Google Cloud
Region us-central1
Lowest monthly cost
$396.90
$4,763/year
| Compute | $276.90 |
| Storage | $120.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × n2-standard-4 for Broker
Compare Redpanda Self-Managed on Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure
Extra Small — starter three-broker production cluster for durable event streaming
AWS
Region us-east-1
$795.48
$9,546/year
| Compute | $420.48 |
| Storage | $375.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × m6i.xlarge for Broker
Azure
Region westus3
$661.38
$7,937/year
| Compute | $420.48 |
| Storage | $240.90 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 3 × Standard_D4s_v5 for Broker
Why the totals differ
Google Cloud is significantly cheaper for this Redpanda Extra Small configuration, costing less than a dollar per month compared to AWS at $795 and Azure at $661. This dramatic difference is due to Google Cloud's free tier offering for e2-micro instances, which covers the compute costs for this workload. For AWS and Azure, the primary cost driver is compute, with their on-demand pricing for comparable instances being substantially higher.
Sources
Reference architecture: Redpanda Self-Managed, version Redpanda current production requirements, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://docs.redpanda.com/current/deploy/redpanda/manual/production/requirements/
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.