The Google Cloud Developer's Cheat Sheet
Every product in the Google Cloud family described in <=4 words (with liberal use of hyphens and slashes π)
by the Google Developer Relations Team
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Note: This list only includes products that are publicly available. There are several products in pre-release/private-alpha that will not be included until they go public beta or GA.
Fun flashback - here's the list of products in 2014
Many of these products have a free tier. There is also a free trial that will enable you try almost everything.
All Products
Compute
- Cloud Functions: Event-driven serverless functions
π π - App Engine: Managed app platform π
π - Cloud Run: Serverless for containerized applications
π π - Kubernetes Engine (GKE): Managed Kubernetes/containers
π π - Compute Engine: VMs, GPUs, TPUs, Disks
π π - Bare Metal Solution: Hardware for specialized workloads π
- Preemptible VMs: Short-lived compute instances
π π - Shielded VMs: Hardened VMs π
π - Sole-tenant Nodes: Dedicated physical servers π
π - VMware Engine: VMware as a service
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Storage
- Cloud Filestore: Managed NFS server
π π - Cloud Storage: Multi-class multi-region object storage
π π - Persistent Disk: Block storage for VMs π
π - Local SSD: VM locally attached SSDs
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Database
- Cloud Bigtable: Petabyte-scale, low-latency, non-relational π
π - Cloud Firestore: Serverless NoSQL document DB
π π - Cloud Memorystore: Managed Redis and Memcached
π π - Cloud Spanner: Horizontally scalable relational DB
π π - Cloud SQL: Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
π π - Database Migration Service: Migrate to Cloud SQL
π π - DB Insights: SQL Inspector π
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Data and Analytics
- BigQuery: Data warehouse/analytics π
π - BigQuery BI Engine: In-memory analytics engine
π - BigQuery ML: BigQuery model training/serving
π - Cloud Composer: Managed workflow orchestration service
π π - Cloud Data Fusion: Graphically manage data pipelines π
π - Cloud Dataflow: Stream/batch data processing
π π - Cloud Dataprep: Visual data wrangling
π π - Cloud Dataproc: Managed Spark and Hadoop
π π - Cloud Pub/Sub: Global real-time messaging π
π - Data Catalog: Metadata management service
π π - Data Studio: Collaborative data exploration/dashboarding π π
- Looker: Enterprise BI and Analytics
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Hybrid and Multi-cloud
- Anthos: Enterprise hybrid/multi-cloud platform
π π - Anthos Clusters: Hybrid/on-prem Kubernetes Engine
π π - Anthos Config Management:Policy and security automation
π π - Anthos Service Mesh: Managed service mesh (Istio)
π π - Cloud Run for Anthos: Serverless development for Anthos
π π - Google Cloud Marketplace for Anthos: Pre-configured containerized apps
π π - Migrate for Anthos: Migrate VMs to Kubernetes Engine π π
- Operations: Monitoring, logging, troubleshooting
π π - Cloud Build: Continuous integration/delivery platform π π
- Traffic Director: Service mesh traffic management
π π - Apigee API Management: API management, development, security
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AI/ML
- AI Platform Data Labeling: Data labeling by humans
π - AI Platform Deep Learning VMs: Preconfigured VMs for deep learning
π π - AI Platform Deep Learning Containers: Preconfigured containers for deep learning
π π - AI Platform Notebooks: Managed JupyterLab notebook instances
π π - AI Platform Pipelines: Hosted ML workflowsπ
- AI Platform Predictions: Autoscaled model serving
π - AI Platform Training: Distributed AI training
π - AI Platform: Managed platform for ML
π - AutoML Natural Language: Custom text models
π - AutoML Tables: Custom structured data models
π π - AutoML Translation: Custom domain-specific translation π π
- AutoML Video Intelligence: Custom video annotation models π
π - AutoML Vision: Custom image models
π π - Cloud Natural Language API: Text parsing and analysis
π π - Cloud Speech-To-Text API: Convert audio to text π
π - Cloud Talent Solutions API: Job search with ML
π π - Cloud Text-To-Speech API: Convert text to audio
π π - Cloud TPU: Hardware acceleration for ML
π π - Cloud Translation API: Language detection and translation π π
- Cloud Video Intelligence API: Scene-level video annotation
π π - Cloud Vision API: Image recognition and classification
π π - Contact Center AI: AI in your contact center
π π - Dialogflow: Create conversational interfaces
π π - Document AI: Analyze, classify, search documents
π π - Explainable AI: Understand ML model predictions
π π - Recommendations AI: Create custom recommendations
π π - Vision Product Search: Visual search for products
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Networking
- Carrier Peering: Peer through a carrier
π - Direct Peering: Peer with GCP
π - Dedicated Interconnect: Dedicated private network connection
π - Partner Interconnect: Connect on-prem network to VPC π
