Recommenders

A recommender is a service on Google Cloud that provides usage recommendations for Google Cloud resources. Recommenders are specific to a single Google Cloud product and resource type. A single product can have multiple recommenders, where each provides a different type of recommendation for a different resource.

Recommender has the following recommenders:

Value Category	Name	Recommender ID	Short Description	Included in BigQuery Export
Cost	BigQuery edition slot recommender	google.bigquery.capacityCommitments.Recommender	Optimize BigQuery spend with slot commitments	No
	BigQuery partitioning and clustering recommender	google.bigquery.table.PartitionClusterRecommender	Partition or cluster your tables	Yes
	Soft delete recommender	google.storage.bucket.SoftDeleteRecommender	Enable or disable soft delete based on costs and security	No
	Cloud Run CPU allocation recommender	google.run.service.CostRecommender	Switch to CPU always allocated	Yes
	Cloud SQL idle instance recommender	google.cloudsql.instance.IdleRecommender	Remove unused SQL instances	Yes
	Cloud SQL overprovisioned instance recommender	google.cloudsql.instance.OverprovisionedRecommender	Resize overprovisioned SQL instances	Yes
	Committed use discount recommender	google.compute.commitment.UsageCommitmentRecommender	Reduce costs through Compute Engine resource-based commitments	Yes
		google.cloudbilling.commitment.SpendBasedCommitmentRecommender	Reduce costs through spend-based commitments	No
	Idle custom image recommender	google.compute.image.IdleResourceRecommender	Remove unused images	Yes
	Idle GKE cluster recommender	google.container.DiagnosisRecommender	Remove unused GKE clusters	Yes
	Idle IP address recommender	google.compute.address.IdleResourceRecommender	Remove unused IPs	Yes
	Idle persistent disk recommender	google.compute.disk.IdleResourceRecommender	Backup and remove unused disks	Yes
	Idle VM recommender	google.compute.instance.IdleResourceRecommender	Remove unused VMs	Yes
	Idle reservations recommender	google.compute.IdleResourceRecommender	Delete unused resource reservations	Yes
	Underutilized reservations recommender	google.compute.RightSizeResourceRecommender	Right-size underutilized reservations	Yes
Security	Identity and Access Management recommender	google.iam.policy.Recommender	Remove excess permissions	Yes
	Cloud Run Service Security recommenders	google.run.service.IdentityRecommender google.run.service.SecurityRecommender	Increase Cloud Run Service security	Yes
	Unattended project recommender	google.resourcemanager.projectUtilization.Recommender	Reclaim or remove unused projects	Yes
	Advisory Notifications recommender	google.cloud.security.GeneralRecommender	Ensure that the right parties within your organization have access to view critical security and privacy notifications	Yes
	Cloud SQL security recommender Remove broad public IP ranges Disable public IP connection Enable database auditing Remove authorized networks Require SSL for direct connections Rotate server certificate Enable instance password policies	google.cloudsql.instance.SecurityRecommender	Secure Cloud SQL instances Remove broad public IP ranges from authorized networks Disable public IP connection to comply with your organization policy Enable database auditing Remove authorized networks to comply with your organization policy Require SSL for direct connections Rotate server certificate before it expires Enable instance password policies	Yes
Performance	Managed instance group machine type recommender	google.compute.instanceGroupManager.MachineTypeRecommender	Resize MIG machine types	Yes
	VM machine type recommender	google.compute.instance.MachineTypeRecommender	Resize VM machine types	Yes
	Cloud Functions minimum instances recommender	google.cloudfunctions.PerformanceRecommender	Prevent cold starts for deployed functions	Yes
	Cloud SQL performance recommender MySQL high number of open tables MySQL high number of tables PostgreSQL high transaction id utilization	google.cloudsql.instance.PerformanceRecommender	Improve Cloud SQL instance performance MySQL: increase the table open cache size MySQL: manage high number of tables PostgreSQL: prevent transaction ID wraparound	Yes
	Cloud SQL underprovisioned recommender	google.cloudsql.instance.UnderprovisionedRecommender	Optimize underprovisioned Cloud SQL instances	Yes
Reliability	GKE diagnosis recommender	google.container.DiagnosisRecommender	Mitigate risks, troubleshoot and optimize your usage of GKE	Yes
	Service limit (quota) recommender	google.resourcemanager.serviceLimit.Recommender	Manage service and quota usage to avoid hitting limits	Yes
	Cloud SQL Reliability recommender	google.cloudsql.instance.ReliabilityRecommender	Enable High Availability on Cloud SQL Instances	Yes
	Cloud SQL out-of-disk recommender	google.cloudsql.instance.OutOfDiskRecommender	Prevent Cloud SQL out-of-disk outage	Yes
	Change Risk Recommendations	google.resourcemanager.project.ChangeRiskRecommender google.iam.serviceAccount.ChangeRiskRecommender google.iam.policy.ChangeRiskRecommender	Reduce risk of misconfigurations	No
	Recent Change Recommendations	google.cloud.RecentChangeRecommender	Reduce risk of misconfigurations	Yes
	Cloud Firestore Reliability recommender	google.firestore.database.ReliabilityRecommender	Improve Cloud Firestore database disaster recovery plan. It has the following subtypes: Enable scheduled backups Enable PITR	No
Manageability	Deprecation and Breaking Changes recommender	google.cloud.deprecation.GeneralRecommender	Prevent service interruptions due to deprecations and breaking changes	Yes
	Error Reporting notification recommender	google.clouderrorreporting.Recommender	Receive notifications for errors in your project	No
	Google Maps Platform project management recommender	google.gmp.project.ManagementRecommender	Restrict your API keys	No
	Product suggestion recommender	google.logging.productSuggestion.ContainerRecommender	Explore more helpful products	No