What is the cheapest 4 GB Google Compute Engine server in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?

e2-medium: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, $26.91 a month ($0.0369 an hour, 730 hours), read 30 Oct 2026. Disk, a public IPv4 address and outbound traffic are billed on top.

What is the cheapest Google Compute Engine server of any size in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?

e2-micro (2 vCPU, 1 GB) at $6.73 a month, $0.0092 an hour; 235 sizes are priced here, read 30 Oct 2026.

Is an Arm server cheaper than x86 in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?

At 4 GB, yes by -25%: c4a-standard-1 (Arm) is $36.09 a month against e2-medium (x86) at $26.91. Arm runs most Linux software; check your container images and binaries support arm64.

Is Johannesburg a cheap Google Compute Engine region?

For a 4 GB server Johannesburg ranks 9 of 44 regions at $26.91 a month; the cheapest is Mumbai at $20.35.

Google Compute Engine prices in Johannesburg (africa-south1)

The cheapest 4 GB Linux Google Compute Engine server in Johannesburg (africa-south1) is e2-medium (2 vCPU) at $26.91 a month ($0.0369 an hour at 730 hours). 235 sizes priced from $6.73 a month, read 30 Oct 2026 from Google Cloud's own price list.

Every size on one price line

235 sizes from $6.73 to $10,252 a month; half of them sit between $190 and $2,274, the median is $765.

median $765$6.73 e2-micro$5$10$20$50$100$200$500$1,000$2,000$5,000$10,000$20,000

235 sizes · per month in USD at 730 hours · log scale · the cheapest 4 GB size in colour · hover a tick for the size

Nearest cheaper region at 4 GB: Johannesburg $26.91 · Mumbai $20.35, 6,980 km away, 24% cheaper

Cheapest Linux server per memory size

The cheapest size with at least this much memory and under twice it.

Memory	Cheapest size	vCPU	Per hour	Per month
1 GB	e2-micro1 GB · burstable CPU	2	$0.0092	$6.73730 h × hourly
2 GB	e2-small2 GB · burstable CPU	2	$0.0184	$13.45730 h × hourly
4 GB	e2-medium4 GB · burstable CPU	2	$0.0369	$26.91730 h × hourly
8 GB	c4a-highmem-18 GB · Arm	1	$0.0649	$47.38730 h × hourly
16 GB	e2-highmem-216 GB	2	$0.0994	$72.59730 h × hourly
32 GB	e2-highmem-432 GB	4	$0.1989	$145.19730 h × hourly
64 GB	e2-highmem-864 GB	8	$0.3978	$290.38730 h × hourly

All 235 sizes by family

11 families, cheapest first; open a family for every size. Per month = 730 hours × the hourly price.

E2 18 sizes from $6.73 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
e2-micro	2	1 GB	x86	$0.0092	$6.730.25 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 1 GB x 0.00321609 per hour (shared core)
e2-small	2	2 GB	x86	$0.0184	$13.450.5 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 2 GB x 0.00321609 per hour (shared core)
e2-medium	2	4 GB	x86	$0.0369	$26.911 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 4 GB x 0.00321609 per hour (shared core)
e2-highcpu-2	2	2 GB	x86	$0.0544	$39.732 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 2 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.0737	$53.812 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 8 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highmem-2	2	16 GB	x86	$0.0994	$72.592 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 16 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highcpu-4	4	4 GB	x86	$0.1088	$79.454 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 4 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.1474	$107.624 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 16 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.1989	$145.194 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 32 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highcpu-8	8	8 GB	x86	$0.2177	$158.908 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 8 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.2949	$215.258 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 32 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.3978	$290.388 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 64 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highcpu-16	16	16 GB	x86	$0.4354	$317.8116 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 16 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.5897	$430.5016 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 64 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highmem-16	16	128 GB	x86	$0.7956	$580.7516 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 128 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highcpu-32	32	32 GB	x86	$0.8707	$635.6132 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 32 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.1794	$86132 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 128 GB x 0.00321609 per hour
e2-highmem-32	32	256 GB	x86	$1.5911	$1,161.5132 vCPU x 0.02399337 + 256 GB x 0.00321609 per hour

