Google Compute Engine

Web · Windows · Linux · API

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.0

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedThinly documented

Google Compute Engine is ranked #16 of 24 in cloud migration tools on Freedom251. It runs on API, Linux, Web, Windows. There is a free plan. A free trial is offered.

Google Compute Engine plans and pricing

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Compute Engine Free Tier Free Free up to the listed monthly limits. 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance per month in us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1 · 30 GB-months standard persistent disk · 1 GB monthly outbound data transfer from North America to eligible destinations · GPUs and TPUs excluded docs.cloud.google.com · 5 Oct 2026

Pay-as-you-go Compute Engine Not published Usage-based; billed at the end of each billing cycle. VM resources have a one-minute minimum, then are billed in one-second increments. Prices vary by VM configuration and usage · disk, images, networking, sole tenancy, Confidential VM service, and GPUs are priced separately cloud.google.com · 5 Oct 2026

Compared on cloud migration tools

Free plan: Yes

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The record

Product: Compute Engine is an infrastructure-as-a-service product offering self-managed virtual machines hosted on Google infrastructure.
Machine configurations: Customers can use predefined machine types or create custom machine types from 1 to 96 vCPUs with up to 8.0 GB of memory per core.
Storage: Compute Engine offers block storage options including Persistent Disk and Local SSD.
Availability: The product page states single-instance availability SLAs of 99.95% for memory-optimized VMs and 99.9% for other VM families.
Resilience: Live migration moves a VM to another host in the same zone when its current VM host goes down.
Scaling: Managed instance groups can automatically add VMs to handle peak load and replace underperforming instances.
Security: Compute Engine offers Confidential VMs to encrypt data in use and Shielded VMs to defend against rootkits and bootkits.
Operating systems: Compute Engine supports Linux and Windows VMs, and lists Debian, CentOS Stream, Fedora CoreOS, SUSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows Server images.
Integrations and control: Compute Engine integrates with Cloud Storage, App Engine, and BigQuery, and resources can be configured and controlled through a REST-based API.
Containers: The product page says Docker containers can be run, managed, and orchestrated on Compute Engine VMs with Google Kubernetes Engine.
Free trial limits: During a Free Trial, users cannot add GPUs to VMs, use Google Cloud Marketplace, request quota increases, or create VMs based on Windows Server images.
Support: Every Google Cloud customer, including Free Trial users, receives Basic Support with documentation, community forums, billing assistance, and Active Assist.
Compliance: Google Cloud lists certifications and attestations including ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, SOC 1/2/3, and PCI DSS.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Cloud Migration Tools in 2026#16 of 24

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Sources

cloud.google.com/products/compute· checked 5 Oct 2026
cloud.google.com/products/compute· checked 5 Oct 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features· checked 5 Oct 2026
cloud.google.com/support· checked 5 Oct 2026
cloud.google.com/compliance· checked 5 Oct 2026
cloud.google.com/products/compute/pricing· checked 5 Oct 2026