Google Cloud Logging pricing

Logging storage (non-vended network logs)

One-time charge for streaming logs into log bucket storage

First 50 GiB/project/month free

Read 24 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com

Logging retention beyond default period

Billed monthly according to retention

Applies to logs retained more than 30 days

Read 24 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com

Free allotment

First 50 GiB per project each month

Logging storage · project-level allowance

Read 14 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Log Router

No additional charge

Destination services may charge separately

Read 14 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Extended retention

$0.01/GiB per month beyond 30 days

Monthly retention billing · _Required bucket exempt

Read 14 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Vended network-log storage

$0.25/GiB one-time streaming charge

VPC Flow Logs, Firewall Rules Logging and Cloud NAT logs · no free allotment

Read 14 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Logging storage

$0.50/GiB one-time streaming charge

Indexing, querying and analysis · up to 30 days storage included

Read 14 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Logs Router

Destination charges might apply to routed logs

Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Log Analytics

No charge to upgrade a log bucket or issue SQL queries from the Log Analytics page

Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Logging retention

Billed monthly according to retention for logs retained more than 30 days.

Default retention period has no retention cost · no retention charges for the _Required log bucket, which has a fixed retention period of 400 days

Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com

Vended network logs storage

One-time charge for streaming network telemetry logs into log bucket storage; includes up to 30 days of storage.

No free allotment · no additional charges for querying and analyzing log data

Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com