Contrasting Preemptible and Spot Virtual Machines(VMs)

• Table of Preemptible vs Spot Distinguishing Features
• Official Resources

Table of Preemptible vs Spot Distinguishing Features

Product	Unlimited Runtime	preemptive delete	preemptive pause	SLA Coverage	Cost Reduction	Migrate to Standard VM	Restart on Event	Live Migration
Preemptible VMs	🔴	🔴	🟢	🔴	🟢	🔴	🔴	🔴
Spot VMs	🟢	🟢	🟢	🔴	🟢	🔴	🔴	🔴

Symbol	Meaning
🟢	Yes
🔴	No

Official Resources

• Create and use preemptible VMs
• Create and use Spot VMs
• Preemptible VMs
• Spot VMs
• GCP Documentation