N1 24 sizes from $28.45 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
n1-highcpu-1	1	0.9 GB	x86	$0.0390	$28.451 vCPU x 0.034773 + 0.9 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-1	1	3.75 GB	x86	$0.0523	$38.141 vCPU x 0.034773 + 3.75 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-1	1	6.5 GB	x86	$0.0651	$47.501 vCPU x 0.034773 + 6.5 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-2	2	1.8 GB	x86	$0.0779	$56.892 vCPU x 0.034773 + 1.8 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-2	2	7.5 GB	x86	$0.1045	$76.292 vCPU x 0.034773 + 7.5 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-2	2	13 GB	x86	$0.1301	$952 vCPU x 0.034773 + 13 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-4	4	3.6 GB	x86	$0.1559	$113.794 vCPU x 0.034773 + 3.6 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-4	4	15 GB	x86	$0.2090	$152.584 vCPU x 0.034773 + 15 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-4	4	26 GB	x86	$0.2603	$1904 vCPU x 0.034773 + 26 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-8	8	7.2 GB	x86	$0.3117	$227.578 vCPU x 0.034773 + 7.2 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-8	8	30 GB	x86	$0.4180	$305.158 vCPU x 0.034773 + 30 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-8	8	52 GB	x86	$0.5206	$380.018 vCPU x 0.034773 + 52 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-16	16	14.4 GB	x86	$0.6235	$455.1516 vCPU x 0.034773 + 14.4 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-16	16	60 GB	x86	$0.8360	$610.3016 vCPU x 0.034773 + 60 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-16	16	104 GB	x86	$1.0411	$760.0116 vCPU x 0.034773 + 104 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-32	32	28.8 GB	x86	$1.2470	$910.2932 vCPU x 0.034773 + 28.8 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-32	32	120 GB	x86	$1.6721	$1,220.6032 vCPU x 0.034773 + 120 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-32	32	208 GB	x86	$2.0822	$1,520.0232 vCPU x 0.034773 + 208 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-64	64	57.6 GB	x86	$2.4939	$1,820.5864 vCPU x 0.034773 + 57.6 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-64	64	240 GB	x86	$3.3441	$2,441.2064 vCPU x 0.034773 + 240 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highcpu-96	96	86.4 GB	x86	$3.7409	$2,730.8796 vCPU x 0.034773 + 86.4 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-64	64	416 GB	x86	$4.1644	$3,040.0564 vCPU x 0.034773 + 416 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-standard-96	96	360 GB	x86	$5.0162	$3,661.8096 vCPU x 0.034773 + 360 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n1-highmem-96	96	624 GB	x86	$6.2467	$4,560.0796 vCPU x 0.034773 + 624 GB x 0.004661 per hour

