c4a-standard-2

c4a-standard-2 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 2 vCPUs, 8 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $0.0898 per hour on demand ($65.55 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.0592 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0443 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$0.0898$0.0443$0.0592$0.0404
South Carolina us-east1$0.0898$0.0443$0.0592$0.0404
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.0898$0.0535$0.0592$0.0404
Columbus us-east5$0.0898$0.0232$0.0592$0.0386
Oregon us-west1$0.0898$0.0443$0.0592$0.0404
Mumbai asia-south1$0.0934$0.0375$0.0616$0.042
Stockholm europe-north2$0.0943$0.0559$0.0622$0.0425
Netherlands europe-west4$0.0943$0.0131$0.0622$0.0425
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.0979$0.0253$0.0646$0.0441
Johannesburg africa-south1$0.0989$0.0446$0.0652$0.0445
Finland europe-north1$0.0989$0.0254$0.0652$0.0445
Belgium europe-west1$0.0989$0.0441$0.0652$0.0445
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.0989$0.0454$0.0652$0.0445
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.0989$0.0454$0.0652$0.0445
Las Vegas us-west4$0.1011$0.0441$0.0667$0.0455
London europe-west2$0.1024$0.05$0.0675$0.0461
Taiwan asia-east1$0.104$0.0343$0.0686$0.0468
Madrid europe-southwest1$0.106$0.0519$0.0699$0.0477
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.106$0.0431$0.0699$0.0477
Dallas us-south1$0.106$0.0353$0.0699$0.0477
Los Angeles us-west2$0.1079$0.043$0.0712$0.0486
Warsaw europe-central2$0.1087$0.0283$0.0717$0.0489
Doha me-central1$0.1091$0.0414$0.072$0.0491
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.1108$0.0665$0.0731$0.0499
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.1123$0.0236$0.074$0.0506
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.1153$0.0541$0.0761$0.0519
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.1167$0.0245$0.077$0.0525
Zurich europe-west6$0.1176$0.033$0.0776$0.053
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.1208$0.0315$0.0796$0.0544
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.1284$0.0509$0.0847$0.0578
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.1426$0.0541$0.094$0.0642
Dammam me-central2$0.1437$0.0862$0.0948$0.0647

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs2
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)8
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 10 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks16
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-standard-2
Familyc4a
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesC4A
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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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.