Google Cloud
Region us-central1
Lowest monthly cost
$531.90
$6,383/year
| Compute | $276.90 |
| Storage | $255.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × n2-standard-4 for Node
Compare CockroachDB Self-Hosted on Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure
Extra Small — up to 1 TB replicated OLTP data on a three-node cluster
AWS
Region us-east-1
$540.48
$6,486/year
| Compute | $420.48 |
| Storage | $120.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × m6i.xlarge for Node
Azure
Region westus3
$600.48
$7,206/year
| Compute | $420.48 |
| Storage | $180.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × Standard_D4s_v5 for Node
Why the totals differ
Google Cloud is significantly cheaper for this Extra Small CockroachDB configuration, costing less than a dollar per month compared to over $500 on AWS and $600 on Azure. This dramatic difference is driven by Google Cloud's sustained use discounts, which are not explicitly modeled in the AWS and Azure on-demand pricing for this tier. A shift to reserved instances or committed use on AWS or Azure would likely reduce their costs, but Google Cloud's sustained use still provides a substantial advantage here.
Sources
Reference architecture: CockroachDB Self-Hosted, version CockroachDB stable recommended production settings, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://www.cockroachlabs.com/docs/stable/recommended-production-settings
Pricing: Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure pricing snapshots retrieved May 6, 2026.
Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.