Question

A retail company's finance team is reviewing their Google Cloud bill and notices that some Compute Engine costs are automatically reduced when instances run for a large portion of the month, without any prior commitment or contract being signed. Which billing feature is responsible for these automatic reductions?

Accepted Answer

Sustained use discounts, which are applied automatically as usage increases over the month

Answer

Committed use discounts, which require a 1- or 3-year usage commitment

Answer

Budget alerts, which reduce spending when a threshold is reached

Answer

Spot VM pricing, which offers deep discounts for interruptible workloads