Google App Engine pricing
Google App Engine has a free plan and paid plans. Starting price: $0.05 per F1 instance hour (standard, US regions). Free plan: Standard environment.
Free plan + paidPrices last checked Nov 1, 2026
Google App Engine plans and prices
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Google App Engine pricing facts
3 of 3 verified- Free tier
- Standard environment
- Checked Oct 29, 2026cloud.google.com(opens source in a new tab)
- “Apps in the standard environment have a free tier for App Engine resources.”
- Starting price
- $0.05 per F1 instance hour (standard, US regions)
- Checked Nov 1, 2026cloud.google.com(opens source in a new tab)
- “F1 0 hour to 28 hour Free per 1 day / project 28 hour and above $0.05 / 1 hour”
- Free plan
- Yes, 28 F1 instance hours a day
- Checked Nov 1, 2026cloud.google.com(opens source in a new tab)
- “F1 0 hour to 28 hour Free per 1 day”
Google App Engine alternatives by price
Starting prices from each app's own site, ranked by our alternatives score.
| App | Pricing | Price | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|
 Google Cloud Run | Free plan + paid | $0.000018 per vCPU-second (instance-based, us-central1) | 180,000 vCPU-seconds and 2 million requests a month |
 Heroku | Paid | $5 a month (Eco dyno) | No |
 Render | Free plan + paid | — | Hobby, $0/month plus compute |
 Azure App Service | Free plan + paid | $200 Azure credit for 30 days | Yes, F1 with 60 CPU minutes a day |
Google App Engine pricing: common questions
Is Google App Engine free?
Google App Engine has a free plan: Standard environment. Paid plans add more.
How much does Google App Engine cost?
Starting price: $0.05 per F1 instance hour (standard, US regions), according to cloud.google.com (checked Nov 1, 2026). Prices can vary by country and billing period.
What are free alternatives to Google App Engine?
Free or freemium alternatives include Google Cloud Run, Render and Azure App Service.