Google Cloud Build
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Google Cloud Build, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Google Cloud Build's own pricing page, checked 28 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Build pay-as-you-go (default pool, e2-standard-2) | $0.01 a month | 2,500 free build-minutes/month · free tier applies to e2-standard-2 in the default pool · queued time is not billed · $0.006 per build-minute after the first 2,500 free build-minutes per billing account each month |
The facts
Each one read from Google Cloud Build's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Build environments
- Cloud Build offers hosted default pools and private pools that can access resources in a private network.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Build triggers
- Triggers can automatically build, test, or deploy source code when changes are pushed to connected repositories.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Build workflows
- Builds run as a series of steps, with each step executed in a Docker container.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Concurrency
- The product page says private pools can run hundreds of concurrent builds per pool.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Deployment integrations
- Built-in deployment integrations include Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Functions, and Firebase.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Languages
- Cloud Build supports applications written in any programming language.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Local builds
- Cloud Build provides an open source local builder for running and debugging builds on a local machine.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Cloud Build is a serverless CI/CD platform for building, testing, and deploying software on Google Cloud infrastructure.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Security responsibilities
- Google is responsible for securing the Cloud Build service and underlying infrastructure, while customers are responsible for their source code, build configurations, images, and use of the service.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Source integrations
- Supported repository providers include GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, GitLab Enterprise Edition, Bitbucket Data Center, and Bitbucket Cloud.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Supply chain security
- Cloud Build supports SLSA level 3 build provenance and integrates with Binary Authorization to verify attestations for deployment.checked 28 Sep 2026
- Support
- Google Cloud provides support plans with different levels of service and features for customer support.checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Notable billing limit
- Build-minutes accrue while a build is in process, partial minutes are billed by actual seconds, queued time is not billed, and network egress is charged at standard rates.checked 28 Sep 2026
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