IowavsColumbus

On demand, Iowa is on average 1% cheaper than Columbus for Linux, across 392 shared types. 172 types are only in Iowa and 0 types only in Columbus.

At a glanceIowaColumbus
Region codeus-central1us-east5
GCP Compute Engine types sold564392
Cheapest$0.0084/hre2-micro$0.0084/hre2-micro
With a spot price560392

On-demand prices, type by type

USD per hour for Linux, for every type sold in both.

Typeus-central1us-east5us-east5 vs us-central1
a2-ultragpu-1g$5.069$5.565▲ 10%
a2-ultragpu-2g$10.138$11.13▲ 10%
a2-ultragpu-4g$20.275$22.26▲ 10%
a2-ultragpu-8g$40.55$44.519▲ 10%
a3-highgpu-1g$11.061$12.448▲ 13%
a3-highgpu-2g$22.122$24.896▲ 13%
a3-highgpu-4g$44.245$49.792▲ 13%
a3-edgegpu-8g$88.49$99.583▲ 13%
a3-edgegpu-8g-nolssd$87.832$98.926▲ 13%
a3-highgpu-8g$88.49$99.583▲ 13%
c2-standard-4$0.2088$0.2088Same
c2-standard-8$0.4176$0.4176Same
c2-standard-16$0.8352$0.8352Same
c2-standard-30$1.566$1.566Same
c2-standard-60$3.132$3.132Same
c3-highcpu-4$0.1701$0.1701Same
c3-standard-4$0.2016$0.2016Same
c3-standard-4-lssd$0.2427$0.2427Same
c3-highmem-4$0.2646$0.2646Same
c3-highcpu-8$0.3402$0.3402Same
c3-standard-8$0.4032$0.4032Same
c3-standard-8-lssd$0.4854$0.4854Same
c3-highmem-8$0.5292$0.5292Same
c3-highcpu-22$0.9356$0.9356Same
c3-standard-22$1.109$1.109Same
c3-standard-22-lssd$1.273$1.273Same
c3-highmem-22$1.455$1.455Same
c3-highcpu-44$1.871$1.871Same
c3-standard-44$2.218$2.218Same
c3-standard-44-lssd$2.546$2.546Same
c3-highmem-44$2.911$2.911Same
c3-highcpu-88$3.742$3.742Same
c3-standard-88$4.435$4.435Same
c3-standard-88-lssd$5.093$5.093Same
c3-highmem-88$5.822$5.822Same
c3-highcpu-176$7.485$7.485Same
c3-standard-176$8.871$8.871Same
c3-standard-176-lssd$10.186$10.186Same
c3-highmem-176$11.643$11.643Same
c3-highcpu-192-metal$8.669$8.669Same
c3-standard-192-metal$9.677$9.677Same
c3-highmem-192-metal$12.702$12.702Same
c3d-standard-4$0.1816$0.2045▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-4$0.2449$0.2759▲ 13%
c3d-standard-8$0.3632$0.4091▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-8$0.4899$0.5518▲ 13%
c3d-standard-16$0.7264$0.8181▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-16$0.9798$1.103▲ 13%
c3d-standard-30$1.362$1.534▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-30$1.837$2.069▲ 13%
c3d-standard-60$2.724$3.068▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-60$3.674$4.138▲ 13%
c3d-standard-90$4.086$4.602▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-90$5.511$6.207▲ 13%
c3d-standard-180$8.172$9.204▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-180$11.022$12.414▲ 13%
c3d-standard-360$16.344$18.408▲ 13%
c3d-highmem-360$22.045$24.829▲ 13%
c4-highcpu-2$0.0851$0.0851Same
c4-standard-2$0.0969$0.0969Same
c4-highmem-2$0.1284$0.1284Same
c4-highcpu-4$0.1701$0.1701Same
c4-standard-4$0.1977$0.1977Same
