Google Cloud
Region us-central1
$956.88
$11,483/year
| Compute | $880.38 |
| Storage | $76.50 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × n2-standard-2 for Server
- 3 × n2-standard-4 for Client
Compare Nomad across clouds
Extra Small — up to 50 small jobs on a starter production cluster
AWS
Region us-east-1
Lowest monthly cost
$666.72
$8,001/year
| Compute | $630.72 |
| Storage | $36.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × m6i.large for Server
- 3 × m6i.xlarge for Client
Azure
Region eastus
$737.28
$8,847/year
| Compute | $683.28 |
| Storage | $54.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × Standard_D2s_v5 for Server
- 3 × Standard_D4s_v5 for Client
Why the totals differ
AWS is the lowest-cost option for Nomad at the extra small tier, landing $290.16 per month below Google Cloud. This spread comes from instance and storage pricing in the default regions rather than commitment discounts, so the ranking reflects straight commercial list pricing. Without high availability, the totals stay closer together because there is less replicated capacity, but existing enterprise commitments or hybrid-use discounts could still change the real procurement outcome.
Sources
Reference architecture: Nomad, version Nomad current production reference guidance, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/install/production
Pricing: Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure pricing snapshots retrieved April 12, 2026.
Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.