Google VMware Engine
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What is Google VMware Engine
Managed VMware stack on GCP
Dedicated private cloud resources
Integration with Google Cloud services
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Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (per VMware Engine node, billed hourly) with optional 1- and 3-year committed use discounts (CUDs).
Free tier/trial: Google Cloud free program ($300 new-customer credit) is available for Google Cloud generally (can be applied to GCVE usage); no product-specific time-limited GCVE trial is advertised on the GCVE pricing page.
How to find list prices: Exact per-node list prices are region-specific and published as SKUs in the Cloud Billing pricing report and available in the Google Cloud Pricing Calculator. The public GCVE pricing overview links customers to the Pricing Calculator and the Cloud Billing pricing table for per-region/node SKUs rather than showing a single global rate.
Node families & license options (examples listed by Google Cloud):
- VE1 node types (license options: portable/BYO license, protected license variants)
- VE2 node types (including standard, mega, and storage-only node types; license-included and BYOL/portable options)
Commitments & discounts: 1- and 3-year CUDs are available for VMware Engine (multiple purchase/invoicing options such as in-advance and monthly invoicing for commitments).
Minimums & pilot: Standard private cloud creation requires a 3-node minimum (for SLA-eligible private clouds). Google Cloud supports single-node private clouds for pilots and proofs of concept (single-node clouds have feature limitations and are not SLA-eligible; some documentation also references single-node private clouds created via API as time-limited/expiring — see notes/links).
Add-ons & protection pricing: Backup and DR for VMware Engine is charged as a per-node add-on (node-based pricing). Google’s Backup & DR bulletin shows the new flat per-node meter for VMware Engine protection (example: a node-based list price example appears per-region in the Backup & DR pricing bulletin).
Notes / How to get a dollar price: Google Cloud does not list a single universal dollar-per-node price on the GCVE public pricing overview; instead, you must use the Pricing Calculator or the Cloud Billing Pricing report (or contact sales) to get region- and SKU-specific list prices or to obtain custom contract pricing.
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