Google Cloud express mode FAQs

Google cloud express mode supports building generative AI applications on Google Cloud using Vertex AI and lets you try select Google Cloud APIs at no cost, up to quota limits. Create and copy API keys directly into your own projects—no payment information required.

The Google Cloud Free Trial provides $300 in free credit to be used within 90 days so that you can explore and evaluate Google Cloud and Google Maps Platform products and services. You can use this credit towards one or a combination of products. A form of payment is required when signing up.

If you enable billing while using Google Cloud express mode, you won’t be able to sign up for a Google Cloud Free Trial.

At Google, your privacy is our priority. Privacy plays a critical role in earning and maintaining your trust.

We want to be clear about how we proactively protect your data and prioritize your privacy. We start from the fundamental premise that as a Google Cloud customer, you own your customer data. We implement stringent security measures to help safeguard your customer data and provide you with tools and features to control it on your terms.

We similarly secure any service data generated through providing the services; service data itself is critical to help ensure security and availability. Our privacy practices are also audited against international standards.

Never share your account login information. If you want to work with others:

• If you haven’t enabled billing yet, you can sign up for a Free Trial to then create an organization, which will allow you to invite others to your organization.

You can use products not included in Google Cloud express mode 

• If you haven’t enabled billing yet, you can sign up for a Free Trial to access that product. You would no longer be able to use Google Cloud express mode and instead will be given $300 in Google Cloud credits for use in Free Trial.

No payment information is required to try the APIs. 

You can enable billing at any time to get increased quota and pay only for what you use.

By enabling billing, you’ll get increased quota to try the APIs, unlimited time to try the APIs, and access to more features for those APIs—only paying for what you use.

“Pay only for what you use” means that once you enable billing you will only be billed for resources or calls you use or make after you've enable billing.

Note: Actual quota may vary

Learn more about what quota is

Google cloud express mode supports building generative AI applications on Google Cloud using Vertex AI

Note: Actual quota may vary

Learn more about what quota is

Some APIs can only be used for a set time after signing up while others can be used indefinitely. You can view your remaining time left within each product in Google Cloud express mode.

API keys you create in Google Cloud express mode are unrestricted API keys. Learn more about restricted and unrestricted API keys

No, any API keys you create do not expire. You can delete API keys from the API keys page.