Google Cloud Run pricing

Runs any container with scale-to-zero and request-based autoscaling, billed per 100 ms. The most flexible option in the category because there is no runtime lock-in.

List prices checked

By Google · Serverless functions

Rate card

What Google charges, by billing axis.

AxisPriceApplies to
Free tierYes2M requests and 180,000 vCPU-seconds per month

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 Run 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.

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Google does not publish a rate for platform on this service, so a total would be misleading.

Growing SaaS

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

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Google does not publish a rate for platform on this service, so a total would be misleading.

Media-heavy site

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

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Google does not publish a rate for platform on this service, so a total would be misleading.

Google Cloud Run vs the alternatives

The closest serverless platforms on price, with the difference on serverless functions's headline axis.

ServiceEntry planvs Google Cloud RunCompare
Cloudflare Workers$5.00—Head to head
Netlify Functions$19.00—Head to head
Vercel Functions$20.00—Head to head
Deno Deploy$20.00—Head to head
Fastly Compute$50.00—Head to head
AWS Lambda——Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Google Cloud Run cost in 2026?
Google Cloud Run charges usage-based rates with no fixed monthly floor, per Google's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 2M requests and 180,000 vCPU-seconds per month. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Google Cloud Run have a free tier?
Yes — 2M requests and 180,000 vCPU-seconds per month. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
Are these Google Cloud Run 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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