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Head-to-head · Block Storage Services

Google Persistent Disk vs OpenStack Cinder

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Google Persistent Disk #2 in Block Storage Services 9.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 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 Persistent Disk leads on 1 check, OpenStack Cinder on 0, and 4 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 Persistent Disk · 9.3/10
  • Free planonly Google Persistent Disk
  • Most featuresGoogle Persistent Disk · 4 of 4

Google Persistent Disk scores higher on our rubric for block storage services: 9.3 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #2 and #4.

Google Persistent Disk offers free plan; OpenStack Cinder doesn't.

Google Persistent Disk is the better fit for low-cost Compute Engine storage. OpenStack Cinder is the better fit for openStack private clouds.

  • Google Persistent Disk fits best

    Low-cost Compute Engine storage

  • OpenStack Cinder fits best

    OpenStack private clouds

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Side by side

Feature Google Persistent Disk 9.3/10 Visit ↗ OpenStack Cinder 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.3 9.0
Ranking #2 in Block Storage Services #4 in Block Storage Services
Best for Low-cost Compute Engine storage OpenStack private clouds
Pricing model Free plan + paid Free
Starting price — Open source
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Self-hosted, Cloud
Support Docs Docs, Community
Integrations 3 integrations 4 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Google Persistent Disk 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 Standard, Balanced, SSD, Extreme __DEFAULT__; custom volume types
Maximum IOPS 15000 IOPS Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Free tier includes up to 30 GB of standard Persistent Disk storage
  • Supports online resizing, incremental snapshots, and automatic encryption
  • Offers Multi-writer mode plus regional and cross-region replication
  • Manages volumes, snapshots, backups, encryption, and volume types
  • Supports multiple back ends through pluggable storage drivers
  • Integrates with Nova, Horizon, Keystone, and Barbican
Cons
  • Designed primarily for Compute Engine workloads
  • Pricing varies by region and usage
  • Maximum IOPS depends on disk size and attached VM machine type
  • 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 Persistent Disk provides durable, network-attached block storage for Google Cloud Compute Engine virtual machines and containers. It supports boot and data disks, general-purpose applications, databases, and large…

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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 Persistent DiskBlock Storage Services 9.3Free plan
  2. OpenStack CinderBlock Storage Services 9.0Open source

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Google Persistent Disk — where it wins

    • Free tier includes up to 30 GB of standard Persistent Disk storage
    • Supports online resizing, incremental snapshots, and automatic encryption
    • Offers Multi-writer mode plus regional and cross-region replication

    Where it doesn't

    • Designed primarily for Compute Engine workloads
    • Pricing varies by region and usage
    • Maximum IOPS depends on disk size and attached VM machine type

  • 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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