Google Cloud Platform Free trial period

Whether you’re new to Google Cloud and are looking to learn the basics or you are an established customer exploring new product innovations, the Google Cloud Free Program has you covered.

The Google Cloud Free Program comprises the following:

90-day, $300 Free Trial: New Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform users can take advantage of a 90-day trial period that includes $300 in free Cloud Billing credits to explore and evaluate Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform products and services. You can use these credits toward one or a combination of products.
Free Tier: All Google Cloud customers can use select Google Cloud products—like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, and BigQuery—free of charge, within specified monthly usage limits. When you stay within the Free Tier limits, these resources are not charged against your Free Trial credits or to your Cloud Billing account’s payment method after your trial ends.
Google Maps Platform monthly credit: Google Maps Platform features a recurring $200 monthly credit. The monthly credit applies towards each Maps-related Cloud Billing account you create.

Google Cloud Platform Free trial period

90-day, $300 Free Trial

The Free Trial provides you with free Cloud Billing credits to pay for resources used while you learn about Google Cloud.

Program eligibility	You’re eligible for the Free Trial if you meet the following conditions: You’ve never been a paying customer of Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform, or Firebase. You haven’t previously signed up for the Free Trial.
Program initiation	The 90-day, $300 Free Trial period starts automatically when you complete your signup. To complete your Free Trial signup, you must provide a credit card or other payment method to set up a Cloud Billing account and verify your identity. Don’t worry, setting up a Cloud Billing account does not enable us to charge you. You are not charged unless you explicitly enable billing by upgrading your Cloud Billing account to a paid account. You can upgrade to a paid account at any time during the trial. After you have upgraded, you can still use any remaining credits (within the 90-day period).
Program coverage	Your Free Trial credits apply to all Google Cloud resources, including Google Maps Platform usage, but with the following exceptions: You can’t add GPUs to your VM instances. You can’t request a quota increase. For an overview of Compute Engine quotas. You can’t create VM instances that are based on Windows Server images. To perform any of the actions in the list above, you must upgrade to a paid Cloud Billing account.
Restricted actions	In addition to resource constraints, the Free Trial Terms and Conditions describe use cases that are prohibited during the Free Trial. For example, you may not use Google Cloud services to mine cryptocurrency during your Free Trial.
Program duration	Your Free Trial ends when one of the following occurs: You’ve spent the $300 in credits. 90 days have elapsed since you signed up. Throughout your Free Trial period, your remaining credits and days are displayed on the Billing Account Overview page in the Google Cloud Console.
Terms of service	You must accept the Free Trial Terms and Conditions and the Google Cloud Terms of Service.
Service level agreement	Service level agreements do not apply during the Free Trial. The Free Trial is intended to help you explore and evaluate Google Cloud. We do not recommend running production applications on Google Cloud during the Free Trial.
Free Tier use	During your Free Trial period, when you use resources covered by the Free Tier, the Free Tier usage is not charged against your Free Trial credits.