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How do you track in realtime the costs of google cloud VM instances

I just signed up for google cloud and I would like to track my costs in real time or at least by the hour.

From the documentation costs are incurred in 10-minute bundles but I cannot view costs incurred in my Billings area.

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ssn Avatar asked Jan 21 '16 06:01

ssn


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Just spent way to much time with support to find this:

  • goto Reports tab in GCE
  • click Group by SKU
  • uncheck Credits > Discounts, One time credits
  • click Daily and change to Daily Cumulative
  • exhale

There is also a breakdown of charges so far in the each month under Transactions tab that is less useful.

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alchemy Avatar answered Oct 21 '22 04:10

alchemy