- Cloud Armor: DDoS protection and WAF
π π - Cloud CDN: Content delivery network
π π - Cloud DNS: Programmable DNS serving π
π - Cloud Load Balancing: Multi-region load distribution/balancing
π π - Cloud NAT: Network address translation service
π - Cloud Router: VPC/on-prem network route exchange (BGP) π
- Cloud VPN (HA): VPN (Virtual private network connection)
π - Network Service Tiers: Price vs performance tiering π
π - Network Telemetry: Network telemetry service
π π - Traffic Director: Service mesh traffic management
π π - Google Cloud Service Mesh: Service-aware network management π
π - Virtual Private Cloud: Software defined networking π
π - VPC Service Controls: Security perimeters for API-based services
π π - Network Intelligence Center: Network monitoring and topology π
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Internet of Things (IoT)
Gaming
- Google Cloud Game Servers: Orchestrate Agones clusters π
Identity and Security
- Access Transparency: Audit cloud provider access
π π - Assured Workloads: Workload compliance controls
π π - Binary Authorization: Kubernetes deploy-time security
π π - Certificate Authority Service: Managed private CAs π
π - Cloud Asset Inventory: All assets, one place
π π - Cloud Audit Logs: Audit trails for GCP
π π - Cloud DLP: Classify and redact sensitive data
π π - Cloud HSM: Hardware security module service
π π - Cloud EKM: External keys you control
π π - Cloud IAM: Resource access control
π π - Cloud Identity: Manage users, devices & apps
π π - Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy: Identity-based app access π
π - Cloud KMS: Hosted key management service
π π - Cloud Resource Manager: Cloud project metadata management
π π - Security Command Center: Security management and data risk platform
π π - Cloud Security Scanner: App engine security scanner
π π - Confidential Computing: Encrypt data in-use
π π - Context-aware Access: End-user attribute-based access control
π π - Event Threat Detection: Scans for suspicious activity π
- Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory: Managed Microsoft Active Directory π
π - Secret Manager: Store and manage secrets
π π - Security Key Enforcement: Two-step key verification π
- Shielded VMs: Hardened VMs
π π - Titan Security Key: Two-factor authentication (2FA) device
π - VPC Service Controls: VPC data constraints
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Management Tools
- Cloud APIs: APIs for cloud services
π π - Cloud Billing API: Programmatically manage GCP billing π
- Cloud Billing: Billing and cost management tools
π π - Cloud Console: Web-based management console
π - Cloud Deployment Manager: Templated infrastructure deployment
π π - Cloud Mobile App: iOS/Android GCP manager app
π - Private Catalog: Internal Solutions Catalog
π π - Cloud Debugger: Live production debugging
π π - Error Reporting: App error reporting
π π - Cloud Logging: Centralized logging
π π - Cloud Monitoring: Infrastructure and application monitoring
π π - Cloud Profiler: CPU and heap profiling
π π - Cloud Trace: App latency insights
π π - Transparent SLIs: Monitor GCP services
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Developer Tools
- Cloud Build: Continuous integration/delivery platform
π π - Cloud Code for IntelliJ: IntelliJ GCP tools
π - Cloud Code for VS Code: VS Code GCP tools
π - Cloud Code: Cloud native IDE extensions
π π - Cloud Tools for Eclipse: Eclipse GCP tools
π - Cloud Tools for Visual Studio: Visual Studio GCP tools
π - Gradle App Engine Plugin: Gradle App Engine plugin
π - Maven App Engine Plugin: Maven App Engine plugin
π - Cloud SDK: CLI for GCP π
π - Cloud Shell: Browser-based terminal/CLI π
π - Artifact Registry: Universal package manager π
π - Cloud Source Repositories: Hosted private git repos
π π - Container Registry: Private container registry/storage
π π - Container Analysis: Automated security scanning π
π - Eventarc: Event-driven Cloud Run services
π π - Cloud Scheduler: Managed cron job service π
π - Cloud Tasks: Asynchronous task execution π
π - Cloud Workflows: HTTP services orchestration π
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Migration to GCP
- BigQuery Data Transfer Service: Bulk import analytics data
π π - Cloud Data Transfer: Data migration tools/CLI π
- Google Transfer Appliance: Rentable data transport box π
π - Storage Transfer Service: Online/on-premises data transfer
π - Migrate for Anthos: Migrate VMs to containers
π π - Migrate for Compute Engine: Compute Engine migration tools
π π - Migrate from Amazon Redshift: Migrate from Redshift to BigQuery π
- Migrate from Teradata: Migrate from Teradata to BigQuery
π - VM Migration: VM migration tools
π - Cloud Foundation Toolkit: Infrastructure as Code templates
π - KF: Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes [
π (https://cloud.google.com/migrate/kf/docs)
API Platform and Ecosystems
- API Analytics: API metrics
π - API Monetization: Monetize APIs π
- Apigee API Platform: Develop, secure, monitor APIs
π - API Gateway: Fully managed API Gateway