c4-standard-4-lssd$0.2799$0.2799Same
c4-highmem-4$0.2607$0.2607Same
c4-highmem-4-lssd$0.3429$0.3429Same
c4-highcpu-8$0.3402$0.3402Same
c4-standard-8$0.3953$0.3953Same
c4-standard-8-lssd$0.4775$0.4775Same
c4-highmem-8$0.5214$0.5214Same
c4-highmem-8-lssd$0.6035$0.6035Same
c4-highcpu-16$0.6804$0.6804Same
c4-standard-16$0.7907$0.7907Same
c4-standard-16-lssd$0.9551$0.9551Same
c4-highmem-16$1.043$1.043Same
c4-highmem-16-lssd$1.207$1.207Same
c4-highcpu-24$1.021$1.021Same
c4-standard-24$1.186$1.186Same
c4-standard-24-lssd$1.515$1.515Same
c4-highmem-24$1.564$1.564Same
c4-highmem-24-lssd$1.893$1.893Same
c4-highcpu-32$1.361$1.361Same
c4-standard-32$1.581$1.581Same
c4-standard-32-lssd$1.992$1.992Same
c4-highmem-32$2.085$2.085Same
c4-highmem-32-lssd$2.496$2.496Same
c4-highcpu-48$2.041$2.041Same
c4-standard-48$2.372$2.372Same
c4-standard-48-lssd$3.03$3.03Same
c4-highmem-48$3.128$3.128Same
c4-highmem-48-lssd$3.786$3.786Same
c4-highcpu-96$4.082$4.082Same
c4-standard-96$4.744$4.744Same
c4-standard-96-lssd$6.059$6.059Same
c4-highmem-96$6.256$6.256Same
c4-highmem-96-lssd$7.571$7.571Same
c4-highcpu-144$6.124$6.124Same
c4-standard-144$7.116$7.116Same
c4-standard-144-lssd$9.089$9.089Same
c4-highmem-144$9.384$9.384Same
c4-highmem-144-lssd$11.357$11.357Same
c4-highcpu-192$8.165$8.165Same
c4-standard-192$9.488$9.488Same
c4-standard-192-lssd$12.118$12.118Same
c4-highmem-192$12.512$12.512Same
c4-highmem-192-lssd$15.143$15.143Same
c4-highcpu-288$12.248$12.248Same
c4-standard-288$14.232$14.232Same
c4-standard-288-lssd$18.177$18.177Same
c4-standard-288-lssd-metal$14.725$14.725Same
c4-standard-288-metal$14.232$14.232Same
c4-highmem-288$18.769$18.769Same
c4-highmem-288-lssd$22.714$22.714Same
c4-highmem-288-lssd-metal$19.262$19.262Same
c4-highmem-288-metal$18.769$18.769Same
c4a-highcpu-1$0.0379$0.0379Same
c4a-standard-1$0.0449$0.0449Same
c4a-highmem-1$0.0589$0.0589Same
c4a-highcpu-2$0.0758$0.0758Same
c4a-standard-2$0.0898$0.0898Same
c4a-highmem-2$0.1179$0.1179Same
c4a-highcpu-4$0.1515$0.1515Same
c4a-standard-4$0.1796$0.1796Same
c4a-standard-4-lssd$0.2412$0.2412Same
c4a-highmem-4$0.2358$0.2358Same
c4a-highmem-4-lssd$0.2974$0.2974Same
c4a-highcpu-8$0.303$0.303Same
c4a-standard-8$0.3592$0.3592Same
c4a-standard-8-lssd$0.4825$0.4825Same
c4a-highmem-8$0.4715$0.4715Same
c4a-highmem-8-lssd$0.5948$0.5948Same
c4a-highcpu-16$0.6061$0.6061Same
c4a-standard-16$0.7184$0.7184Same
c4a-standard-16-lssd$0.965$0.965Same
c4a-highmem-16$0.943$0.943Same
c4a-highmem-16-lssd$1.19$1.19Same
c4a-highcpu-32$1.212$1.212Same
c4a-standard-32$1.437$1.437Same
c4a-standard-32-lssd$1.807$1.807Same
c4a-highmem-32$1.886$1.886Same
c4a-highmem-32-lssd$2.256$2.256Same
c4a-highcpu-48$1.818$1.818Same
c4a-standard-48$2.155$2.155Same
c4a-standard-48-lssd$2.772$2.772Same
c4a-highmem-48$2.829$2.829Same
