# Along the lines of GCE, here are some prices

> I was doing some research for a customer who wanted to know where the real value to performance is. Here are some pricing structures between GCE, AWS and Softl…

I was doing some research for a customer who wanted to know where the real value to performance is. Here are some pricing structures between GCE, AWS and Softlayer. For comparison Softlayer is bare metal versus virtual. 

GCE: 670.00   
16 CPUS   
60G Memory   
2500GB HD space 

GCE: 763.08   
16 CPUS  
104G Memory  
2500GB HD space 

Amazon: 911.88  
16 CPUS  
30G Memory   
3000GB HD Space 

Amazon: 1534.00   
r3.4xlarge  
16 CPUS   
122.0 Memory   
SSD 1 x 320   
3000GB HD Space 

Amazon: 1679.00   
c3.8xlarge   
32 CPUS   
60.0 Memory   
SSD 2 x 320   
3000GB HD Space   


None of the above include egress bandwidth charges. Ingress is free. 

Softlayer: ~815 (with 72GB memory ~ 950)   
16 Cores   
RAID 10   
4TB (4 2TB drives)   
48GB Memory   


Softlayer: ~1035 (with 72GB memory ~ 1150)  
16 Cores   
RAID 10   
3TB (6 1TB drives, I also looked at 8-750GB and the price was the same. Lastly I also looked at using 2TB drives but the cost is all about the same)   
48GB Memory

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