db-c4a-highmem-72

db-c4a-highmem-72 is a GCP Cloud SQL machine type with 72 vCPUs, 576 GiB memory. In Iowa it costs $9.072 per hour on demand ($6,622.56 per month) for PostgreSQL, Single zone; a 1-year committed use discount costs $6.804 per hour, 25% less. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Taiwan at $9.072 per hour.

Prices by region

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

Region	On-demand	1-yr committed use	3-yr committed use
Taiwan asia-east1	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
Belgium europe-west1	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
Iowa us-central1	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
South Carolina us-east1	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
Columbus us-east5	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
Oregon us-west1	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
Northern Virginia us-east4	$9.707	$7.28	$4.659
Las Vegas us-west4	$9.707	$7.28	$4.659
Mexico northamerica-south1	$9.889	$7.416	$4.747
Finland europe-north1	$9.979	$7.484	$4.79
Netherlands europe-west4	$9.979	$7.484	$4.79
Montréal northamerica-northeast1	$9.979	$7.484	$4.79
Toronto northamerica-northeast2	$9.979	$7.484	$4.79
Mumbai asia-south1	$10.886	$8.165	$5.226
London europe-west2	$10.886	$8.165	$5.226
Frankfurt europe-west3	$10.886	$8.165	$5.226
Dallas us-south1	$10.886	$8.165	$5.226
Los Angeles us-west2	$10.886	$8.165	$5.226
Tokyo asia-northeast1	$11.794	$8.845	$5.661
Jakarta asia-southeast2	$11.794	$8.845	$5.661
Melbourne australia-southeast2	$12.247	$9.185	$5.879
Singapore asia-southeast1	$12.701	$9.526	$6.096
Santiago southamerica-west1	$12.701	$9.526	$6.096
São Paulo southamerica-east1	$13.608	$10.206	$6.532

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 · Single zone	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
PostgreSQL · High availability	$18.144	$13.608	$8.709
MySQL · Single zone	$9.072	$6.804	$4.355
MySQL · High availability	$18.144	$13.608	$8.709

Specs

Compute	Value
vCPUs	72
Architecture	arm64

Memory	Value
Memory (GiB)	576

Storage	Value
Storage	Up to 64 TiB

Instance details	Value
Instance type	db-c4a-highmem-72
Family	c4a-highmem
Category	Enterprise Plus

Other	Value
Specs source	Cloud SQL Admin API

Other c4a-highmem sizes

Size	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	On-demand /hr
db-c4a-highmem-2	2	16	$0.252
db-c4a-highmem-4	4	32	$0.504
db-c4a-highmem-8	8	64	$1.008
db-c4a-highmem-16	16	128	$2.016
db-c4a-highmem-32	32	256	$4.032
db-c4a-highmem-48	48	384	$6.048
db-c4a-highmem-64	64	512	$8.064
db-c4a-highmem-72	72	576	$9.072

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