Google Compute Engine Pricing in 2026
Every plan Google Compute Engine publishes, with the page and date we read it from. Prices we could not find on Google Compute Engine's own site are marked "Not published", never guessed.
| Plan | Price | Billing | Limits | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Engine Free Tier | Free | Free up to the listed monthly limits. | 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance per month in us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1 · 30 GB-months standard persistent disk · 1 GB monthly outbound data transfer from North America to eligible destinations · GPUs and TPUs excluded | docs.cloud.google.com |
| Pay-as-you-go Compute Engine | Not published | Usage-based; billed at the end of each billing cycle. VM resources have a one-minute minimum, then are billed in one-second increments. | Prices vary by VM configuration and usage · disk, images, networking, sole tenancy, Confidential VM service, and GPUs are priced separately | cloud.google.com |
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