Easy to set up. Easy to run. Security built in.
Move your business forward with Google Cloud Platform
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Google Cloud Platform Benefits
GCP frees you from the overhead of managing infrastructure, provisioning servers and configuring networks. To let innovators innovate and let coders, well, just code.
Future-Proof Infrastructure
Secure, high-performance, global, cost-effective and constantly improving. We’ve built our cloud for the long haul.
Powerful Data & Analytics
Tap into big data and machine learning to find answers faster, and build better products and fuel amazing applications.
Serverless, Fully Managed Computing
Grow from prototype to production to planet-scale, without having to think about capacity, reliability or performance.
Customer-Friendly Pricing
Our pricing innovations like per-minute billing and sustained use discounts save you money. As we improve the efficiency of our infrastructure, we pass cost savings to you.
Data Center Innovation
Google’s backbone network has thousands of miles of fiber optic cable, uses advanced software-defined networking and has edge caching services to deliver fast, consistent and scalable performance.
Security at Scale
Deploy on an infrastructure protected by more than 700 top experts in information, application, and network security.
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Learn why these customers are using Google Cloud Platform
From the way we listen to how we learn and connect, the world’s most innovative companies are building on GCP.
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In minutes you might have hundreds of thousands of players playing your game. Google Cloud Platform allows us to scale automatically — we don't even have to think about it.
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Why Google Cloud Platform is Different
A global fiber network, connecting you to the world. Analytics that crunch petabytes in minutes.
No-ops services that just scale. Here’s a taste of what’s next, available now.
Serverless Apps
App Engine lets you build, run, and scale applications without breaking a sweat.
Custom Machine Types
Compute Engine, tailored to your needs and budget - by you.
Containers Made Easy
Container Engine - the fastest way to implement Kubernetes.
Process Terabytes in Minutes
BigQuery: Load, SELECT, and go. No cluster required.
Batch, Stream, or Both
Cloud Dataflow delivers high-scale data processing through an Open Source API.
Managed Deep Learning
Cloud Machine Learning lets your app interpret images, text, and more.
Manage Multiple Clouds
StackDriver lets you manage both Cloud Platform and AWS workloads from a single pane of glass.
Worldwide Autoscaling
Cloud Load Balancing scales from 0-1 million queries per second without pre-warming.
Pay Only For What You Use
Innovations, like per-minute billing and custom machines, ensure you never over-provision or over-pay.