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Google Cloud vs HPE Helion comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
81
Ranking in other categories
Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) (3rd)
HPE Helion
Ranking in PaaS Clouds
25th
Average Rating
7.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the PaaS Clouds category, the mindshare of Google Cloud is 5.8%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Helion is 1.4%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Google Cloud5.8%
HPE Helion1.4%
Other92.8%
PaaS Clouds
 

Featured Reviews

AnjaneyaVara Prasad - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Cloud services have reduced on‑prem hardware costs and now support flexible microservices workloads
Regarding potential areas of improvement for Google Cloud, considering that they are providing 300 plus services, some services could be improved. For example, if I am facing some network troubleshooting issue in GKE in Google Cloud, I have to dig deeply and enable some special logs, such as flow logs. To enable that, it is chargeable. At least for basic services, they should give end-to-end support. In terms of end-to-end support, if I am purchasing one firewall from Google and using that firewall, all firewall-related services should be free. If I want to troubleshoot something deep and perform deep troubleshooting, you have to enable some additional logs. That is not that good. If I have to enable additional logs and want to store them into Google Cloud storage, which is similar to an S3 bucket, it is again chargeable. Those kinds of things should be given as part of the package. If you take firewall, all firewall-related logs, activities, and diagnostics everything should come as one package. If you want to do some deep analysis, you have to enable these logs, and for that you have to store them in the cloud storage, which is again chargeable. We should not have those kinds of things.Regarding additional costs, it can vary case by case. If I want to do deep analysis, I have to enable some logs, and for those logs, Google is charging. I am already paying for my virtual firewall from Google, and I am paying the cost for that. If I want to do some further troubleshooting and enable some low-level logs, they are charging for that. So these are the kinds of things I am talking about. To do very deep-level troubleshooting and enable additional logs, they will be charging. Not only Google, but all clouds are charging for this. Functionality-wise, Google Cloud is fine. In terms of virtual machine deployment or VM instance, the functionality is good.
it_user568056 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at Indra
It provides access to private and public clouds. I would like to be able to select the best private cloud.
I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost. If I need to put an application on the cloud, I would like to know which provider to use. I would like to know the best option for this application.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"There is no downtime. It is very reliable."
"The price of Google Cloud is affordable compared to others services."
"The solution scales well."
"The initial setup is very straightforward."
"The pricing is very good, and we are happy with it for the most part because it is cheap and very competitive with other clouds."
"We can increase the storage as we need."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"This platform is popular with technical users because of the abilities for customization and fine-tuning performance."
"It's improved the delivery of services to our clients, and I believe my clients get new business and better performance."
"HPE Helion provides access to world-class personnel and skill sets, and their ability to perform repeatedly at a high standard provides a positive experience."
"We have many more services, including self-service, and we don't have to call IT and wait for weeks or months for service, which is the biggest benefit for our business."
"Helion Being backed by a vendor (HPE) rather than vanilla openstack gives us a little more confidence that the product is now at a level of maturity where we are happy to start consuming open technologies."
"The most valuable feature is our access to private and public clouds."
 

Cons

"Training in new advancements, technologies, or AI would help us understand how to best use the solution."
"The solution could be cheaper."
"The solution has okay stability, however, that said, it has a way to go before it keeps up to something like Azure."
"Google Cloud should provide more introductory videos on how to get started. Currently, very few of these resources are available. Additionally, training on Google Cloud products is not very well streamlined. Users have to search for training, which can be quite complex."
"There are issues with stability. There may be capacity issues at the time but it's hard to guess what the root cause is."
"Google Cloud could be cheaper."
"Google Cloud would benefit from more detailed practical hands-on training especially in your mother tongue, not just English."
"The product could always be a little bit less expensive."
"With a lot of the services we use, we need a single dashboard that could do more."
"I would like to be able to select the best private cloud to use in terms of service and cost."
"We need improvements for more hybrid use. Right now, the system is very focused on pay-as-you-go cloud services, and our customers are looking for more a hybrid use."
"Some improvements I think are needed are greater stability and more up to date packages."
"If they could reduce the cost, that would be good as there is much competition, and many companies and organizations are looking to reduce costs."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We pay for a license."
"The best part of Google Cloud is that it is cheaper than the competitors."
"The service is cheap and I give it a seven out of ten for the cost."
"The price of Google Cloud is affordable compared to others services. I pay monthly for the service."
"Pricing for Google Cloud could be improved. It would be better if it were lower."
"They provide user-based licensing plans. Its plan could be less expensive."
"Google Cloud could be cheaper."
"Licensing fees are paid monthly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise38
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Cloud?
I think perhaps the usability of Google Cloud could be one of the things that might get improved. In terms of not having to type the whole instruction I need to input to the system, just maybe some...
What is your primary use case for Google Cloud?
My main use case for Google Cloud would be using the functions and the Vertex AI functionality, so mostly AI research and AI deployment. For my AI research and deployment, I use Vertex AI to extrac...
What advice do you have for others considering Google Cloud?
On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate Google Cloud a nine. I choose nine because it combines a unique set of tools that are actually helpful and impactful on my daily work. Regarding Google Cloud's AI capa...
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GCP
HPE Helion Cloud, HP Helion
 

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Sample Customers

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ACA Fashion Software, myLoc, Mendix, Comline AG, Nava Solutions, 20th Century Fox, Zhejiang University, iService Global, Okinawa Cross Head, Creative Photo Cloud, Zuora, Ormuco, Ecad, MyCloud, Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS)
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