Coding & apps · Automation
Google Cloud
Google Cloud provides cloud computing and AI services. Its Gemini platform (formerly Vertex AI) lets you call Gemini and 200+ other foundation models, and build, deploy, and manage enterprise AI agents.
Offers
Google Cloud gives you $300 in credit that still covers Gemini on Vertex AI
$300 trial credit that still covers the Gemini platform if you upgrade to a paid account before November 16
- Eligibility
- New Google Cloud free trial users; existing trial accounts that have the credit but haven't upgraded also qualify
- Benefit duration
- 90 days from free trial sign-up
- Renewal terms
- After upgrading, usage beyond the credit or after it expires is billed pay-as-you-go
- Claim by
- 2026-11-15
What you can do
Developers and teams who want to call Gemini and other models in the cloud, or build, deploy, and manage AI agents on the Gemini platform.
Get started
Open the free trial page at https://cloud.google.com/free and sign up with a Google account. If you have never been a paying user of Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform, or Firebase, and you have not previously signed up for the Free Trial, you can start a 90-day Free Trial and receive $300 in Credits. During signup you need to add a valid payment method so Google can verify your identity; you are not billed during the Free Trial. After signup, the console includes a project named My First Project and a Free Trial billing account preloaded with the $300 in Credits. The $300 in Credits is valid for 90 days from the signup date and can be spent on Google Cloud products covered by the Free Trial. If you sign up for the Free Trial, or upgrade to a paid billing account, on or after November 16, 2026, these Credits cannot be used to pay for Gemini platform (formerly Vertex AI) services. The Credits also cannot pay for Gemini API usage in AI Studio, or for third-party partner models offered as managed APIs. Usage above Free Tier limits is paid from the $300 in Credits first. More than 20 products also have monthly Free Tier limits, and usage within those limits is not charged against the $300 in Credits. To call models or build agents on the Gemini platform, open https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai. In Agent Studio you can design and test prompts with natural language, code, images, or video, and you can also create an API key to call models through the Gemini API. In Model Garden you can find, try, and deploy Gemini, third-party models, and open models such as Gemma. If you want to keep using Google Cloud after the trial, or you need features that are not available on a Free Trial account, go to the Welcome page in the console and click Activate to upgrade to a paid billing account. After you upgrade, remaining Credits stay available until 90 days from your original signup date; usage beyond the Credits or after they expire is billed pay-as-you-go. If you do not upgrade before the trial ends or the Credits run out, the Free Trial billing account is closed and its projects and resources are stopped. You then have a 30-day grace period, after which those resources may be permanently deleted.
Sources
- cloud.google.com2026-11-12
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- docs.cloud.google.com2026-11-12