C4A 27 sizes from $30.45 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
c4a-highcpu-1	1	2 GB	Arm	$0.0417	$30.451 vCPU x 0.03398 + 2 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-1	1	4 GB	Arm	$0.0494	$36.091 vCPU x 0.03398 + 4 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-1	1	8 GB	Arm	$0.0649	$47.381 vCPU x 0.03398 + 8 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-2	2	4 GB	Arm	$0.0834	$60.902 vCPU x 0.03398 + 4 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-2	2	8 GB	Arm	$0.0989	$72.182 vCPU x 0.03398 + 8 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-2	2	16 GB	Arm	$0.1298	$94.752 vCPU x 0.03398 + 16 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-4	4	8 GB	Arm	$0.1668	$121.794 vCPU x 0.03398 + 8 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-4	4	16 GB	Arm	$0.1978	$144.364 vCPU x 0.03398 + 16 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-4	4	32 GB	Arm	$0.2596	$189.514 vCPU x 0.03398 + 32 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-8	8	16 GB	Arm	$0.3337	$243.598 vCPU x 0.03398 + 16 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-8	8	32 GB	Arm	$0.3955	$288.738 vCPU x 0.03398 + 32 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-8	8	64 GB	Arm	$0.5192	$379.018 vCPU x 0.03398 + 64 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-16	16	32 GB	Arm	$0.6674	$487.1716 vCPU x 0.03398 + 32 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-16	16	64 GB	Arm	$0.7910	$577.4516 vCPU x 0.03398 + 64 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-16	16	128 GB	Arm	$1.0384	$758.0216 vCPU x 0.03398 + 128 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-32	32	64 GB	Arm	$1.3347	$974.3432 vCPU x 0.03398 + 64 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-32	32	128 GB	Arm	$1.5821	$1,154.9132 vCPU x 0.03398 + 128 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-48	48	96 GB	Arm	$2.0021	$1,461.5148 vCPU x 0.03398 + 96 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-32	32	256 GB	Arm	$2.0768	$1,516.0532 vCPU x 0.03398 + 256 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-48	48	192 GB	Arm	$2.3731	$1,732.3648 vCPU x 0.03398 + 192 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-64	64	128 GB	Arm	$2.6694	$1,948.6864 vCPU x 0.03398 + 128 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highcpu-72	72	144 GB	Arm	$3.0031	$2,192.2772 vCPU x 0.03398 + 144 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-48	48	384 GB	Arm	$3.1152	$2,274.0748 vCPU x 0.03398 + 384 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-64	64	256 GB	Arm	$3.1641	$2,309.8264 vCPU x 0.03398 + 256 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-standard-72	72	288 GB	Arm	$3.5597	$2,598.5572 vCPU x 0.03398 + 288 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-64	64	512 GB	Arm	$4.1535	$3,032.0964 vCPU x 0.03398 + 512 GB x 0.0038649 per hour
c4a-highmem-72	72	576 GB	Arm	$4.6727	$3,411.1072 vCPU x 0.03398 + 576 GB x 0.0038649 per hour

T2D 8 sizes from $33.93 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
t2d-standard-1	1	4 GB	x86	$0.0465	$33.931 vCPU x 0.030253 + 4 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.0929	$67.852 vCPU x 0.030253 + 8 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.1859	$135.704 vCPU x 0.030253 + 16 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.3718	$271.408 vCPU x 0.030253 + 32 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.7436	$542.8016 vCPU x 0.030253 + 64 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.4871	$1,085.6132 vCPU x 0.030253 + 128 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-48	48	192 GB	x86	$2.2307	$1,628.4148 vCPU x 0.030253 + 192 GB x 0.004055 per hour
t2d-standard-60	60	240 GB	x86	$2.7884	$2,035.5260 vCPU x 0.030253 + 240 GB x 0.004055 per hour

