los Angeles us-west2$0.054$0.0215$0.0356$0.0243
Warsaw europe-central2$0.0543$0.0141$0.0358$0.0245
Doha me-central1$0.0546$0.0207$0.036$0.0246
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.0554$0.0332$0.0365$0.0249
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.0561$0.0118$0.037$0.0253
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.0577$0.027$0.038$0.026
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.0584$0.0123$0.0385$0.0263
Zurich europe-west6$0.0588$0.0165$0.0388$0.0265
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.0604$0.0157$0.0398$0.0272
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.0642$0.0255$0.0423$0.0289
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.0713$0.0271$0.047$0.0321
Dammam me-central2$0.0719$0.0431$0.0474$0.0323

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs1
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)4
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks16
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-standard-1
Familyc4a
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesC4A
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

Other c4a sizes

SizevCPUsMemory (GiB)On-demand /hr
c4a-highcpu-112$0.0379
c4a-standard-114$0.0449
c4a-highmem-118$0.0589
c4a-highcpu-224$0.0758
c4a-standard-228$0.0898
c4a-highmem-2216$0.1179
c4a-highcpu-448$0.1515
c4a-standard-4416$0.1796
c4a-standard-4-lssd416$0.2412
c4a-highmem-4432$0.2358
c4a-highmem-4-lssd432$0.2974
c4a-highcpu-8816$0.303
c4a-standard-8832$0.3592
c4a-standard-8-lssd832$0.4825
c4a-highmem-8864$0.4715
c4a-highmem-8-lssd864$0.5948
c4a-highcpu-161632$0.6061
c4a-standard-161664$0.7184
c4a-standard-16-lssd1664$0.965
c4a-highmem-1616128$0.943
c4a-highmem-16-lssd16128$1.19
c4a-highcpu-323264$1.212
c4a-standard-3232128$1.437
c4a-standard-32-lssd32128$1.807
c4a-highmem-3232256$1.886
c4a-highmem-32-lssd32256$2.256
c4a-highcpu-484896$1.818
c4a-standard-4848192$2.155
c4a-standard-48-lssd48192$2.772
c4a-highmem-4848384$2.829
c4a-highmem-48-lssd48384$3.446
c4a-highcpu-6464128$2.424
c4a-standard-6464256$2.874
c4a-standard-64-lssd64256$3.737
c4a-highmem-6464512$3.772
c4a-highmem-64-lssd64512$4.635
c4a-highcpu-7272144$2.727
c4a-standard-7272288$3.233
c4a-standard-72-lssd72288$4.219
c4a-highmem-7272576$4.244
c4a-highmem-72-lssd72576$5.23
c4a-highmem-96-metal96768$5.658

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