Get started with Google Cloud

Start by creating a Google Cloud account. Plus, you get $300 in free credits and free usage of 20+ products on signup to run, test, and deploy workloads.

Get started with Google Cloud

Get hands-on experience withfree usage of 20+ products, including popular products like AI APIs, Compute Engine, BigQuery, and more.

Start your platform setup

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IT administration

Establish administrators, billing accounts, and other settings in your Google Cloud environment.

FinOps administration

Set up billing, spending notifications, and resource structure to facilitate cost monitoring and optimization.

Security engineering

Familiarize yourself with core security concepts and tools that impact your security, privacy, and compliance controls.

DevOps engineering

Start automating infrastructure and secure collaboration with teammates using Google Cloud tools and best practices.

Application development

Get basic API access and set up a development environment that can interact with Google Cloud services.

Data analysis

Analyze sample data using Google Cloud products with minimal setup.

Begin building

Jump Start Solutions

Learn and experiment with pre-built solution templates.

Cloud SDK, languages, frameworks, and tools

Discover tools, resources, and products that enable interaction with Google Cloud using code.

Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework

Follow recommendations and best practices to design and operate a well-architected cloud topology.

Explore products

Google Cloud products at a glance

A quick reference for Google Cloud products.

Google Cloud for AWS and Azure users

Compare AWS and Azure services to Google Cloud.

Grow skills

Training & certification

Explore our curriculum and grow your skills with Google Cloud Training.

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