N2D 33 sizes from $50.09 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
n2d-highcpu-2	2	2 GB	x86	$0.0686	$50.092 vCPU x 0.030253 + 2 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.0929	$67.852 vCPU x 0.030253 + 8 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-2	2	16 GB	x86	$0.1254	$91.532 vCPU x 0.030253 + 16 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-4	4	4 GB	x86	$0.1372	$100.184 vCPU x 0.030253 + 4 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.1859	$135.704 vCPU x 0.030253 + 16 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.2508	$183.064 vCPU x 0.030253 + 32 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-8	8	8 GB	x86	$0.2745	$200.368 vCPU x 0.030253 + 8 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.3718	$271.408 vCPU x 0.030253 + 32 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.5015	$366.138 vCPU x 0.030253 + 64 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-16	16	16 GB	x86	$0.5489	$400.7216 vCPU x 0.030253 + 16 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.7436	$542.8016 vCPU x 0.030253 + 64 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-16	16	128 GB	x86	$1.0031	$732.2516 vCPU x 0.030253 + 128 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-32	32	32 GB	x86	$1.0979	$801.4332 vCPU x 0.030253 + 32 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.4871	$1,085.6132 vCPU x 0.030253 + 128 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-48	48	48 GB	x86	$1.6468	$1,202.1548 vCPU x 0.030253 + 48 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-32	32	256 GB	x86	$2.0062	$1,464.5132 vCPU x 0.030253 + 256 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-64	64	64 GB	x86	$2.1957	$1,602.8764 vCPU x 0.030253 + 64 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-48	48	192 GB	x86	$2.2307	$1,628.4148 vCPU x 0.030253 + 192 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-80	80	80 GB	x86	$2.7446	$2,003.5980 vCPU x 0.030253 + 80 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-64	64	256 GB	x86	$2.9743	$2,171.2264 vCPU x 0.030253 + 256 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-48	48	384 GB	x86	$3.0093	$2,196.7648 vCPU x 0.030253 + 384 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-96	96	96 GB	x86	$3.2936	$2,404.3096 vCPU x 0.030253 + 96 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-80	80	320 GB	x86	$3.7178	$2,714.0280 vCPU x 0.030253 + 320 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-64	64	512 GB	x86	$4.0124	$2,929.0264 vCPU x 0.030253 + 512 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-128	128	128 GB	x86	$4.3914	$3,205.74128 vCPU x 0.030253 + 128 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-96	96	384 GB	x86	$4.4614	$3,256.8396 vCPU x 0.030253 + 384 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-80	80	640 GB	x86	$5.0154	$3,661.2780 vCPU x 0.030253 + 640 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-128	128	512 GB	x86	$5.9485	$4,342.44128 vCPU x 0.030253 + 512 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-96	96	768 GB	x86	$6.0185	$4,393.5396 vCPU x 0.030253 + 768 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highcpu-224	224	224 GB	x86	$7.6850	$5,610.04224 vCPU x 0.030253 + 224 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-128	128	1024 GB	x86	$8.0247	$5,858.03128 vCPU x 0.030253 + 1024 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-standard-224	224	896 GB	x86	$10.4100	$7,599.26224 vCPU x 0.030253 + 896 GB x 0.004055 per hour
n2d-highmem-224	224	1792 GB	x86	$14.0432	$10,251.56224 vCPU x 0.030253 + 1792 GB x 0.004055 per hour

N2 30 sizes from $57.57 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
n2-highcpu-2	2	2 GB	x86	$0.0789	$57.572 vCPU x 0.034773 + 2 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.1068	$77.992 vCPU x 0.034773 + 8 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-2	2	16 GB	x86	$0.1441	$105.212 vCPU x 0.034773 + 16 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-4	4	4 GB	x86	$0.1577	$115.154 vCPU x 0.034773 + 4 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.2137	$155.984 vCPU x 0.034773 + 16 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.2882	$210.424 vCPU x 0.034773 + 32 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-8	8	8 GB	x86	$0.3155	$230.298 vCPU x 0.034773 + 8 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.4273	$311.968 vCPU x 0.034773 + 32 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.5765	$420.848 vCPU x 0.034773 + 64 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-16	16	16 GB	x86	$0.6309	$460.5916 vCPU x 0.034773 + 16 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.8547	$623.9116 vCPU x 0.034773 + 64 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-16	16	128 GB	x86	$1.1530	$841.6716 vCPU x 0.034773 + 128 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-32	32	32 GB	x86	$1.2619	$921.1832 vCPU x 0.034773 + 32 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.7093	$1,247.8232 vCPU x 0.034773 + 128 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-48	48	48 GB	x86	$1.8928	$1,381.7748 vCPU x 0.034773 + 48 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-32	32	256 GB	x86	$2.3060	$1,683.3432 vCPU x 0.034773 + 256 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-64	64	64 GB	x86	$2.5238	$1,842.3664 vCPU x 0.034773 + 64 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-48	48	192 GB	x86	$2.5640	$1,871.7348 vCPU x 0.034773 + 192 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-80	80	80 GB	x86	$3.1547	$2,302.9580 vCPU x 0.034773 + 80 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-64	64	256 GB	x86	$3.4187	$2,495.6464 vCPU x 0.034773 + 256 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-48	48	384 GB	x86	$3.4589	$2,525.0248 vCPU x 0.034773 + 384 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-96	96	96 GB	x86	$3.7857	$2,763.5396 vCPU x 0.034773 + 96 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-80	80	320 GB	x86	$4.2734	$3,119.5580 vCPU x 0.034773 + 320 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-64	64	512 GB	x86	$4.6119	$3,366.6964 vCPU x 0.034773 + 512 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highcpu-128	128	128 GB	x86	$5.0476	$3,684.71128 vCPU x 0.034773 + 128 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-96	96	384 GB	x86	$5.1280	$3,743.4696 vCPU x 0.034773 + 384 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-80	80	640 GB	x86	$5.7649	$4,208.3680 vCPU x 0.034773 + 640 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-standard-128	128	512 GB	x86	$6.8374	$4,991.28128 vCPU x 0.034773 + 512 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-96	96	768 GB	x86	$6.9179	$5,050.0396 vCPU x 0.034773 + 768 GB x 0.004661 per hour
n2-highmem-128	128	1024 GB	x86	$9.2238	$6,733.38128 vCPU x 0.034773 + 1024 GB x 0.004661 per hour