π - Apigee Hybrid: Manage hybrid/multi-cloud API environments
π π - Apigee Sense: API protection from attacks
π - Cloud Endpoints: Cloud API gateway π
- Cloud Healthcare API: Healthcare system GCP interoperability π
- Developer Portal: API management portal
π - GCP Marketplace: Partner & open source marketplace
π - AppSheet: No-code App creation
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Google Maps Platform
- Directions API: Get directions between locations
π - Distance Matrix API: Multi-origin/destination travel times
π - Geocoding API: Convert address to/from coordinates
π - Geolocation API: Derive location without GPS
π - Maps Embed API: Display iframe embedded maps π
- Maps JavaScript API: Dynamic web maps
π - Maps SDK for Android: Maps for Android apps
π - Maps SDK for iOS: Maps for iOS apps
π - Maps Static API: Display static map images
π - Maps SDK for Unity: Unity SDK for games
π - Maps URLs: URL scheme for maps
π - Places API: Rest-based Places features
π - Places Library, Maps JS API: Places features for web
π - Places SDK for Android: Places features for Android π
- Places SDK for iOS: Places feature for iOS π
- Roads API: Convert coordinates to roads π
- Street View Static API: Static street view images π
- Street View Service: Street view for JavaScript
π - Time Zone API: Convert coordinates to timezone
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Workspace Platform
- Admin SDK: Manage G Suite resources
π - AMP for Email: Dynamic interactive email
π - Apps Script: Extend and automate everything π
- Calendar API: Create and manage calendars
π - Classroom API: Provision and manage classrooms
π - Cloud Search: Unified search for enterprise
π - Docs API: Create and edit documents
π - Drive Activity API: Retrieve Google Drive activity
π - Drive API: Read and write files
π - Drive Picker: Drive file selection widget
π - Email Markup: Interactive email using schema.org
π - G Suite Add-ons: Extend G Suite apps
π - G Suite Marketplace: Storefront for integrated applications π
- Gmail API: Enhance Gmail
π - Hangouts Chat Bots: Conversational bots in chat
π - People API: Manage user's Contacts π
- Sheets API: Read and write spreadsheets
π - Slides API: Create and edit presentations
π - Task API: Search, read & update Tasks
π - Vault API: Manage your organization's eDiscovery
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Mobile (Firebase)
- Cloud Firestore: Document store and sync π
- Cloud Functions for Firebase: Event-driven serverless applications
π - Cloud Storage for Firebase: Object storage and serving
π - Crashlytics: Crash reporting and analytics
π - Firebase A/B Testing: Create A/B test experiments
π - Firebase App Distribution: Trusted tester early access
π - Firebase Authentication: Drop-in authentication
π - Firebase Cloud Messaging: Send device notifications
π - Firebase Dynamic Links: Link to app content
π - Firebase Extensions: Pre-packaged development solutions
π - Firebase Hosting: Web hosting with CDN/SSL
π - Firebase In-App Messaging: Send in-app contextual messages
π - Firebase Performance Monitoring: App/web performance monitoring
π - Firebase Predictions: Predict user targeting
π - Firebase Realtime Database: Real-time data synchronization
π - Firebase Remote Config: Remotely configure installed apps π
- Firebase Test Lab: Mobile testing device farm π
- Google Analytics for Firebase: Mobile app analytics π
- ML Kit for Firebase: ML APIs for mobile
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Additional Resources
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π - Apigee Blog: π
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π - G Suite Developers Blog: π
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π - Google Cloud Certifications:
π - Google Cloud System Status:
π - Google Cloud Training:
π - Google Developers Blog:
π - Google Maps Platform Blog:
π - Google Open Source Blog:
π - Google Security Blog:
π - Kaggle Home Page: π
- Kubernetes Blog:
π - Regions and Network Map: π
- DORA - Software & Delivery Research:
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Additional Resources
- Source for this document:
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π - GCP Pricing:
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GCP Foundational Open Source Projects
- Apache Beam: Batch/streaming data processing
π - Go: High Concurrency Programming Language
π - gRPC: RPC framework
π - gVisor: Secure container runtime
π - Istio: Connect and secure services π
- Knative: Serverless framework for Kubernetes π
- Kubeflow: ML toolkit for Kubernetes π
- Kubernetes: Management of containerized applications
π - OpenCensus: Cloud native observability framework
π - TensorFlow: ML framework
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Platform Comparisons
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π - Google Cloud Platform for Data Center Professionals:
π - Google Cloud Platform for OpenStack Users:
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