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Google Cloud Platform Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Google Cloud Platform: a multi-product Pay-As-You-Go cloud with layered Sustained Use Discounts, Committed Use Discounts (1y/3y), and negotiated enterprise agreements. Cloud Billing supports a native FOCUS-formatted detailed export to BigQuery for canonical cost-and-usage visibility.

Google Cloud Platform Finops is the FinOps profile for Google Cloud Platform on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD/EUR/GBP/JPY, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Cloud Platform, Multi-Product, Google Cloud, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Cloud Platform Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Cloud PlatformMulti-ProductGoogle CloudFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustmentRefundCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google Cloud
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
Cloud Platform
ServiceName
Google Cloud Platform

Meters

compute_instance_hours
Unit: instance-hour
Provisioned VM and container compute time
storage_gb_month
Unit: GB-month
Object, block, and database storage retained
network_egress
Unit: GB
Internet, inter-region, and inter-zone egress
api_requests
Unit: request
Per-API operation count (Cloud Storage class A/B, Pub/Sub messages, etc.)
ai_inference
Unit: varies
Tokens/characters/seconds consumed by Vertex AI and Gemini API
cud_consumption
Unit: varies
Slot/CPU/memory hours covered by 1y/3y commitments
sud_credits
Unit: USD
Sustained Use Discount credits applied
support_charge
Unit: USD-month
Standard / Enhanced / Premium Cloud Support fees

Sources