c4a-highmem-48-lssd$3.446$3.446Same
c4a-highcpu-64$2.424$2.424Same
c4a-standard-64$2.874$2.874Same
c4a-standard-64-lssd$3.737$3.737Same
c4a-highmem-64$3.772$3.772Same
c4a-highmem-64-lssd$4.635$4.635Same
c4a-highcpu-72$2.727$2.727Same
c4a-standard-72$3.233$3.233Same
c4a-standard-72-lssd$4.219$4.219Same
c4a-highmem-72$4.244$4.244Same
c4a-highmem-72-lssd$5.23$5.23Same
c4a-highmem-96-metal$5.658$5.658Same
c4d-highcpu-2$0.0759$0.0759Same
c4d-standard-2$0.0899$0.0899Same
c4d-highmem-2$0.1178$0.1178Same
c4d-highcpu-4$0.1553$0.1553Same
c4d-standard-4$0.1832$0.1832Same
c4d-highmem-4$0.2392$0.2392Same
c4d-highcpu-8$0.3141$0.3141Same
c4d-standard-8$0.37$0.37Same
c4d-standard-8-lssd$0.4522$0.4522Same
c4d-highmem-8$0.4818$0.4818Same
c4d-highmem-8-lssd$0.564$0.564Same
c4d-highcpu-16$0.6281$0.6281Same
c4d-standard-16$0.74$0.74Same
c4d-standard-16-lssd$0.8222$0.8222Same
c4d-highmem-16$0.9637$0.9637Same
c4d-highmem-16-lssd$1.046$1.046Same
c4d-highcpu-32$1.256$1.256Same
c4d-standard-32$1.48$1.48Same
c4d-standard-32-lssd$1.644$1.644Same
c4d-highmem-32$1.927$1.927Same
c4d-highmem-32-lssd$2.092$2.092Same
c4d-highcpu-48$1.884$1.884Same
c4d-standard-48$2.22$2.22Same
c4d-standard-48-lssd$2.549$2.549Same
c4d-highmem-48$2.891$2.891Same
c4d-highmem-48-lssd$3.22$3.22Same
c4d-highcpu-64$2.513$2.513Same
c4d-standard-64$2.96$2.96Same
c4d-standard-64-lssd$3.453$3.453Same
c4d-highmem-64$3.855$3.855Same
c4d-highmem-64-lssd$4.348$4.348Same
c4d-highcpu-96$3.769$3.769Same
c4d-standard-96$4.44$4.44Same
c4d-standard-96-lssd$5.097$5.097Same
c4d-highmem-96$5.782$5.782Same
c4d-highmem-96-lssd$6.44$6.44Same
c4d-highcpu-192$7.537$7.537Same
c4d-standard-192$8.88$8.88Same
c4d-standard-192-lssd$10.195$10.195Same
c4d-highmem-192$11.564$11.564Same
c4d-highmem-192-lssd$12.88$12.88Same
c4d-highcpu-384$15.075$15.075Same
c4d-standard-384$17.76$17.76Same
c4d-standard-384-lssd$20.39$20.39Same
c4d-highmem-384$23.129$23.129Same
c4d-highmem-384-lssd$25.759$25.759Same
c4n-highcpu-2$0.1361$0.1361Same
c4n-standard-2$0.155$0.155Same
c4n-highcpu-4$0.2722$0.2722Same
c4n-standard-4$0.3163$0.3163Same
c4n-highcpu-8$0.5443$0.5443Same
c4n-standard-8$0.6325$0.6325Same
c4n-highcpu-16$1.089$1.089Same
c4n-standard-16$1.265$1.265Same
c4n-highcpu-24$1.633$1.633Same
c4n-standard-24$1.898$1.898Same
c4n-highcpu-48$3.266$3.266Same
c4n-standard-48$3.795$3.795Same
c4n-highcpu-96$6.532$6.532Same
c4n-standard-96$7.591$7.591Same
c4n-highcpu-192$13.064$13.064Same
c4n-standard-192$15.181$15.181Same
e2-micro$0.0084$0.0084Same
e2-highcpu-2$0.0495$0.0495Same
e2-small$0.0168$0.0168Same
e2-medium$0.0335$0.0335Same
e2-standard-2$0.067$0.067Same
e2-highmem-2$0.0904$0.0904Same
e2-highcpu-4$0.0989$0.0989Same
e2-standard-4$0.134$0.134Same
e2-highmem-4$0.1808$0.1808Same
e2-highcpu-8$0.1979$0.1979Same
e2-standard-8$0.268$0.268Same
