Google Cloud NGFW Pricing in 2026
10 plans, paid from $0.02, and a free plan.
Free usage tier
Billed Monthly free usage limits
6 active secret versions · 10,000 access operations · 3 rotation notifications
Active secret versions
Billed Billed per version per location
Charged for active secret versions
Access operations
Billed Billed per 10,000 operations
Charged for access operations
Rotation notifications
Billed Billed for each rotation notification
Charged for rotation notifications sent to Pub/Sub
Cloud NGFW Enterprise
Billed metered by inspected data and endpoint deployment hours
IDPS · TLS decryption
Cloud NGFW Essentials
standard network attributes including IP ranges, ports, and protocols
Cloud NGFW Standard
Billed metered by data processed
Google Cloud Threat Intelligence · FQDN objects · geolocation filtering
Firewall Insights overgranting analysis
Billed per million log entries
1-10,000 million log entries
Firewall Insights configuration analysis
Billed per rule
configuration analysis
Hierarchical Firewall Policies
Billed per VM covered
500 or fewer attributes · 501 or more attributes
Free plan · paid from $0.02 Read from Google Cloud NGFW's pricing page on 22 Sept 2026.
What the alternatives cost
| Product | Free | Paid from |
|---|---|---|
| IPFire | Free plan | $749 |
| NethSecurity | Free plan | $150 |
| WatchGuard FireCloud | Free trial | $97.75 |
| pfSense | Free plan | $0.08 |
| Cloudflare CDN | Free plan | $20 |
| Arista NG Firewall | Free plan | $270 |