c4a-standard-4

c4a-standard-4 is a GCP Compute Engine machine type with 4 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Google Axion). In Iowa it costs $0.1796 per hour on demand ($131.11 per month) for Linux; a 1-year committed use discount costs $0.1184 per hour, 34% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0886 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$0.1796$0.0886$0.1184$0.0808
South Carolina us-east1$0.1796$0.0886$0.1184$0.0808
Northern Virginia us-east4$0.1796$0.107$0.1184$0.0808
Columbus us-east5$0.1796$0.0464$0.1184$0.0772
Oregon us-west1$0.1796$0.0886$0.1184$0.0808
Mumbai asia-south1$0.1868$0.0751$0.1232$0.0841
Stockholm europe-north2$0.1886$0.1118$0.1244$0.0849
Netherlands europe-west4$0.1886$0.0263$0.1244$0.0849
Mexico northamerica-south1$0.1958$0.0506$0.1291$0.0881
Johannesburg africa-south1$0.1978$0.0892$0.1304$0.089
Finland europe-north1$0.1978$0.0507$0.1304$0.089
Belgium europe-west1$0.1978$0.0882$0.1304$0.089
Montréal northamerica-northeast1$0.1978$0.0909$0.1304$0.089
Toronto northamerica-northeast2$0.1978$0.0908$0.1304$0.089
Las Vegas us-west4$0.2023$0.0881$0.1334$0.0911
London europe-west2$0.2047$0.1001$0.135$0.0921
Taiwan asia-east1$0.208$0.0686$0.1371$0.0936
Madrid europe-southwest1$0.2119$0.1038$0.1398$0.0954
Frankfurt europe-west3$0.2119$0.0863$0.1398$0.0954
Dallas us-south1$0.2119$0.0707$0.1398$0.0954
Los Angeles us-west2$0.2159$0.086$0.1424$0.0972
Warsaw europe-central2$0.2173$0.0565$0.1433$0.0978
Doha me-central1$0.2182$0.0828$0.1439$0.0982
Singapore asia-southeast1$0.2216$0.1329$0.1461$0.0997
Sydney australia-southeast1$0.2245$0.0472$0.1481$0.1011
Tokyo asia-northeast1$0.2306$0.1081$0.1521$0.1038
Melbourne australia-southeast2$0.2334$0.049$0.1539$0.105
Zurich europe-west6$0.2353$0.066$0.1552$0.1059
Jakarta asia-southeast2$0.2415$0.0629$0.1593$0.1087
Santiago southamerica-west1$0.2568$0.1019$0.1694$0.1156
São Paulo southamerica-east1$0.2852$0.1083$0.1881$0.1284
Dammam me-central2$0.2874$0.1724$0.1896$0.1294

Specs

ComputeValue
vCPUs4
Architecturearm64
ProcessorGoogle Axion
MemoryValue
Memory (GiB)16
NetworkingValue
NetworkUp to 23 Gbps
StorageValue
StorageNetwork disks only
Max persistent disks16
Instance detailsValue
Instance typec4a-standard-4
Familyc4a
CategoryGeneral purpose
OtherValue
SeriesC4A
Specs sourceCompute Engine API

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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.