Free Google Cloud features and trial offer

If you aren't yet a Google Cloud customer

Signing up for the Google Cloud Free Trial is the best way to explore and evaluate Google Cloud for free.

The Free Trial gets you a $300 Welcome credit to spend over 90 days on various Google Cloud products and you won't be billed. During the Free Trial, you also get access to the Google Cloud Free Tier, which gives you free usage of select products up to specified monthly limits, and to product-specific free trials.

When you are ready for full access to Google Cloud, including features not covered by the Free Trial program, upgrade to a Paid billing account. You keep any remaining credit and continue to have access to the Free Tier. You'll only be billed for usage that exceeds your remaining credit or for usage on products that aren't part of the Free Trial program.

If you are already a Google Cloud customer

You can use select Google Cloud products for free when you stay within their Free Tier monthly usage limits, and when you utilize product-specific free trials. You will only be billed for usage that exceeds those limits.

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Google Cloud Free Trial

The Google Cloud Free Trial is a 90-day program that lets new users try the most popular Google Cloud products without any financial commitment. You will not be billed for any Google Cloud usage during your Free Trial. Access to products may be limited to prevent abuse.

Signing up for the Free Trial creates a Free Trial billing account that is preloaded with $300 in free Welcome credit which is valid for 90 days. You can also use the Free Tier products, up to monthly usage limits. You can spend your $300 credit on products and services covered by the Free Trial, including on usage beyond the Free Tier limits.

We recommend upgrading to a Paid billing account during your Free Trial to prevent loss of service and access to resources when the Free Trial ends. Although upgrading to a Paid billing account ends your Free Trial, you keep any unused credit until it expires 90 days from the Free Trial signup, and you continue to have access to the Free Tier.

With a Paid billing account, you have full access to Google Cloud and you will be billed for usage not covered by the $300 credit or the Free Tier.

If you don't upgrade to a Paid billing account before 90 days pass or if you spend the $300 in free credit, then your Free Trial billing account will be closed and all of its associated projects and resources will be stopped.

Who's eligible

You're eligible for the Free Trial when both of the following are true:

• You've never been a paying user of Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform, or Firebase.
• You haven't previously signed up for the Free Trial.

What to expect at Free Trial signup

During the sign up, you must provide a credit card or other payment method that is valid for the period of the Free Trial. Depending on your country, you might also need to verify your bank account. After you complete the signup and your identity and payment method are verified, your Free Trial period starts.

Google uses your payment information for the following purposes:

• To verify your identity.
• To reduce fraud.
• To create your Free Trial account.

For more information about payment methods, including which types of credit cards are accepted, see available payment methods.

After you complete the signup, Google submits an authorization request to validate your payment information. The authorization request is a temporary hold, it isn't an actual charge:

• Temporary hold: The hold often appears as a pending transaction from Google, with a value between $0.00 and $1.00 USD. Your bank might convert the amount to a local currency.
• Not an actual charge: The authorization request is a hold, not an actual charge. No funds are withdrawn by Google. The hold is typically released within a few days to a month.

If you encounter issues during the verification process, then contact Cloud Billing support.

During the Free Trial

You aren't billed.

You use your Free Trial account to explore Google Cloud.

The Free Trial account provides the following:

1. $300 in Welcome credit to spend on products and services covered by the Free Trial program.
2. Full access to the Google Cloud Free Tier.
3. Full access to Google Cloud, with some restrictions:
   • The $300 credit can't be used for the following use cases:
     • The $300 credit can't pay for Gemini API in AI Studio costs. Consider using the Gemini API Free tier, or sign up for a Prepay billing plan.
     • You can't access or use the $300 credit for a generative AI partner model that is offered as a managed API, which is also known as model as a service.
   • While your billing account is a non-billable Free trial account, you can't do any of the following:
     • Add GPUs to your VM instances.
     • Use Google Cloud Marketplace.