e2-highmem-8$0.3616$0.3616Same
e2-highcpu-16$0.3958$0.3958Same
e2-standard-16$0.5361$0.5361Same
e2-highmem-16$0.7232$0.7232Same
e2-highcpu-32$0.7915$0.7915Same
e2-standard-32$1.072$1.072Same
g4-standard-6$1.518$1.67▲ 10%
g4-standard-12$1.947$2.141▲ 10%
g4-standard-24$2.798$3.078▲ 10%
g4-standard-48$4.50$4.95▲ 10%
g4-standard-96$9.00$9.90▲ 10%
g4-standard-192$18.00$19.80▲ 10%
g4-standard-384$35.999$39.599▲ 10%
m4-hypermem-16$1.426$1.426Same
m4-megamem-28$2.212$2.212Same
m4-hypermem-32$2.852$2.852Same
m4-megamem-56$4.424$4.424Same
m4-hypermem-64$5.703$5.703Same
m4-megamem-112$8.847$8.847Same
m4-megamem-224$17.695$17.695Same
m4n-hypermem-16$2.567$2.567Same
m4n-megamem-28$3.981$3.981Same
m4n-hypermem-32$5.133$5.133Same
m4n-megamem-56$7.963$7.963Same
m4n-ultramem-56$14.083$14.083Same
m4n-hypermem-64$10.266$10.266Same
m4n-megamem-112$15.925$15.925Same
m4n-ultramem-112$28.166$28.166Same
m4n-megamem-224$31.85$31.85Same
n2-highcpu-2$0.0717$0.0717Same
n2-standard-2$0.0971$0.0971Same
n2-highmem-2$0.131$0.131Same
n2-highcpu-4$0.1434$0.1434Same
n2-standard-4$0.1942$0.1942Same
n2-highmem-4$0.262$0.262Same
n2-highcpu-8$0.2868$0.2868Same
n2-standard-8$0.3885$0.3885Same
n2-highmem-8$0.5241$0.5241Same
n2-highcpu-16$0.5736$0.5736Same
n2-standard-16$0.7769$0.7769Same
n2-highmem-16$1.048$1.048Same
n2-highcpu-32$1.147$1.147Same
n2-standard-32$1.554$1.554Same
n2-highmem-32$2.096$2.096Same
n2-highcpu-48$1.721$1.721Same
n2-standard-48$2.331$2.331Same
n2-highmem-48$3.144$3.144Same
n2-highcpu-64$2.294$2.294Same
n2-standard-64$3.108$3.108Same
n2-highmem-64$4.192$4.192Same
n2-highcpu-80$2.868$2.868Same
n2-standard-80$3.885$3.885Same
n2-highmem-80$5.241$5.241Same
n2-highcpu-96$3.441$3.441Same
n2-standard-96$4.662$4.662Same
n2-highmem-96$6.289$6.289Same
n2-standard-128$6.216$6.216Same
n2-highmem-128$7.707$7.707Same
n2d-highcpu-2$0.0624$0.0624Same
n2d-standard-2$0.0845$0.0845Same
n2d-highmem-2$0.114$0.114Same
n2d-highcpu-4$0.1248$0.1248Same
n2d-standard-4$0.169$0.169Same
n2d-highmem-4$0.228$0.228Same
n2d-highcpu-8$0.2495$0.2495Same
n2d-standard-8$0.338$0.338Same
n2d-highmem-8$0.4559$0.4559Same
n2d-highcpu-16$0.499$0.499Same
n2d-standard-16$0.6759$0.6759Same
n2d-highmem-16$0.9118$0.9118Same
n2d-highcpu-32$0.998$0.998Same
n2d-standard-32$1.352$1.352Same
n2d-highmem-32$1.824$1.824Same
n2d-highcpu-48$1.497$1.497Same
n2d-standard-48$2.028$2.028Same
n2d-highmem-48$2.736$2.736Same
n2d-highcpu-64$1.996$1.996Same
n2d-standard-64$2.704$2.704Same
n2d-highmem-64$3.647$3.647Same
n2d-highcpu-80$2.495$2.495Same
n2d-standard-80$3.38$3.38Same
n2d-highmem-80$4.559$4.559Same
n2d-highcpu-96$2.994$2.994Same
n2d-standard-96$4.056$4.056Same
n2d-highmem-96$5.471$5.471Same
n2d-highcpu-128$3.992$3.992Same
n2d-standard-128$5.407$5.407Same
n2d-highcpu-224$6.986$6.986Same
n2d-standard-224$9.463$9.463Same
