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~15 ms · Excellent VPS Permanent free tier
Google Cloud

E2-micro

Cheapest VM. Permanent free tier in us-east1/us-west1/us-central1.

4.2
specs.json 20 regions · Google Cloud
vCPU
2 Intel/AMD shared
RAM
1 GB
Bandwidth
—
from $0.0084 /hr
$6.13/mo cap

How it ranks in its category

Price per GB of RAM
$6.13 per month
Cheaper than 22 of 101 plans in its category · vps
Price per vCore
$3.06 per month
Cheaper than 72 of 101 plans in its category · vps

Calculation basis: Prices converted to US dollars and to monthly cost before comparing. Method: methodology.

Price published by the provider at cloud.google.com No check date on record — verify the price at the source before purchasing.

compare.specbars · $ analyze --category=vps
benchmark vs peers

How does this plan compare?

Each spec measured against the category median and maximum with percentile and cost per unit.

🎯 Compared against 34 plans in the same price range
Similar price (±50%): $3.06 — $9.19/mo
CPU 2 vCPU
below median
0 med 2 vCPU max 6 vCPU
RAM 1 GB
bottom 3%
0 med 1.75 GB max 12 GB
Storage —
0 med 40 GB max 300 GB
Bandwidth —
0 max 20 TB

cpu.model: "Intel/AMD shared"

Estimated latency per region

From 🇪🇸 Spain · best: FR ~15 ms

  • 🇫🇷 París, France
    FR
    Closest ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇬🇧 Londres, United Kingdom
    UK
    ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
    ES
    ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇳🇱 Ámsterdam, Netherlands
    NL
    ~15 ms · Excellent
  • 🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany
    DE
    ~25 ms · Excellent
  • 🇵🇱 Varsovia, Poland
    PL
    ~25 ms · Excellent
  • 🇮🇹 Milán, Italy
    IT
    ~35 ms · Excellent
  • 🇫🇮 Helsinki, Finland
    FI
    ~35 ms · Excellent
  • 🇺🇸 Virginia, United States
    US-E
    ~75 ms · Good
  • 🇨🇦 Toronto/Montreal, Canada
    CA
    ~75 ms · Good
  • 🇺🇸 Texas, United States
    US-C
    ~110 ms · Good
  • 🇮🇳 Bombay, India
    IN-MU
    ~130 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇺🇸 Oregón, United States
    US-W
    ~145 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇸🇬 Singapur, Singapore
    SG
    ~175 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇮🇩 Yakarta, Indonesia
    ID
    ~175 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
    BR-SP
    ~200 ms · Acceptable
  • 🇯🇵 Tokio, Japan
    JP-TY
    ~230 ms · Far
  • 🇯🇵 Osaka, Japan
    JP-OS
    ~230 ms · Far
  • 🇰🇷 Seúl, South Korea
    KR
    ~230 ms · Far
  • 🇦🇺 Sídney, Australia
    AU
    ~270 ms · Far

Estimates based on public medians (cloudping/wondernetwork). Real latency may vary ±20-40 ms by ISP, hour and BGP route.

features.list 2 items

Included features

  • 01 Permanent free tier (1 instance/mo in the US)
  • 02 Automatic sustained-use discount

Price history

567823 ago23 ago · today
Verified Not verified
  1. 2026-08-23 6,13 USD cloud.google.com Price on catalog entry, not yet verified
infrastructure.config net · support

[network]

ipv4
1 +$2.92/mo
ipv6
Yes

[support]

level
community
tco.compute base=$6.13/mo · setup=$0

Estimated total cost (TCO)

Projection with no plan changes or promos.

1y 12 months
$74
~$6.13/mo
2y 24 months
$147
~$6.13/mo
3y 36 months
$221
~$6.13/mo
diff --editorial --split gcp/e2-micro
+1 pros −1 cons
01 + One VM free forever
01 − Eligible US regions only
+1 additions, −1 deletions