GCP – Save more with expanded coverage for Compute Flex CUDs

We’re excited to announce an expansion to our Compute Flexible Committed Use Discounts (Flex CUDs), providing you with greater flexibility across your cloud environment. Your spend commitments now stretch further and cover a wider array of Google Cloud services and VM families, translating into greater savings for your workloads.

Flex CUDs are spend-based commitments that provide deep discounts on Google Cloud compute resources in exchange for a one or three-year term. This model offers maximum flexibility, automatically applying savings across a broad pool of eligible VM families and regions without being tied to a single resource.

More power, more savings with expanded coverage

We understand that modern applications are built on a diverse mix of services, from massive databases to nimble serverless functions. To better support the way you build, we’re expanding Flex CUDs to cover more of the specialized solutions and serverless solutions you use every day:

• Memory-optimized VM Families: We’re bringing enhanced discounts to our memory-optimized M1, M2, M3 and the new M4 VM families. Now you can get more value from critical workloads like SAP HANA, in-memory analytics platforms and high-performing databases. 

• High-performance computing (HPC) VM families: For compute-intensive workloads, Flex CUDs now apply to our HPC-optimized H3 and the new H4D VM families, perfect for complex simulations and scientific research.

• Cloud Run and Cloud Functions: For developers and organizations that use Cloud Run’s fully managed platform, we are extending Flex CUDs’ coverage to Cloud Run request-based billing and Cloud Run functions.

Why this matters

This expansion of Compute Flex CUDs is designed with your growth and efficiency in mind:

• Maximize your spend commitments: Instead of being tied to a specific resource type or region, your committed spend can now be applied across a larger portion of your Google Cloud usage. This means less “wasted” commitment and more active savings.

• Enhanced financial predictability and control: With greater coverage, you gain a clearer picture of your anticipated cloud spend, making budgeting and financial planning more predictable. 

• Simplified cost management: A single, flexible commitment can now cover a more diverse set of services, streamlining your financial operations and reducing the complexity of managing multiple, granular commitments.

• Fuel innovation: By reducing the cost of core compute and serverless services, you free up budget that can be reinvested into innovation.

An updated Billing model

Compute Flex CUDs’ expanded coverage is made possible by the new and improved spend-based CUDs model, which streamlines how discounts are applied and provides greater flexibility. Enabling this feature triggers some experience changes to the Billing user interface, Cloud Billing export to BigQuery schema, and Cloud Commerce Consumer Procurement API. This new billing model is simpler: we directly charge the discounted rate for CUD-eligible usage, reflecting the applicable discount, instead of using credits to offset usage and reflect savings. It’s also more flexible: we apply discounts to a wider range of products within spend-based CUDs. For more, this follow-up resource details the updates, including information on a sample export to preview your monthly bill in the new format, key CUD KPIs, new SKUs added to CUDs, and CUD product information. You can learn more about these changes in the documentation.

Availability and next steps

At Google Cloud, we’re committed to providing you with the most flexible and cost-effective solutions for your evolving cloud needs. This expansion of Compute Flex CUDs is a testament to that commitment, enabling you to build, deploy, and scale your applications with even greater financial efficiency. Starting today, you can opt-in and begin enjoying Compute Flex CUDs’ expanded scope and improved billing model. 

Starting January 21, 2026, all customers will be automatically transitioned to the new spend-based model to take advantage of these expanded Flex CUDs. If you don’t opt in to multi-price CUDs, these changes will be automatically applied on January 21, 2026. New customers who create a Billing Account on or after July 15, 2025 will automatically be under the new billing model for Flex CUDs. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to enhance our offerings to support your success on Google Cloud.