Google Cloud Workstations
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| Fact | Google Cloud Workstations | Playcode |
|---|---|---|
| Company headquarters | Google lists its headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. | Crunchbase lists the private company in Antalya, Turkey, with 11–50 employees and founder Ruslan Ianberdin. |
| Compliance | Google announced that Cloud Workstations is covered under the Google Cloud HIPAA BAA on September 24, 2026. | Playcode says SOC 2 Type II and GDPR programs are in progress, with EU data residency live. |
| Founded | 1998 | 2016 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, USA | Europe |
Google Cloud Workstations plans
- Workstation management fee$0.05 a month
- Control plane$0.20 a month
- Usage-based pricing — e2-standard-2 (us-central1)$0.17 a month
Playcode plans
- FreeFree
- Pro$25 a month
- Max$100 a month
- Top-up 100 credits$25, paid once
- Top-up 210 credits$50, paid once
- Top-up 440 credits$100, paid once
Pick Google Cloud Workstations if…
Cloud Workstations is suited to enterprise development teams that need managed, reproducible environments with network and code-access controls. It supports browser, local IDE and SSH access.
Pick Playcode if…
Playcode is aimed at people building business websites, MVPs, client portals, dashboards, internal tools, and small full-stack apps, including nontechnical users. It may also suit developers who want access to the underlying code and the option to move projects elsewhere.