Google Earth Engine
Google Earth Engine combines a large catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with tools for analysis at planetary scale.
What Google Earth Engine is
Google Earth Engine combines a large catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with tools for analysis at planetary scale. It helps users detect changes, map trends, and measure surface differences. Its public archive holds over eighty petabytes of geospatial data and more than thirty years of historical imagery, with additions made daily. The web-based Code Editor is a JavaScript IDE with map visualization, interactive queries, geometry drawing, a task manager, API reference, and Git-based script management. Python and JavaScript APIs are available, and client libraries can also be used locally. Earth Engine integrates with Google Cloud and can exchange data with BigQuery, including loading tables, running queries, and exporting results. Shareable Earth Engine Apps let stakeholders explore analyses through interactive interfaces. Eligible nonprofits, academics, educators, journalists, certain government agencies, trainers, and individuals may qualify for restricted no-cost noncommercial access. Commercial and government operational customers are charged. The Individual & SMB Basic plan is $500 a month; Limited access has no usage credits, performance add-ons, or SLA and is intended for intermittent, noncritical workloads.
Good
- Public archive includes decades of historical imagery.
- Code Editor combines JavaScript tools with map visualization.
- Python and JavaScript APIs are available.
- Shareable Apps let stakeholders explore analyses.
Watch out
- Commercial and government operational use is charged.
- Limited access has no usage credits, performance add-ons, or SLA.
- Individual & SMB Basic costs $500 a month.
Who it suits
Earth Engine suits scientists, researchers, developers, nonprofits, businesses, and government users working with geospatial analysis. It may be useful for remote sensing, climate analysis, natural resource management, and sustainability work.
Verdict
Earth Engine brings extensive geospatial data together with analysis tools, APIs, and interactive sharing. Check the eligibility restrictions and plan limits carefully, especially if the workload needs an SLA or commercial access.
Plans and prices
From Google Earth Engine's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | Free | Usage-based storage charge · $0.000035616 / 1 gibibyte hour |
| Compute (Online and Batch) | $0.40 a month | Usage-based EECU-hour charges · tiered usage pricing applies · $0.40 / 1 hour, per 1 month / account for 0 to 10,000 hours; $0.28 for 10,000 to 500,000 hours; $0.16 for 500,000 hours and above |
| Individual & SMB Basic | $500 a month | 100 EECU-hour monthly batch credit · 33 EECU-hour monthly online credit · 100 GB storage credit · 20 concurrent high-volume API requests per project · up to 8 concurrent batch export tasks per billing account · no SLA · $500 per month |
| Enterprise Basic | $500 a month | 100 EECU-hour monthly batch credit · 33 EECU-hour monthly online credit · 100 GB storage credit · 20 concurrent high-volume API requests per project · up to 8 concurrent batch export tasks per billing account · no SLA · $500 per month |
| Enterprise Professional | $2,000 a month | 500 EECU-hour monthly batch credit · 166 EECU-hour monthly online credit · 1 TB storage credit · up to 500 concurrent high-volume API requests per project (granted on request) · up to 20 concurrent batch export tasks per billing account · SLA included · VPC Service Controls supported · $2000 per month |
| Individual & SMB Limited | Priced on request | No usage credits · no performance add-ons · no SLA · 20 concurrent high-volume API requests per project · batch exports subject to availability · Usage fees only; monthly platform fee |
| Enterprise Premium | Priced on request | Customizable allocations · SLA included · VPC Service Controls supported · contact Google Sales · Contact us |
The facts
Each one read from Google Earth Engine's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- APIs
- Earth Engine provides Python and JavaScript APIs, and its client libraries can be used locally with those languages.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Code Editor
- The Code Editor is a web-based JavaScript IDE with map visualization, API reference, Git-based script management, a task manager, interactive queries, and geometry drawing tools.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Commercial access
- Earth Engine is available for commercial use, with commercial and government operational customers charged for its services.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Data archive
- Its public data archive contains over eighty petabytes of geospatial data and more than thirty years of historical imagery, updated and expanded daily.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Google Cloud integration
- Earth Engine integrates with Google Cloud and can exchange data with BigQuery, including loading BigQuery tables, running BigQuery queries, and exporting results to BigQuery.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes use by scientists, researchers, developers, nonprofits, businesses, and government users for work including remote sensing, climate analysis, natural resource management, and sustainability.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Noncommercial access
- Eligible nonprofits, academic researchers and educators, journalists, certain government agencies, trainers, and individuals may qualify for no-cost noncommercial use under stated restrictions.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Notable limit
- The Limited plan is intended for self-serve, highly intermittent, non-business-critical, non-high-capacity workloads and has no usage credits, performance add-ons, or SLA.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Other integrations
- The maker describes interoperability with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Apache Beam, Spark, Dask, NumPy, Pandas, GeoPandas, and the Xarray integration Xee.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- VPC Service Controls are supported on Professional and Premium tiers and unavailable on the listed Individual & SMB tiers.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Technical support is available through Google Cloud Care, and support packages can include 24/7 coverage, phone support, and a technical support manager.checked 30 Sep 2026
- What it does
- Earth Engine combines a large catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary-scale analysis to detect changes, map trends, and quantify surface differences.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Apps
- Earth Engine Apps are shareable interactive interfaces that let stakeholders explore analyses using Earth Engine data and analytics.checked 30 Sep 2026
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