Google Cloud CDN pricing

Caching in front of Google Cloud load balancers, billed on cache egress plus cache-fill from origin. Only sensible when the origin already runs on Google Cloud.

List prices checked

By Google · CDN & edge delivery

Rate card

What Google charges, by billing axis.

AxisPriceApplies to
Data transfer out$0.080/GBStandard tier, cheapest common region

Source: Google pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Google Cloud CDN billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$8.00/mo

  • 100 GB at $0.08/GB$8.00

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$80/mo

  • 1 TB at $0.08/GB$80

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$800/mo

  • 10 TB at $0.08/GB$800

Google Cloud CDN vs the alternatives

The closest CDN providers on price, with the difference on cdn & edge delivery's headline axis.

ServiceEgressvs Google Cloud CDNCompare
Azure Front Door$0.0811× dearerHead to head
AWS CloudFront$0.0851.1× dearerHead to head
Akamai CDN$0.0851.1× dearerHead to head
Fastly$0.1201.5× dearerHead to head
Gcore CDN$0.0402× cheaperHead to head
KeyCDN$0.0402× cheaperHead to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Google Cloud CDN cost in 2026?
Google Cloud CDN charges $0.080 per GB for data transfer out, per Google's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Google Cloud CDN have a free tier?
No. Google Cloud CDN bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.
What does Google Cloud CDN charge for egress?
$0.080 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Google Cloud CDN prices current?
They were checked against Google's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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