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Functions 4.6/10

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

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
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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.

Limitations

  • 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

paid value serverless-functions