Google Cloud Workstations

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in Coding playgrounds

Free to practise onnot on record
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you workyes

Runs on api, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows. Paid plans from $0.05/mo.

Google Cloud Workstations is ranked #33 of 136 in coding playgrounds on The Geeks Club, made by Google Cloud Workstations (Mountain View, California, USA). It runs on API, Linux, macOS, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. Paid plans start at $0.05/mo.

Google Cloud Workstations plans and pricing

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Workstation management fee $0.05/mo Metered while the workstation is running Charged for each active workstation cloud.google.com · 22 Sept 2026

Control plane $0.20/mo Pricing applies in the us-central1 example region; regional pricing may vary Applies regardless of whether workstations are in use cloud.google.com · 22 Sept 2026

Usage-based pricing — e2-standard-2 (us-central1) $0.17/mo $0.16701142 / 1 hour; compute and workstation management, with control plane and Persistent Disk billed separately 2 vCPUs · 8 GiB · us-central1 price; regional prices may vary cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on coding playgrounds

Free plan: No
Workspace config: dockerfile
Prebuilds: Yes
Persistent storage: Yes
GPU workspaces: Yes
JetBrains support: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Cloud Workstations provides fully managed development environments aimed at security-sensitive enterprises.
Access: Developers can access workstations through a browser-based IDE, local IDEs, or SSH.
Custom environments: Teams define reproducible environments using preconfigured or custom container images, including tools, libraries, extensions, files, and startup scripts.
IDE support: Supported options include Code OSS, JetBrains IDEs through JetBrains Gateway, Posit Workbench, and other container-runnable editors.
AI integration: Gemini Code Assist can provide code guidance, generate code, and offer inline suggestions in the Cloud Workstations base editor.
Developer tools: The product supports third-party tools such as GitLab and TeamCity, including tools hosted externally, on premises, or in other clouds.
Network security: Workstations can run inside a VPC and use VPC Service Controls, private ingress and egress, Cloud Audit Logs, and granular IAM controls.
Code protection: BeyondCorp Enterprise integration provides context-based access policies and can prevent code exfiltration through actions such as download, copy, paste, and print.
Encryption: Google-managed keys encrypt workstation resources at rest by default, and customers can use customer-managed keys with Cloud KMS.
Compliance: Google announced that Cloud Workstations is covered under the Google Cloud HIPAA BAA on September 24, 2026.
Cost components: Charges include Compute Engine and Persistent Disk resources, a management fee of $0.05 per virtual CPU per active hour, and a control plane fee of $0.20 per cluster per hour.
Idle cost control: An inactivity time limit can automatically stop workstations after the specified inactive period.
Company headquarters: Google lists its headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043.
Founded: 1998
Price from: $0.05/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Coding Playgrounds in 2026#33 of 136
Best Cloud Development Environments in 2026#14 of 27

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Sources

cloud.google.com/workstations· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/workstations/docs/overview· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/workstations/docs/encrypt-workstation-r· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/workstations/docs/release-notes· checked 30 Sept 2026
cloud.google.com/workstations/pricing· checked 30 Sept 2026
about.google/company-info/· checked 30 Sept 2026