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Head-to-head · Block Storage Services

Google Cloud Hyperdisk vs OpenStack Cinder

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Google Cloud Hyperdisk #3 in Block Storage Services 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Google Cloud
OpenStack Cinder #4 in Block Storage Services 9.0/10 Open source ✓ 3 of 4 features Try OpenStack Cinder

Google Cloud Hyperdisk leads on 0 checks, OpenStack Cinder on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreGoogle Cloud Hyperdisk · 9.2/10
  • Most featuresGoogle Cloud Hyperdisk · 4 of 4

Google Cloud Hyperdisk scores higher on our rubric for block storage services: 9.2 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

Google Cloud Hyperdisk is the better fit for high-performance Google Cloud workloads. OpenStack Cinder is the better fit for openStack private clouds.

  • Google Cloud Hyperdisk fits best

    High-performance Google Cloud workloads

  • OpenStack Cinder fits best

    OpenStack private clouds

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Side by side

Feature Google Cloud Hyperdisk 9.2/10 Visit ↗ OpenStack Cinder 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 9.0
Ranking #3 in Block Storage Services #4 in Block Storage Services
Best for High-performance Google Cloud workloads OpenStack private clouds
Pricing model Paid Free
Starting price — Open source
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Self-hosted, Cloud
Support Docs Docs, Community
Built for Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Google Cloud Hyperdisk 4/4 · OpenStack Cinder 3/4
Snapshots ✓ ✓
Multi-attach ✓ ✓
Encryption ✓ ✓
Cross-region replication ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Max volume size 64 TB Not checked yet
Volume types Hyperdisk Balanced, Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability, Hyperdisk Extreme, Hyperdisk Throughput, Hyperdisk ML __DEFAULT__; custom volume types
Maximum IOPS Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Five volume types cover general, high-IOPS, throughput, and ML workloads.
  • Provision capacity, IOPS, and throughput independently per volume.
  • Replication, snapshots, sharing, encryption, and storage pools support varied operations.
  • Manages volumes, snapshots, backups, encryption, and volume types
  • Supports multiple back ends through pluggable storage drivers
  • Integrates with Nova, Horizon, Keystone, and Barbican
Cons
  • There is no free plan for evaluating the service.
  • Usage-based pricing separates capacity, performance, and replication charges.
  • Some sharing and replication capabilities apply only to supported volume types.
  • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a vendor-hosted service
  • Capacity and performance depend on the deployment and storage driver
  • Multi-attach and replication behavior depend on back-end support
Our verdict

Google Cloud Hyperdisk is a durable, network-attached block storage service for Compute Engine virtual machines, containers, and bare-metal instances. It suits teams running Google Cloud workloads that need control over volume capacity,…

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OpenStack Cinder is the Block Storage service for creating and managing persistent volumes across Nova virtual machines, Ironic bare-metal hosts, containers, and other workloads. It suits teams operating OpenStack private clouds that need…

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  1. Google Cloud HyperdiskBlock Storage Services 9.2Paid
  2. OpenStack CinderBlock Storage Services 9.0Open source

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Google Cloud Hyperdisk — where it wins

    • Five volume types cover general, high-IOPS, throughput, and ML workloads.
    • Provision capacity, IOPS, and throughput independently per volume.
    • Replication, snapshots, sharing, encryption, and storage pools support varied operations.

    Where it doesn't

    • There is no free plan for evaluating the service.
    • Usage-based pricing separates capacity, performance, and replication charges.
    • Some sharing and replication capabilities apply only to supported volume types.

  • OpenStack Cinder — where it wins

    • Manages volumes, snapshots, backups, encryption, and volume types
    • Supports multiple back ends through pluggable storage drivers
    • Integrates with Nova, Horizon, Keystone, and Barbican

    Where it doesn't

    • Requires self-hosted deployment rather than a vendor-hosted service
    • Capacity and performance depend on the deployment and storage driver
    • Multi-attach and replication behavior depend on back-end support

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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