Cloud Service Costs Breakdown
In order to support transparency and strategic decision-making, this section provides a detailed breakdown of the estimated costs associated with various services used across our platform. Each service plays a critical role in maintaining security, performance, and reliability. These costs would be applicable in case you have purchased any license i.e. basic, advanced or enterprise as these are the regular services cost required to run your workloads. These costs won't be applicable if you are on the free-sign up tier.
The goal of this guide is to help teams:
- Understand the cost structure of core cloud services.
- Align service usage with budgeting and optimization goals.
- Recognize the value proposition of each service to make informed architectural and operational decisions.
- Leverage free tiers and cost-efficient practices to optimize spending.
The table below lists each service with its associated cost estimation, example usage scenarios, and a summary of its use case and benefits.
| Service Name | Cost Estimation | Example | Use Case and Value Proposition |
|---|---|---|---|
| VM Manager (for patching) | $0.003 per hour per VM (for active OS config agent) | Running 150 VMs with active OS Config agents for a month (108,000 VM-hours): Total = 0.003 × 108,000 = $324/month Note: 74,400 hours/month are free. |
Ensures timely OS patching and configuration updates. Helps maintain security compliance and reduces manual admin overhead. Ideal for managed VM fleets. |
| Cloud Logging | $0.50 per GiB of log data ingested | Ingesting 500 GiB/month → Total = 500 × 0.50 = $250/month Note: 50 GiB/month free tier. |
Enables observability and debugging across services. Valuable for diagnosing production issues, auditing, and monitoring. Use filters to manage cost. |
| Binary Authorization | $12/month per GKE cluster Free for Cloud Run |
Using 3 GKE clusters → Total = 3 × $12 = $36/month | Protects your software supply chain by enforcing signature-based policies. Prevents unauthorized code from being deployed to GKE environments. |
| Artifact Registry | $0.10 per GB per month | 8.6 GB across 5 repositories: Billable usage = 8.6 – 0.5 = 8.1 GB → Total = 8.1 × $0.10 = $0.81/month |
Secure and scalable storage for container images and other artifacts. Reduces latency for builds/deployments and integrates with CI/CD workflows. |
| KMS (Key Management Service) | $0.06 per active key version | 1 key with 4 versions → Total = 4 × $0.06 = $0.24/month | Protects data using encryption keys. Supports automatic rotation, auditing, and integration with other Google Cloud services. Centralized control of key usage. |
| Monitoring | Ingestion: $0.2580 per MiB Uptime Checks: $0.30/1,000 Synthetic Monitors: $1.20/1,000 |
550 MiB ingested → 550 × $0.2580 = $141.90/month 2,000 uptime checks → $0.60/month 200 synthetic executions → $0.24/month Free tiers available. |
Provides visibility into app health and performance. Supports alerting and dashboarding. Synthetic monitors simulate user activity for proactive issue detection. |
| Alerting | $0.10/month per condition $0.35/million time series |
20 alerting policies with 1 condition each → 20 × $0.10 = $2/month 1M time series → $0.35/month Total = $7/month |
Sends real-time notifications based on metric anomalies or thresholds. Helps ensure service reliability and quick response to incidents. |
| Cloud Armor Policy | $1 per rule per month | 41 rules → $41/month 52 rules → $52/month 20 rules → $20/month |
Provides DDoS protection and access control for your web applications. Enables WAF rules to mitigate threats at the edge before they reach your backend services. |
For any adjustments, cost concerns, or optimization strategies, please contact the platform support team by raising a ticket from here ⧉.