Google Cloud Cloud Load Balancing
Cloud Load Balancing pricing
Google sells 11 load balancer types, split by scope, exposure and kind. Each bills forwarding rules by the hour, plus data processed in and out by the GiB; internal Application load balancers add a charge per proxy instance.
First 5 rules
$0.025/ hr
minimum charge in Iowa (us-central1)Each extra rule
$0.01/ hr
after the first 5, in Iowa (us-central1)Data processed
$0.008/ GiB
same rate in and out, in Iowa (us-central1)Proxy instance
$0.025/ hr
internal Application types, in Iowa (us-central1)Types
11
load balancer types pricedRegions
47
Google Cloud regionsLoad balancer rates
Every type in the selected region. Data in and data out are separate charges and are never added together here.| Load balancer type | First 5 rules, per hour | Each extra rule, per hour | Per rule, per hour (no minimum) | Proxy instance, per hour | Data in, per GiB | Data out, per GiB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global External Application Global external application | Not attributed | — | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Regional External Application Regional external application | $0.025 | $0.01 | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Regional Internal Application Regional internal application | Not attributed | — | — | $0.025 | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Cross Regional Internal Application Cross-region internal application | Not attributed | — | — | $0.025 | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Global External Proxy Network Global external proxy network | Not attributed | — | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Regional External Proxy Network Regional external proxy network | $0.025 | $0.01 | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Regional Internal Proxy Network Regional internal proxy network | $0.025 | $0.01 | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Cross Regional Internal Proxy Network Cross-region internal proxy network | $0.025 | $0.01 | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Global External Passthrough Network Global external passthrough network | — | — | $0.01 | — | Not offered | Not offered |
| Regional External Passthrough Network Regional external passthrough network | Not attributed | — | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
| Regional Internal Passthrough Network Regional internal passthrough network | Not attributed | — | — | — | $0.008 | $0.008 |
The minimum charge covers the first 5 forwarding rules in a project; each rule after that bills at the extra-rule rate. Global and regional forwarding rules are charged separately. "Not attributed" means the type has no forwarding-rule rate of its own in the catalog: Google lists some forwarding-rule SKUs without naming a load balancer type, and this site does not assign them to one.
Load balancer estimator
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Uses 730 hours a month. Internet egress from the backends is billed separately, see network data transfer.
Estimated monthly load balancer cost$26.25Regional External Application, us-central1
Forwarding rules (1)$18.25
Proxy instances (0)Not billed for this type
Data processed in (500 GiB @ $0.008)$4.00
Data processed out (500 GiB @ $0.008)$4.00
What to know
- Forwarding rules are the fixed cost.One rule is the usual setup, so most load balancers pay the minimum charge and nothing extra. Rules are counted per project, global and regional separately.
- Data in and data out both bill.Google lists inbound and outbound data processing as two rates. They match today for most types; the estimator keeps them as two inputs so a change to one doesn't get hidden.
- Internal Application load balancers bill by proxy instance.Regional internal and cross-region internal Application load balancers charge per proxy instance-hour instead of a forwarding rule minimum.
- Some forwarding rules are not attributed.Google lists generic forwarding-rule SKUs that don't name a load balancer type. The types that would use them show "Not attributed" in the table rather than a guessed rate. The estimator leaves that line out and says so.
- Opt-in regions have their own Global external Application data rate. asia-southeast2 (Jakarta (asia-southeast2)) lists $0.018 per GiB under a separate opt-in SKU; me-central1 (Doha (me-central1)) lists $0.029 per GiB under a separate opt-in SKU; me-central2 (Dammam (me-central2)) lists $0.029 per GiB under a separate opt-in SKU. The table shows the standard rate for those regions.