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