Google Cloud A100 Pricing Options
All available A100 instance types on Google Cloud, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| us-central1 | a2-ultragpu-8g (8x A100) | On-Demand | $29.3912/hr Cheapest | 8× GPU | 96 vCPU | 1360 GB |
About Google Cloud A100 Cloud Pricing
Google Cloud Platform offers GPU compute through its A2, A3, and G2 machine series, with deep integration into Vertex AI, TPU pods, and Google's proprietary ML infrastructure.
Why Choose Google Cloud for A100
- TPU v5p available alongside GPU options for specific workloads
- Vertex AI for managed ML pipelines
- Sustained use discounts (automatic, no commitment needed)
- Preemptible VMs for up to 60–91% savings on batch jobs
Best suited for: Teams using TensorFlow/JAX who want access to both GPU and TPU hardware, plus managed ML services via Vertex AI.
A100 Technical Overview
Google Cloud (GCP) offers H100 via their A3 Ultra machines in us-central1, us-east4, and europe-west4 -- exclusively as on-demand instances with sustained-use discounts applied automatically (no commitment required). GCP does not offer H100 spot instances, and reserved pricing requires 1 or 3-year committed use contracts. A key differentiator: GCP's H100 VMs come with 400 Gbps InfiniBand (via TrDeal links) enabling multi-node training clusters with near-NVSwitch-equivalent bandwidth, and you can attach Google Cloud's TPU v5p pods alongside H100 VMs for heterogeneous training pipelines. GCP's H100 pricing typically runs 15-25% above Lambda/CoreWeave equivalent configs.
Pricing Analysis
Google Cloud's cheapest A100 option starts at $29.3912/hr, which is 664% above the market average of $3.8477/hr. Google Cloud currently offers on-demand pricing only for A100. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: GCP's sustained use discounts provide automatic savings without commitments, but their GPU availability can be more constrained than AWS in certain regions.
Market context: A100 pricing has dropped 30–50% since H100 became widely available. It remains the best value for workloads that don't require the raw throughput of Hopper-generation hardware.
Top Alternatives to Google Cloud for A100
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Google Cloud A100 rate ($29.3912/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Cloud | $20.0000/hr | On-Demand | -32% cheaper vs Google Cloud |
| Azure | $32.7700/hr | On-Demand | +11% more vs Google Cloud |
| AWS | $40.9659/hr | On-Demand | +39% more vs Google Cloud |
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