Workload Manager pricing

Workload Manager pricing is based on the number of resource-evaluationsperformed per billing account each month.

A resource-evaluationis the validation of a single resource (like a VM instance, persistent disk, or VPC) against a single best-practice rule defined in a policy.

For example, validating 10 VM instances against 10 rules equals 100 resource-evaluations.

Pricing tiers

Pricing for resource-evaluations is calculated based on graduated tiers. Usage is aggregated across all projects under a single billing account. The first 5,000 resource-evaluations each month are free.

The total volume of evaluations resets to zero on the first of every month.

Pricing examples

Example 1: Free tier usage

This example demonstrates how billing is calculationfor a customer who uses 4,500 resource- evaluationsin a single billing month.

1. Tier 1 (Free):
   • Evaluations: First 4,500 (within the 5,000 free tier)
   • Cost: $0.00

Total Monthly Cost: $0.00

Example 2: Mid-tier usage

This example demonstrates how billing is calculationfor a customer who uses 150,000 resource- evaluationsin a single billing month.

1. Tier 1 (Free):

   • Evaluations: First 5,000
   • Cost: $0.00

2. Tier 2 ($0.0010):

   • Evaluations: Next 95,000 (from 5,001 to 100,000)
   • Calculation: 95,000 × $0.0010
   • Cost: $95.00

3. Tier 3 ($0.0008):

   • Evaluations: Remaining 50,000 (from 100,001 to 150,000)
   • Calculation: 50,000 × $0.0008
   • Cost: $40.00

Total Monthly Cost: $0.00 + $95.00 + $40.00 = $135.00

Example 3: High-tier usage

This example demonstrates how billing is calculationfor a customer who uses 650,000 resource- evaluationsin a single billing month.

The total costis calculationby applying the price for each tierto the number of evaluationswithin that tier.

1. Tier 1 (Free):

   • Evaluations: First 5,000
   • Cost: $0.00

2. Tier 2 ($0.0010):

   • Evaluations: Next 95,000 (from 5,001 to 100,000)
   • Calculation: 95,000 × $0.0010
   • Cost: $95.00

3. Tier 3 ($0.0008):

   • Evaluations: Next 400,000 (from 100,001 to 500,000)
   • Calculation: 400,000 × $0.0008
   • Cost: $320.00

4. Tier 4 ($0.0005):

   • Evaluations: Remaining 150,000 (all evaluationsover 500,000)
   • Calculation: 150,000 × $0.0005
   • Cost: $75.00

Total Monthly Cost:$0.00 + $95.00 + $320.00 + $75.00 = $490.00

Workload validation for SAP

Workload Manager can also be used to validate your SAP workloadsagainst SAP and Google Cloud best practices. These validations are also priced as resource-evaluations and follow the same tiered pricing model described above.

How evaluations are billed

What's not charged

Using Workload Manager itself incurs no fee. You are only charged for the resource-evaluationsperformed, subject to the free tier. The free tier of 5,000 resource-evaluations per monthis designed to cover small-scale usage and testing.

Successful and applicable evaluations only

Workload Manager only charges for evaluations that are successfully executed and applicable to the resource.

• Successful execution: In the event a rule evaluation does not complete or encounters an error, you are not charged for that evaluation.
• Applicable resources: Workload Manager automatically detects which resources are in scope for each rule. It does not execute or charge for rule evaluations against non-applicable resources. For example, a rule for SAP HANA would not be executed against an SAP NetWeaver VM, and therefore, you would only be charged when a rule is applicable to a resource within the scope selected.

Other Google Cloud resources

The resources that Workload Manager evaluates (such as Compute Engine VMs, Persistent Disk, or VPC) are billed separately at their own rates.

Next steps

• Read the Workload Manager documentation .

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