C2D 21 sizes from $60.25 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
c2d-highcpu-2	2	4 GB	x86	$0.0825	$60.252 vCPU x 0.032551 + 4 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.1000	$72.982 vCPU x 0.032551 + 8 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-2	2	16 GB	x86	$0.1348	$98.442 vCPU x 0.032551 + 16 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-4	4	8 GB	x86	$0.1651	$120.514 vCPU x 0.032551 + 8 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.1999	$145.964 vCPU x 0.032551 + 16 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.2697	$196.884 vCPU x 0.032551 + 32 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-8	8	16 GB	x86	$0.3302	$241.018 vCPU x 0.032551 + 16 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.3999	$291.928 vCPU x 0.032551 + 32 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.5394	$393.758 vCPU x 0.032551 + 64 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-16	16	32 GB	x86	$0.6603	$482.0216 vCPU x 0.032551 + 32 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.7998	$583.8516 vCPU x 0.032551 + 64 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-16	16	128 GB	x86	$1.0788	$787.5016 vCPU x 0.032551 + 128 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-32	32	64 GB	x86	$1.3206	$964.0432 vCPU x 0.032551 + 64 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.5996	$1,167.7032 vCPU x 0.032551 + 128 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-32	32	256 GB	x86	$2.1575	$1,57532 vCPU x 0.032551 + 256 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-56	56	112 GB	x86	$2.3111	$1,687.0856 vCPU x 0.032551 + 112 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-56	56	224 GB	x86	$2.7993	$2,043.4756 vCPU x 0.032551 + 224 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-56	56	448 GB	x86	$3.7757	$2,756.2556 vCPU x 0.032551 + 448 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highcpu-112	112	224 GB	x86	$4.6221	$3,374.15112 vCPU x 0.032551 + 224 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-standard-112	112	448 GB	x86	$5.5985	$4,086.94112 vCPU x 0.032551 + 448 GB x 0.004359 per hour
c2d-highmem-112	112	896 GB	x86	$7.5514	$5,512.50112 vCPU x 0.032551 + 896 GB x 0.004359 per hour