n4-highcpu-2$0.0765$0.0765Same
n4-standard-2$0.0907$0.0907Same
n4-highmem-2$0.119$0.119Same
n4-highcpu-4$0.1531$0.1531Same
n4-standard-4$0.1814$0.1814Same
n4-highmem-4$0.238$0.238Same
n4-highcpu-8$0.3062$0.3062Same
n4-standard-8$0.3628$0.3628Same
n4-highmem-8$0.4761$0.4761Same
n4-highcpu-16$0.6123$0.6123Same
n4-standard-16$0.7256$0.7256Same
n4-highmem-16$0.9522$0.9522Same
n4-highcpu-32$1.225$1.225Same
n4-standard-32$1.451$1.451Same
n4-highmem-32$1.904$1.904Same
n4-highcpu-48$1.837$1.837Same
n4-standard-48$2.177$2.177Same
n4-highmem-48$2.857$2.857Same
n4-highcpu-64$2.449$2.449Same
n4-standard-64$2.902$2.902Same
n4-highmem-64$3.809$3.809Same
n4-highcpu-80$3.062$3.062Same
n4-standard-80$3.628$3.628Same
n4-highmem-80$4.761$4.761Same
n4d-highcpu-2$0.0715$0.0715Same
n4d-standard-2$0.0847$0.0847Same
n4d-highmem-2$0.1112$0.1112Same
n4d-highcpu-4$0.1429$0.1429Same
n4d-standard-4$0.1694$0.1694Same
n4d-highmem-4$0.2224$0.2224Same
n4d-highcpu-8$0.2858$0.2858Same
n4d-standard-8$0.3388$0.3388Same
n4d-highmem-8$0.4447$0.4447Same
n4d-highcpu-16$0.5717$0.5717Same
n4d-standard-16$0.6776$0.6776Same
n4d-highmem-16$0.8894$0.8894Same
n4d-highcpu-32$1.143$1.143Same
n4d-standard-32$1.355$1.355Same
n4d-highmem-32$1.779$1.779Same
n4d-highcpu-48$1.715$1.715Same
n4d-standard-48$2.033$2.033Same
n4d-highmem-48$2.668$2.668Same
n4d-highcpu-64$2.287$2.287Same
n4d-standard-64$2.71$2.71Same
n4d-highmem-64$3.558$3.558Same
n4d-highcpu-80$2.858$2.858Same
n4d-standard-80$3.388$3.388Same
n4d-highmem-80$4.447$4.447Same
n4d-highcpu-96$3.43$3.43Same
n4d-standard-96$4.066$4.066Same
n4d-highmem-96$5.337$5.337Same
t2d-standard-1$0.0422$0.0422Same
t2d-standard-2$0.0845$0.0845Same
t2d-standard-4$0.169$0.169Same
t2d-standard-8$0.338$0.338Same
t2d-standard-16$0.6759$0.6759Same
t2d-standard-32$1.352$1.352Same
t2d-standard-48$2.028$2.028Same
t2d-standard-60$2.535$2.535Same
z3-highmem-8-highlssd$0.8643$0.9736▲ 13%
z3-highmem-14-standardlssd$1.482$1.669▲ 13%
z3-highmem-16-highlssd$1.728$1.947▲ 13%
z3-highmem-22-highlssd$2.387$2.689▲ 13%
z3-highmem-22-standardlssd$2.346$2.643▲ 13%
z3-highmem-32-highlssd$3.457$3.894▲ 13%
z3-highmem-44-highlssd$4.774$5.378▲ 13%
z3-highmem-44-standardlssd$4.651$5.239▲ 13%
z3-highmem-88$9.548$10.756▲ 13%
z3-highmem-88-highlssd$9.548$10.756▲ 13%
z3-highmem-88-standardlssd$9.301$10.477▲ 13%
z3-highmem-176$18.603$20.954▲ 13%
z3-highmem-176-standardlssd$18.603$20.954▲ 13%
z3-highmem-192-highlssd-metal$20.249$22.808▲ 13%

Key differences

The biggest lead each region has.

Where Iowa leads
On-demand priceCheaper for 47 of 392 shared types
1% cheaper
Choice564 types sold vs 392
172 more
Spot560 types with a spot price vs 392
More spot
Where Columbus leads

No clear lead on the measures we compare.

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