Google Cloud Run

Functions 4.6/10 Jun 18, 2026

Pay-per-use container compute by vCPU-s and GiB-s plus $0.40/M requests. Free tier: 180,000 vCPU-s, 360,000 GiB-s, 2M requests/month. Scale-to-zero; request- or instance-based bill

Card required: Yes

Google Cloud Run scores 4.6/10 for free value in Functions. The main constraint: Paid — $0.000024/vCPU-second, $0.0000025/GiB-second, $0.40 per 1M requests. Pay-per-use container compute by vCPU-s and GiB-s plus $0.40/M requests. Free tier: 180,000 vCPU-s, 360,000 GiB-s, 2M requests/month. Scale-to-zero; request- or instance-based billing.

Category Functions Kind Paid plan Renewal monthly Card required Yes Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.6 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.6/10

value = 4.6/100

weighted_components_v1

Invocation value 1/10

value = 0.01 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Runtime fit 8.8/10

value = 8.8/100

policy_score_v1

Deploy friction 7.5/10

value = 7.5/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

$24u/vCPU-s

$2.5u/GiB-s

$0.40/M req

What you get

Paid — $0.000024/vCPU-second, $0.0000025/GiB-second, $0.40 per 1M requests. Pay-per-use container compute by vCPU-s and GiB-s plus $0.40/M requests. Free tier: 180,000 vCPU-s, 360,000 GiB-s, 2M requests/month. Scale-to-zero; request- or instance-based billing.

~2.5M requests per $1; ~41,000 vCPU-seconds (~11.5 vCPU-hours) per $1. Generous free tier and full container support add real value.

Gotchas

180k vCPU-s + 2M requests/mo free

The free tier includes 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds and 2M requests per month; overage is per-resource-second plus $0.40/M requests.
GCP billing account required

Requires a Google Cloud billing account with a card on file.

Sources

"CPU (per vCPU-second) ... $0.0000025 ; Memory (per GiB-second). Active time. $0.0000025"
https://cloud.google.com/run/pricing
"First 180,000 vCPU-seconds free per month · First 360,000 GiB-seconds free per month · 2 million requests free per month."
https://www.reddit.com/r/googlecloud/comments/12eeegz/im_trying_to_make_sense_of_free_tier_in_cloud_run/

paid value serverless-functions

Open service Source ← All Functions

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