Agent runtime
Google Cloud
Managed agent runtime with sessions, Memory Bank and observability.
Own model keyPlan dependent
Published plans1
Last checked2026-10-23
Source statusSources reviewed
The essentials
What Google Cloud offers
Google Cloud is listed here as runtime infrastructure for AI agent workloads. Managed agent runtime with sessions, Memory Bank and observability.
Pricing and deployment
Usage-based Agent Runtime: $0.085/vCPU-hour and $0.009/GiB-hour, rounded to the nearest second. Idle time between turns is not billed. Sessions, memory, gateways and model usage are separate.
Choosing this service
Evaluate the execution model, persistence requirements and connected services before choosing a deployment. A platform base fee or compute rate is not a complete model-usage budget.
Specifications below distinguish documented features from information not disclosed in the reviewed sources. Official links and the review date are provided for checking current terms.
Subscription & usage
Choose a plan. Check the scope.
These plans can serve different access methods. Model usage and resource charges may be additional.
Agent Runtime — on-demand metering
SubscriptionUsage-based
$0.085/vCPU-hour + $0.009/GiB-hour; storage, operations and models extra.
Included
Managed agent runtime with sessions, Memory Bank and observability.
Extra usage
Agent Compute $0.085/vCPU-hour; Agent Memory $0.009/GiB-hour. Agent storage $0.30/GiB-month plus read/write operations. Other services and model usage are additional.
Full conditions & limits
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Published
- Base subscription amount (not total cost)
- 0
- Currency
- USD
- Billing interval
- Usage only
- Subscription scope
- $0.085/vCPU-hour + $0.009/GiB-hour; storage, operations and models extra.
- Annual commitment / upfront payment
- Usage-based Agent Runtime: $0.085/vCPU-hour and $0.009/GiB-hour, rounded to the nearest second. Idle time between turns is not billed. Sessions, memory, gateways and model usage are separate.
- Setup fee
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Included usage
- Managed agent runtime with sessions, Memory Bank and observability.
- Overage rates
- Agent Compute $0.085/vCPU-hour; Agent Memory $0.009/GiB-hour. Agent storage $0.30/GiB-month plus read/write operations. Other services and model usage are additional.
- Model costs and BYOK conditions
- Model API usage and third-party tools are additional unless explicitly included by the selected offer.
- Free trial / credits / expiry
- Published monthly account allowances: 50 compute hours and 100 GiB-hours of memory; check eligibility and aggregation rules.
- Cancellation and refunds
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Tax treatment
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
Resources and limits
- CPU allocation and billing basis
- Metered CPU; selected regional SKU
- RAM
- Metered memory; selected regional SKU
- GPU / VRAM
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Storage and persistence
- Session and Memory Bank charges are separate
- Network egress
- Network and other Google Cloud services can add charges
- Agent limit
- Default 100 Agent Runtime resources per project/region.
- Concurrency
- Default 10 concurrent live bidirectional connections; distinct from ordinary query throughput.
- Execution quota
- Sandbox code-execution API: 1,000 execute requests/minute/project/region; model and other API quotas are separate.
- Maximum session / execution duration
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Request rate limit
- Per project/region: 90 Query/StreamQuery per minute, 10 resource writes/minute and 100 session writes/minute.
- Continuous execution / idle behavior
- Runtime pricing excludes idle time waiting between turns; actual allocation and scaling configuration govern usage.
- Retention
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
Plan controls
- Support
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Contractual SLA / availability target
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Plan-specific security and compliance
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Eligibility and restrictions
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
Evidence
- Official pricing source
- Official source
- Last checked (UTC date)
- 2026-10-23
- Source interpretation and caveats
- Representative plan only, not the complete provider catalog. Prices are a dated reference; check official checkout for current regional terms.
1 fields not disclosed
Price effective date, if explicitly published
Under the hood
Explore the specifications
Open a category for the details. Capabilities may depend on the selected plan.
Company & deploymentService model, use cases and limitations
Company and service
- Official website
- Official source
- Pricing page
- Official source
- Documentation
- Official source
- Hosting category
- Agent runtime
- Deployment model
- Managed platform; customer deploys and configures the agent workload.
- Best suited to
- Managed agent runtime with sessions, Memory Bank and observability.
- Important limitations
- Usage-based Agent Runtime: $0.085/vCPU-hour and $0.009/GiB-hour, rounded to the nearest second. Idle time between turns is not billed. Sessions, memory, gateways and model usage are separate.
Compatibility & toolsModels, memory, MCP and integrations
Compatibility and tools
- Frameworks / SDKs
- ADK, A2A and documented framework integrations.
- Languages / runtimes
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Model compatibility
- Model availability and credentials depend on the selected framework and model provider.
- Bring your own model API key
- Conditional / plan dependent
- Memory and sessions
- Managed sessions and Memory Bank; retention and charges depend on configuration.
- MCP: client / server / hosting distinction
- Tool integrations depend on the deployed agent and supported SDK.
- Schedules and triggers
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Browser execution
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Code execution / sandbox
- Execution facilities depend on the selected runtime and configured tools.
- App integrations / authentication
- Configure supported tools and provider credentials; third-party services can add charges.
Infrastructure & operationsRegions, scaling, networking and recovery
Infrastructure and operations
- Available deployment regions
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Scaling and idle behavior
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Git / deployment workflow
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Private network / static IP / egress controls
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Backups and recovery
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Logs, tracing, metrics and evaluations
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
Security & supportIsolation, access controls and support
Security and support
- Isolation model
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Secrets management
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- SSO / roles / audit logging
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Compliance evidence and scope
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
- Support channels
- Not disclosed in the reviewed official sources; confirm with the provider before purchase.
Evidence, not assumptions
Sources & verification
Reviewed 2026-10-23 UTC. “Not disclosed” means a value was not confirmed in these sources, not that a capability is unavailable.