Google Compute Engine vs vCloud Air comparison

Google and Virtustream are both solutions in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category. Google is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.6, while Virtustream is ranked #22. Google holds a 0.8% mindshare in ISI, compared to Virtustream’s 0.3% mindshare. Additionally, 93% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Virtustream users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 16, 2024

Google Compute Engine and vCloud Air are competing products in the cloud computing space. While Google Compute Engine demonstrates strength in scalability and integration capabilities, vCloud Air provides superior features that users find worth the extra investment.

Features: Google Compute Engine offers robust performance, seamless integration with Google services, and emphasizes a wide selection of machine types. vCloud Air provides robust hybrid cloud capabilities, comprehensive disaster recovery features, and advanced security options, making it attractive to enterprises focused on resilience.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Google Compute Engine features a seamless deployment process and effective customer support, benefiting those with technical expertise. vCloud Air's deployment model is user-friendly and includes comprehensive support, easing transition and implementation issues for large enterprises.

Pricing and ROI: Google Compute Engine offers competitive pricing with attractive discounts for committed use, appealing to cost-conscious buyers. vCloud Air reflects its feature-rich offerings with higher initial costs but delivers substantial ROI through its comprehensive service suite.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Compute Engine

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

10th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

vCloud Air

Ranking in Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS)

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database as a Service (DBaaS) (16th)

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Infrastructure as a Service Clouds (IaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Compute Engine is 0.8%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of vCloud Air is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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WahyuKurniawan

Head of Software Engineering at Abarobotics.com

Reasonably priced and offers high availability features

The synchronization between two tools, meaning if I have another server outside Google Cloud, as far as I know, I cannot mimic the server in Google Cloud to another server outside Google Cloud. I don't know if Google has the above-mentioned features or not, and if it does have them, then maybe Google can help us set things right and how to make a server mimic either of the servers outside Google. With the hot swap features or if Google Cloud itself is down, we can replace the services with another server. Right now, I have another server outside Google as a backup of a production server. There should be synchronization between servers inside Google and those outside it. The high availability features in Google are only available in Google Compute Engine in different regions. If I have another server outside Google, the high availability features in Google cannot synchronize with such a server.

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Saurabh Chandratre

Director Solutions Architect - EMEA & APAC at Blue Medora

With the VPC, you can run your workloads in an active state, use it for development work and for hosting SQL/Exchange Servers in IaaS; RaaS/DaaS for DR activities.

All three components of the vCloud Air are equally valuable and important, i.e., IaaS, DaaS and RaaS. I like the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) offering compared to the Dedicated Cloud. It gives me the flexibility to utilize the pay-as-you-go option. You can run your workloads in an active state at reasonable prices. I have seen lots of companies use it for their development work, as well as for hosting SQL and Exchange Servers, i.e., in the active-passive mode instead of Replication (RaaS). Disaster Recovery is also a great feature that is affordable and easy to use. Disaster Recovery is a great component of the vCloud Air, where you can protect the on-premises cloud infrastructure, by providing self-service recovery options using the vSphere Replication. Some of the features that really stand out and I have used in my projects are: * Direct Connect: It provides high speed and private line connectivity. * Offline Data Transfer: For encrypted bulk data transport.

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

27%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Compute Engine?

Everything is simple and useful. The initial setup is not challenging.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Compute Engine?

Google resources are cheaper compared to AWS and Microsoft Azure. Among the three, Google is the cheapest option.

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What needs improvement with Google Compute Engine?

Google has a lack of focus on their products. They have many products in various areas of the market, but they do not productize or appeal to the market effectively. They should concentrate on prod...

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Overview

Google Compute Engine delivers virtual machines running in Google's innovative data centers and worldwide fiber network. Compute Engine's tooling and workflow support enable scaling from single instances to global, load-balanced cloud computing.

Compute Engine's VMs boot quickly, come with persistent disk storage, and deliver consistent performance. Our virtual servers are available in many configurations including predefined sizes or the option to create Custom Machine Types optimized for your specific needs. Flexible pricing and automatic sustained use discounts make Compute Engine the leader in price/performance.

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vCloud Air is a public cloud platform built on the trusted foundation of vSphere, compatible with your on-premises data center, that includes infrastructure, disaster recovery, and various applications as service offerings. vCloud Air allows you to extend your workloads into the cloud with ease. You can migrate existing onsite virtual machines (VMs) to the public cloud or start up new application VMs directly in the cloud.

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Allthecooks, BetterCloud, Bluecore, Cosentry, Evite, Ezakus, HTC, Infectious Media, iStreamPlanet, Mendelics, SageMathCloud, Sedex, Treeptik, Wibigoo, Wix, zulily, Zync

Lumeta, LifeSite, Clear Tec Solutions, National Physician Services, Queens University of Charlotte, California Natural Resources Agency, Pacific Disaster Center, Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Columbia Sportswear , CSS Corp

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