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The Always Free requirements are Google help page copy in a nutshell : You are eligible for Always Free if you meet the following requirements: Not on a c

by bibinou 10y ago

The Always Free requirements are Google help page copy in a nutshell : You are eligible for Always Free if you meet the following requirements: Not on a custom rate card Have an upgraded billing account Account must be in good standing I know English is not my first language, but reading this, I feel like I know what each word means but the words makes no sense in aggregate. It doesn't seems like there is more information on the current page either. Also I have no idea why the fact that you're providing servers for free forever is not the first and most prominent paragraph, but is actually buried in the middle of the doc page. Except if it's just a terrible attempt at upsell?

arrosenberg 10y ago
1. You haven't negotiated a custom rate with Google (e.g. Snapchat wouldn't be eligible for the free tier). 2. According to the FAQ, this is basically a paid account (as opposed to a free trial) with automatic billing for charges above what the free tier offers. 3. This means you have to pay your bills. E.g. if you have overdue bills, your account isn't in good standing.
nisa 10y ago
You are also out of luck if you ever used a trail with your account before. Got this message: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." The specs: Always Free Usage Limits As part of ... Free Tier, Compute Engine offers an amount of usage that is free to use, up to a specific limit. If you go over these usage limits and are no longer in the free trial period, you will be charged according to the price sheet. 1 f1-micro VM instance per month (US regions only). - f1-micro: 600MB memory, 0.2vCPU that can burst up to a full core. 30 GB of HDD persistent disk storage per month. 5 GB of snapshot storage per month. 1 GB egress from North America to other destinations per month (excluding Australia and China). - not sure what that means, you have to pay for traffic from Australia/China? 1TB is 119€ through. https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#internet_egress https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#internet_egress For f1-micro instances, you receive free usage equivalent to the number of total hours within the current month, enough to run one instance without interruption for the entire month.
- Ajedi32 10y ago
  > You are also out of luck if you ever used a trail with your account before. > > Got this message: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." That's just for the $300 free credit though, right? You can still use all the "Always Free" services.
  - nisa 10y ago
    Not sure, I have a credit card there and 0€ balance, can't find the knob for the free tier, when I create a f1-micro I'm billed. Maybe I have to put up money?
    - Ajedi32 10y ago
      According to [the FAQ][1] it seems like you just use the instances like normal and you won't be billed as long as you don't exceed the free usage limits... [1]: https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-questions#always-free https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-question...
      - nisa 10y ago
        let's try and see :) - thanks!
- hocuspocus 10y ago
  > - not sure what that means, you have to pay for traffic from Australia/China? 1TB is only 19cent through: $190 :) egress rates are per GB. I wonder if there's an easy way to disable traffic coming from those regions.
  - nisa 10y ago
    Thanks for pointing that out! Crazy! If you don't need the fancy click&play cloud experience you are so much better off with online.net or hetzner.de IMHO.

by bibinou 10y ago

arrosenberg 10y ago

1. You haven't negotiated a custom rate with Google (e.g. Snapchat wouldn't be eligible for the free tier). 2. According to the FAQ, this is basically a paid account (as opposed to a free trial) with automatic billing for charges above what the free tier offers. 3. This means you have to pay your bills. E.g. if you have overdue bills, your account isn't in good standing.

nisa 10y ago

You are also out of luck if you ever used a trail with your account before. Got this message: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." The specs: Always Free Usage Limits As part of ... Free Tier, Compute Engine offers an amount of usage that is free to use, up to a specific limit. If you go over these usage limits and are no longer in the free trial period, you will be charged according to the price sheet. 1 f1-micro VM instance per month (US regions only). - f1-micro: 600MB memory, 0.2vCPU that can burst up to a full core. 30 GB of HDD persistent disk storage per month. 5 GB of snapshot storage per month. 1 GB egress from North America to other destinations per month (excluding Australia and China). - not sure what that means, you have to pay for traffic from Australia/China? 1TB is 119€ through. https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#internet_egress https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#internet_egress For f1-micro instances, you receive free usage equivalent to the number of total hours within the current month, enough to run one instance without interruption for the entire month.

Ajedi32 10y ago
> You are also out of luck if you ever used a trail with your account before. > > Got this message: "Sorry, you aren't eligible for a free trial at this time. The free trial is for new customers only." That's just for the $300 free credit though, right? You can still use all the "Always Free" services.
- nisa 10y ago
  Not sure, I have a credit card there and 0€ balance, can't find the knob for the free tier, when I create a f1-micro I'm billed. Maybe I have to put up money?
  - Ajedi32 10y ago
    According to [the FAQ][1] it seems like you just use the instances like normal and you won't be billed as long as you don't exceed the free usage limits... [1]: https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-questions#always-free https://cloud.google.com/free/docs/frequently-asked-question...
    - nisa 10y ago
      let's try and see :) - thanks!
hocuspocus 10y ago
> - not sure what that means, you have to pay for traffic from Australia/China? 1TB is only 19cent through: $190 :) egress rates are per GB. I wonder if there's an easy way to disable traffic coming from those regions.
- nisa 10y ago
  Thanks for pointing that out! Crazy! If you don't need the fancy click&play cloud experience you are so much better off with online.net or hetzner.de IMHO.