Google Compute Engine Spot VM (Preemptible) Zone: us-west4-b 64% CFE Clean Energy

Google Cloud Spot Cost Monitor: e2-standard-2 in us-west4-b

Tracking hourly spot price volatility, monthly cost accrual, and on-demand savings for Las Vegas, Nevada datacenter using data from cloudprice.net.

Last Price Update September 23, 2026, 17:14 UTC Live Data
2 vCPUs (Burstable 2.25 - 3.3 GHz)
8 GB System Memory
4 Gbps Network Bandwidth
us-west4 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
CPU Platforms: AMD Rome, Intel Skylake, Haswell, Broadwell
Spot Hourly Rate
$0.00996
~0.996¢ / hour Low Risk
Spot Monthly Cost (24/7)
$7.27 / mo
730 operating hours 90d: $6.30 - $7.27
On-Demand Baseline
$55.09 / mo
$0.0755 / hour Standard rate
Monthly Spot Savings
86.8% OFF
Save $47.82 / mo +$573.84 / yr
Live Month-to-Date Accrued Cost

Real-time billing counter for a continuous 24/7 Spot VM running in us-west4-b during Current Month.

ACCUMULATED SPEND (SO FAR THIS MONTH)
$5.714820
23 days, 18 hrs elapsed
Cost Per Day: ~$0.239 / day
Cost Per Week: ~$1.673 / week
Projected EOM: $7.27 / mo
Spot Price History & Fluctuation
Historical data points recorded by cloudprice.net
Min Spot Price
$0.009032/hr
($6.59/mo)
Max Spot Price
$0.009960/hr
($7.27/mo)
Period Average
$0.009492/hr
($6.93/mo)
Price Stability
Ultra High
Low fluctuation
Pricing Tier Comparison

Monthly cost comparison for 1 VM (730 hrs/mo) across all Google Cloud pricing models in region us-west4:

Spot VM (Current) Save 86.8%
$7.27 $0.00996 / hr
Preemptible with 30s notification. Best ROI.
3-Year CUD Save 55.0%
$24.79 $0.03396 / hr
36-month commitment. Non-interruptible.
1-Year CUD Save 37.0%
$34.71 $0.04755 / hr
12-month commitment. Non-interruptible.
Standard On-Demand Baseline (0%)
$55.09 $0.07550 / hr
Pay-as-you-go regular list price.
Spot provides 3.4x more savings than a 3-Year CUD.

Interactive Monthly Bill Estimator

Estimate total monthly charges including compute runtime, persistent boot disks, and network egress.

Configurable Parameters
BOOT DISK SIZE 30 GB
INTERNET EGRESS (GB/MO) 50 GB (Free Tier)
Estimated Monthly Total Save $47.82/mo
$10.27 / month
Spot VM Compute: $7.27
Persistent Boot Disk: $3.00
Network Egress: $0.00
Equivalent On-Demand Total: $58.09
Budget Utilization ($15.00 budget) 68.5%
Spot Price Change Log
All recorded price updates in us-west4 from cloudprice.net
Timestamp (UTC) Region Instance OS / Platform Spot Hourly Rate Spot Monthly Rate Discount vs On-Demand
Zone us-west4-b Key Facts
  • Datacenter Region us-west4 (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
  • Specific Zone us-west4-b
  • Machine Series E2 (Cost-Optimized Burstable General Purpose)
  • Preemption Frequency Less than 5% (Tier 1 Spot Stability)
  • Termination Notice 30 seconds via ACPI shutdown & metadata notice
  • Termination Action STOP (Preserves boot disk) or DELETE
Tip: Always set --instance-termination-action=STOP so your Persistent Disk remains intact if Google Cloud preempts capacity. You can easily restart it anytime!
Deployment Snippets (us-west4-b)
# Google Cloud CLI command
gcloud compute instances create spot-e2-standard-2-us-west4-b \
  --zone=us-west4-b \
  --machine-type=e2-standard-2 \
  --provisioning-model=SPOT \
  --instance-termination-action=STOP \
  --boot-disk-size=30GB \
  --boot-disk-type=pd-balanced \
  --image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud \
  --image-family=ubuntu-2404-lts-amd64
Configured with Spot provisioning model and balanced SSD boot disk for us-west4-b.