N4 24 sizes from $61.52 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
n4-highcpu-2	2	4 GB	x86	$0.0843	$61.522 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 4 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-2	2	8 GB	x86	$0.0999	$72.902 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 8 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-2	2	16 GB	x86	$0.1311	$95.672 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 16 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-4	4	8 GB	x86	$0.1686	$123.054 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 8 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.1997	$145.814 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 16 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.2621	$191.344 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 32 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-8	8	16 GB	x86	$0.3371	$246.098 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 16 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.3995	$291.628 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 32 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.5242	$382.678 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 64 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-16	16	32 GB	x86	$0.6742	$492.1816 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 32 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.7990	$583.2416 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 64 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-16	16	128 GB	x86	$1.0484	$765.3516 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 128 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-32	32	64 GB	x86	$1.3485	$984.3732 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 64 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-32	32	128 GB	x86	$1.5979	$1,166.4832 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 128 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-48	48	96 GB	x86	$2.0227	$1,476.5548 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 96 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-32	32	256 GB	x86	$2.0968	$1,530.7032 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 256 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-48	48	192 GB	x86	$2.3969	$1,749.7248 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 192 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-64	64	128 GB	x86	$2.6969	$1,968.7464 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 128 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-48	48	384 GB	x86	$3.1453	$2,296.0548 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 384 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-64	64	256 GB	x86	$3.1958	$2,332.9664 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 256 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highcpu-80	80	160 GB	x86	$3.3711	$2,460.9280 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 160 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-standard-80	80	320 GB	x86	$3.9948	$2,916.2080 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 320 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-64	64	512 GB	x86	$4.1937	$3,061.3964 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 512 GB x 0.00389789 per hour
n4-highmem-80	80	640 GB	x86	$5.2421	$3,826.7480 vCPU x 0.03434331 + 640 GB x 0.00389789 per hour

C4 27 sizes from $67.57 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
c4-highcpu-2	2	3.75 GB	x86	$0.0926	$67.572 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 3.75 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-2	2	7.5 GB	x86	$0.1088	$79.442 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 7.5 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-2	2	15.5 GB	x86	$0.1435	$104.772 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 15.5 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-4	4	7.5 GB	x86	$0.1851	$135.154 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 7.5 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-4	4	15 GB	x86	$0.2177	$158.894 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 15 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-4	4	31 GB	x86	$0.2870	$209.534 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 31 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-8	8	15 GB	x86	$0.3703	$270.298 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 15 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-8	8	30 GB	x86	$0.4353	$317.788 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 30 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-8	8	62 GB	x86	$0.5741	$419.078 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 62 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-16	16	30 GB	x86	$0.7405	$540.5916 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 30 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-16	16	60 GB	x86	$0.8706	$635.5516 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 60 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-24	24	45 GB	x86	$1.1108	$810.8824 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 45 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-16	16	124 GB	x86	$1.1481	$838.1316 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 124 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-24	24	90 GB	x86	$1.3059	$953.3324 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 90 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-32	32	60 GB	x86	$1.4811	$1,081.1832 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 60 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-24	24	186 GB	x86	$1.7222	$1,257.2024 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 186 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-32	32	120 GB	x86	$1.7412	$1,271.1032 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 120 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-48	48	90 GB	x86	$2.2216	$1,621.7748 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 90 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-32	32	248 GB	x86	$2.2963	$1,676.2732 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 248 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-48	48	180 GB	x86	$2.6119	$1,906.6548 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 180 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-48	48	372 GB	x86	$3.4444	$2,514.4048 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 372 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-96	96	180 GB	x86	$4.4432	$3,243.5496 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 180 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-96	96	360 GB	x86	$5.2237	$3,813.3096 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 360 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-96	96	744 GB	x86	$6.8888	$5,028.8196 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 744 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highcpu-192	192	360 GB	x86	$8.8864	$6,487.07192 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 360 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-standard-192	192	720 GB	x86	$10.4474	$7,626.61192 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 720 GB x 0.004336132 per hour
c4-highmem-192	192	1488 GB	x86	$13.7776	$10,057.62192 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 1488 GB x 0.004336132 per hour

