Google Cloud Build
- Free allowance
- 2,500 build-minutes a month per billing account on e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GB memory) in the default pool, stated as a promotional free tier whose limit is subject to change; the first 100 GB of worker SSD is free
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- request-rate2,500 build-minutes a month per billing account on e2-standard-2 in the default pool, promotional and subject to change; beyond it e2-standard-2 costs $0.006 a minute
- Evidence
- documented16 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-12-05checked 2026-11-04 (live); stale on 2026-12-05
| Free tier | 2,500 build-minutes a month per billing account on e2-standard-2 (2 vCPU, 8 GB memory) in the default pool, stated as a promotional free tier whose limit is subject to change; the first 100 GB of worker SSD is free unit minutes; metered on wall-clock |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
the default pool allows 10 to 30 concurrent builds (global) and 5 to 100 concurrent E2 CPUs per region as project quotas |
| Identity | card a Google Cloud billing account is required for the Free Tier, including the Cloud Build minutes; the Free Trial sign-up that creates one requires a credit card or other payment method, and in some countries a bank-account verification |
| Egress | network egress from builds is charged at standard Google Cloud rates; no egress allowance is stated for Cloud Build |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | cli, rest gcloud builds submit (the Google Cloud CLI) and the Cloud Build REST API at cloudbuild.googleapis.com; no SSH into build workers is documented on the pages read |
| Tooling | the gcloud CLI (gcloud builds submit) and the REST API |
| Composes with | not stated |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Evidence note | documented documented from the Cloud Build pricing page and the Google Cloud free-features page; the pricing page calls the build-minute allowance promotional and subject to change, which is a weaker commitment than a tier |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 16
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | not published |
| 2026-10-22 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | 'Each billing account comes with 2,500 free build-minutes per month' and 'This promotional free tier is for e2-standard-2 machine types in the default pool, and the limit is subject to change' and 'The first 100GB is free' of worker SSD, quoted |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | the allowance is 2,500 build-minutes a month, counted per billing account |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | the free minutes apply only to e2-standard-2 in the default pool and are promotional |
| 2026-10-30 | docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features | the sign-up that creates a billing account asks for a credit card or other payment method |
| 2026-10-30 | docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features | the Free Tier, which lists the Cloud Build minutes, is reached only through a billing account |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | Cloud Build egress is billed at standard network rates |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | Cloud Build egress is metered and billed |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/quotas | the default pool caps concurrent builds at 10 to 30 |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | the allowance is promotional and subject to change |
| 2026-10-30 | docs.cloud.google.com/free/docs/free-cloud-features | the Free Tier table lists the same 2,500 build-minutes on e2-standard-2 |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | e2-standard-2 has 2 vCPUs and 8 GB of memory, at $0.006 a minute |
| 2026-10-30 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | the first 100 GB of worker SSD is free, up to 4,000 GB in all |
| 2026-11-03 | cloud.google.com/build/docs/running-builds/submit-build-via- | builds start from the gcloud CLI and the Cloud Build API |
| 2026-11-03 | cloud.google.com/build/docs/api/reference/rest | the Cloud Build API is a REST API |
| 2026-11-03 | cloud.google.com/build/pricing | egress from builds is billed at standard Google Cloud rates with no Cloud Build allowance or own price stated |
More fields 7
| keep rate | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| billing model | unclassified |
| shape | {"vcpu": 2,"ram": 8,"disk": 100,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null,"note": "e2-standard-2 with up to 100 GB of free worker SSD"} |
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": null,"restart_required": false,"note": "a build runs to completion; the allowance is minutes a month, and partial minutes are billed at the actual number of seconds"} |
| free tier kind | allowance |
| granularity | {"min_billed_s": 0,"rounding_s": null} |
| burst x | 1.0 |
Unknown values 5
- chaining: a source was read and is silent on this field
- per object cap stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
- reliability note: nothing of this kind was observed
- retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
- retention stated: a source was read and is silent on this field
Corrections
- 2026-10-22 Google Cloud's free tier is a recurring usage allowance, and the record priced it as a credit