OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes vs Google Cloud (GCP)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes and Google Cloud (GCP).
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
0 reviews
3.9/5
Google Cloud (GCP)
0 reviews
Both OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes and Google Cloud (GCP) are equally rated at 3.9/5. managed K8s clusters in all OVHcloud Public Cloud regions (Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific) Known for its data analytics and AI tooling (BigQuery, Vertex AI).
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes EU managed Kubernetes from OVH at low cost | Google Cloud (GCP) Google's cloud — AI/ML and data analytics focus | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium | pay-as-you-go |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| Best for | EU-focused teams that want managed Kubernetes economics without control-plane fees and are comfortable driving clusters through Terraform and kubectl. | Data- and ML-centric teams already building on BigQuery, GKE, or Vertex AI, and workloads that need a published multi-zone SLA or data residency in one of 43 regions. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Tags | ||
| Tags | managed optionhourly billingeu datacentergdpr compliantapi access | free tierhourly billingipv6gpu availables3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi accessterraform providerkubernetes supportarm processors |
| Visit OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes → | Visit Google Cloud (GCP) → | |
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
Pros
- + Permanently free managed control plane on the Free plan (up to 100 nodes)
- + Standard plan adds dedicated multi-AZ control plane for $0.099/hour per cluster
- + Official Terraform/Pulumi support, autoscaling, OIDC, vRack private networking
- + EU data residency with regions in France, Germany, UK and Poland
- + $200 Public Cloud trial credit covers roughly a month of real worker nodes
Cons
- - Free plan SLA is 99.5% with no service credits; Standard 99.99% promised only after beta
- - Control panel is dense and less polished than GKE or DigitalOcean
- - Ticket-based support on standard tiers; no multi-cluster management in-product
- - etcd quota (400 MiB free / 8 GiB standard) limits CRD-heavy operator usage
Google Cloud (GCP)
Pros
- + Best published SLA set in the comparison: 99.99% multi-zone, 99.9% single-instance
- + 43 regions and 130 zones with per-region price variance you can trade against latency
- + Per-second billing and three discount levers — Spot up to 91% off, commitments up to 55–70%
- + Live migration through host maintenance; deep integration with GKE, BigQuery, Vertex AI
- + Real free entry: $300 trial credit that never auto-charges, plus an Always Free e2-micro VM
Cons
- - Poor price-performance for plain VMs versus European VPS specialists; no bundled transfer
- - Egress is expensive ($0.12/GiB Premium) and billed as a separate line item
- - Sustained use discounts don't apply to E2 and N4 — the families entry buyers choose
- - Budgets alert but don't cap Compute Engine spend; human support costs from $29/month
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