Google is no longer "always free"

[mariano-daniel]

It does have a period of time that you need to spend your free credit:

[Jan69]

it is still free, it's "break in service" not "stop of service", you might need to restart, or maybe even recreate the box after the credit trial, but there very much is still 1 free e2-micro instance, similar case is also true for Oracle Cloud, where you might need to recreate machines after the credit trial ends, if you've spent any of that credit, but can still keep the always free resources

of course, as it's always been, Always Free services are a SUBSET of the trial services

[mo-tech55]

I want to create the always free VM but it shows me 7.11$ per month estimated cost. Am I configuring something wrong?

[anakimluke]

@mo-tech55 iirc, you can't use the "custom" option. it has to be the e2-micro preset. Also, I'm not sure the estimate on the left will show $0. You can try running the VM for a few hours and checking on the billing page if you are being charged or not.