No. 26 of 29 ·Distributed File System Software

Google Cloud Filestore

Name: Google Cloud Filestore
Price: 0.01 USD

Web · Windows · Linux · API · paid plans from $0.01/mo

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Two barsScore 5.2

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Google Cloud Filestore is ranked #26 of 29 in distributed file system software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $0.01/mo.

Google Cloud Filestore plans and pricing

All plans

Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (per IOPS) $0.01/mo Starting at $0.0145 per month Custom performance on · per IOPS cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per IOPS) $0.03/mo Starting at $0.027 per month Custom performance on · per IOPS cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (instance capacity) $0.12/mo Starting at $0.12 per GiB per month Custom performance on · instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Filestore Regional - custom performance on (instance capacity) $0.21/mo Starting at $0.21 per GiB per month Custom performance on · instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Filestore Zonal - custom performance off $0.25/mo Starting at $0.25 per GiB per month Instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Filestore Regional - custom performance off $0.45/mo Starting at $0.45 per GiB per month Instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on distributed file system software

Free plan: No
Supported protocols: NFSv3, NFSv4.1
Maximum capacity: 63.9 TB
Availability zones: 1 zones
Snapshots: No
Managed backups: Yes
Scaling model: provisioned

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The record

Purpose: Filestore is a fully managed shared NFS file service for applications that need persistent file storage.
Scale: The product page lists capacity up to 100 TiB, throughput up to 26 GiB/s, and up to 920K IOPS.
Data protection: Filestore supports snapshots, backups, and replication of data to an instance in another region.
Google Kubernetes Engine: Filestore integrates with the GKE CSI driver so multiple pods can access the same file system.
Cloud Run: Filestore instances can be mounted directly to Cloud Run workloads as local directories over NFS.
Other clients: Filestore can connect to Compute Engine VMs, GKE clusters, Google Cloud VMware Engine, on-premises machines, Cloud Run services, and AI agent fleets and sandboxes.
Protocols: Filestore supports NFSv3 across all service tiers and NFSv4.1 on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.
Encryption: Filestore encrypts customer content at rest by default and supports customer-managed Cloud KMS keys for instances and backups on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.
NFSv4.1 security: NFSv4.1 supports Kerberos-based client and server authentication, message integrity checks, and in-transit encryption.
NFSv3 limitation: NFSv3 lacks client and server authentication and encryption, according to the protocol documentation.
Regional availability: Filestore Regional is described as providing 99.99% regional availability for critical applications that need resilience to zonal outages.
Capacity tiers: The product page lists Zonal and Regional capacity of 1–100 TiB, and GKE multi-share capacity of 1–10 TiB with up to 80 shares.
Trial credit: The product page offers $300 in free credits to try Filestore.
Price from: $0.01/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Distributed File System Software in 2026#26 of 29

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Sources

cloud.google.com/filestore· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/overview· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/about-supported-protocol· checked 30 Sept 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/cmek· checked 30 Sept 2026