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Google Cloud Load Balancing
Plans and prices
Pay-as-you-go
Priced on request
First 5 global forwarding rules: $0.025 / 1 hour · Each additional global forwarding rule: $0.01 / 1 hour · Regional inbound and outbound data processing: $0.008 / 1 gibibyte
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On the record
- Backend scope
- Application Load Balancers can direct traffic to backends outside Google Cloud, including on-premises data centers and other cloud environments.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- CDN integration
- Cloud CDN can be integrated for cached content delivery with global external and classic Application Load Balancers.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Extensibility
- Service Extensions support gRPC callouts to user-managed services and Wasm plugins in the networking data path.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Global routing
- Global proxy load balancers can distribute requests among backends in multiple regions using a single anycast IP address.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for application workloads that need global or regional traffic distribution, including hybrid and multicloud environments.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Load balancer types
- It offers Application Load Balancers for Layer 7 HTTP(S) traffic and Network Load Balancers for Layer 4 traffic.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Logging
- Cloud Logging records load balancing requests, and request logs can be exported to Cloud Storage, BigQuery, or Pub/Sub for analysis.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Pricing limits
- Forwarding rule charges are billed separately for global and regional rules and per project; data processing charges depend on region.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Protocols and features
- Supported capabilities include IPv6 load balancing, WebSockets, user-defined request headers, and protocol forwarding for private virtual IP addresses.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Cloud Load Balancing is a fully managed service that distributes traffic across apps for performance and resilience, scaling from zero to millions of users.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Scaling and failover
- The service supports automatic multi-region failover and can scale from zero to full traffic in seconds without pre-warming.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security controls
- Depending on load balancer type and mode, supported security capabilities include Cloud Armor policies, SSL policies, and frontend or backend mutual TLS.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Security integration
- Google Cloud Armor integrates with load balancers to help protect infrastructure from DDoS and other targeted application attacks.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Google Cloud support packages can include 24/7 coverage, phone support, and access to a technical support manager; community help is also available through Stack Overflow and Google Cloud Slack.docs.cloud.google.com · read 30 Sep 2026
