Experimenting with Google Cloud Platform

Google offers a $300 credit to get started with GCP for free. It’s time to experiment.

What’s needed to sign up for the trial:

1. A Google account
2. A credit card. An understandable security measure. The engagement not to autocharge during or after the trial is much appreciated.

Once set up,

Everything can be administered via the GCP console

The homepage offers a configurable dashboard

Administration is project based

The billing account lists a $300 credit (€283 in Europe) valid for the next 12 months

All GCP products can be tested (sorted under “Compute”, “Storage”, “Big Data”, “Tools” & “StackDriver” sections)

Conclusion

• The whole process only takes a couple of minutes.
• The free trial offer is both convenient and comfortable to experiment with different products over a period of 12 months.
• All GCP products can be tested and many tools are available.

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