Google Cloud Build
- Free allowance
- 2,500 build-minutes a month on e2-standard-2 in the default pool, plus the first 100 GB of worker SSD; both are promotional and the minute limit is stated as subject to change
- Verdict
- caveatusable, with a named limit or an unprobed read path
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- request-rate2,500 build-minutes a month on e2-standard-2 in the default pool, promotional
- Evidence
- documented2 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23
| Free tier | 2,500 build-minutes a month on e2-standard-2 in the default pool, plus the first 100 GB of worker SSD; both are promotional and the minute limit is stated as subject to change unit minutes; metered on wall-clock |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
not stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not stated |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | unknown |
| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
| Evidence note | documented the Cloud Build pricing page was read on 2026-10-22. The allowance is a recurring monthly pool of build-minutes, and the page calls it promotional, which is a weaker commitment than a tier |
| Parsed numbers |
|
Evidence 2
| 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 |
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Corrections
- 2026-10-22 Google Cloud's free tier is a recurring usage allowance, and the record priced it as a credit