Introducing E2, new cost-optimized general purpose VMs for Google Compute Engine
Trying to find out how much cheaper these new E2 instances are, these are the Monthly prices taken from their Compute Pricing page [1]:<p><pre><code>    Machine type  VCPUs Memory Price   Preemptible price
    n1-standard-2 2     7.5GB  $48.55  $14.60
    e2-standard-2 2     8GB    $48.92  $14.67
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So how does E2 offer &quot;31% savings compared to N1&quot;?<p>Whatever it is, there seems to be some kind of disconnect as it&#x27;s not obvious from their pricing pages and they should provide better transparency on exactly where these savings are.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cloud.google.com&#x2F;compute&#x2F;all-pricing" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cloud.google.com&#x2F;compute&#x2F;all-pricing</a>