C3 18 sizes from $136.73 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
c3-highcpu-4	4	8 GB	x86	$0.1873	$136.734 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 8 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.2220	$162.054 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 16 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-4	4	32 GB	x86	$0.2914	$212.704 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 32 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highcpu-8	8	16 GB	x86	$0.3746	$273.468 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 16 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.4440	$324.118 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 32 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-8	8	64 GB	x86	$0.5827	$425.408 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 64 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highcpu-22	22	44 GB	x86	$1.0302	$752.0122 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 44 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-22	22	88 GB	x86	$1.2209	$891.2922 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 88 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-22	22	176 GB	x86	$1.6025	$1,169.8422 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 176 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highcpu-44	44	88 GB	x86	$2.0603	$1,504.0344 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 88 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-44	44	176 GB	x86	$2.4419	$1,782.5844 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 176 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-44	44	352 GB	x86	$3.2050	$2,339.6844 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 352 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highcpu-88	88	176 GB	x86	$4.1206	$3,008.0688 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 176 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-88	88	352 GB	x86	$4.8838	$3,565.1688 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 352 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-88	88	704 GB	x86	$6.4101	$4,679.3688 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 704 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highcpu-176	176	352 GB	x86	$8.2413	$6,016.11176 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 352 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-standard-176	176	704 GB	x86	$9.7676	$7,130.32176 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 704 GB x 0.0043361 per hour
c3-highmem-176	176	1408 GB	x86	$12.8202	$9,358.73176 vCPU x 0.0381531 + 1408 GB x 0.0043361 per hour

Compute optimized 5 sizes from $167.68 a month

Size	vCPU	Memory	Processor	Per hour	Per month
c2-standard-4	4	16 GB	x86	$0.2297	$167.684 vCPU x 0.037381 + 16 GB x 0.005011 per hour
c2-standard-8	8	32 GB	x86	$0.4594	$335.368 vCPU x 0.037381 + 32 GB x 0.005011 per hour
c2-standard-16	16	64 GB	x86	$0.9188	$670.7216 vCPU x 0.037381 + 64 GB x 0.005011 per hour
c2-standard-30	30	120 GB	x86	$1.7228	$1,257.6130 vCPU x 0.037381 + 120 GB x 0.005011 per hour
c2-standard-60	60	240 GB	x86	$3.4455	$2,515.2260 vCPU x 0.037381 + 240 GB x 0.005011 per hour

Other Google Compute Engine regions, cheapest 4 GB first

Mumbai$20.35
Iowa$24.46
South Carolina$24.46
Columbus$24.46
Oregon$24.46
US West 8 (new region, city not yet in Google’s public list)$24.46
Stockholm$25.68
Queretaro$26.66
Belgium$26.91
Tel Aviv$26.91
Finland$26.93
Netherlands$26.93

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Google Compute Engine in Johannesburg, frequently asked

What is the cheapest 4 GB Google Compute Engine server in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?: e2-medium: 2 vCPU, 4 GB, $26.91 a month ($0.0369 an hour, 730 hours), read 30 Oct 2026. Disk, a public IPv4 address and outbound traffic are billed on top.
What is the cheapest Google Compute Engine server of any size in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?: e2-micro (2 vCPU, 1 GB) at $6.73 a month, $0.0092 an hour; 235 sizes are priced here, read 30 Oct 2026.
Is an Arm server cheaper than x86 in Johannesburg (africa-south1)?: At 4 GB, yes by -25%: c4a-standard-1 (Arm) is $36.09 a month against e2-medium (x86) at $26.91. Arm runs most Linux software; check your container images and binaries support arm64.
Is Johannesburg a cheap Google Compute Engine region?: For a 4 GB server Johannesburg ranks 9 of 44 regions at $26.91 a month; the cheapest is Mumbai at $20.35.

Where these prices come from

Each figure is the cloud's own published on-demand list price for a Linux server on shared hardware, read by our scripts from the cloud's price list, never typed in: Google Cloud Compute Engine price list for Johannesburg (read 30 Oct 2026). A month is 730 hours, the convention the clouds' own calculators use, unless the provider lists a monthly price. Prices in other currencies are shown as listed and converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 29 Oct 2026. The hourly price covers the server alone: disk, a public IPv4 address and outbound traffic are billed on top at every cloud here, while the VPS prices we compare against include a disk, an IPv4 address and a traffic allowance. Specs are the cloud's published vCPU count and memory; a size whose specs the cloud does not publish in a readable form shows "not stated".