The Google Cloud Developer's Cheat Sheet

Every product in the Google Cloud family described in <=4 words (with liberal use of hyphens and slashes 😏)
by the Google Developer Relations Team

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Note: This list only includes products that are publicly available. There are several products in pre-release/private-alpha that will not be included until they go public beta or GA.

Fun flashback - here's the list of products on the day I joined Google in 2014

Many of these products have a free tier. There is also a free trial that will enable you try almost everything.

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All Products

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Compute

• App Engine: Managed app platform ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Functions: Event-driven serverless functions ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Run 🆕: Serverless for containerized applications ^{🔗 📄}
• Compute Engine: VMs, GPUs, TPUs, Disks ^{🔗 📄}
• Kubernetes Engine (GKE): Managed Kubernetes/containers ^{🔗 📄}
• Anthos 🆕: Enterprise hybrid/multi-cloud platform ^{🔗 📄}

Storage

• Cloud Storage: Object storage and serving ^{🔗 📄}
• Nearline: Archival occasional access storage ^{🔗 📄}
• Coldline: Archival rare access storage ^{🔗 📄}
• Persistent Disk: VM-attached disks ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Filestore: Managed NFS server ^{🔗 📄}

Database

• Cloud Bigtable: Petabyte-scale, low-latency, non-relational ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Datastore: Horizontally scalable document DB ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Firestore: Strongly-consistent serverless document DB ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Memorystore: Managed Redis ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Spanner: Horizontally scalable relational DB ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud SQL: Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL ^{🔗 📄}

Data and Analytics

• BigQuery: Data warehouse/analytics ^{🔗 📄}
• BigQuery BI Engine 🆕: In-memory analytics engine ^📄
• BigQuery ML 🆕: BigQuery model training/serving ^📄
• Cloud Composer: Managed workflow orchestration service ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Data Fusion 🆕: Graphically manage data pipelines ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Dataflow: Stream/batch data processing ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Datalab: Managed Jupyter notebook ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Dataprep: Visual data wrangling ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Dataproc: Managed Spark and Hadoop ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Pub/Sub: Global real-time messaging ^{🔗 📄}
• Data Catalog 🆕: Metadata management service ^{🔗 📄}
• Data Studio: Collaborative data exploration/dashboarding ^{🔗 📄}
• Genomics: Managed genomics platform ^{🔗 📄}

AI/ML

• AI Hub 🆕: Hosted AI component sharing ^{🔗 📄}
• AI Platform: Managed platform for ML ^{🔗 📄}
• AI Platform Data Labeling 🆕: Data labeling by humans ^📄
• AI Platform Deep Learning VMs: Preconfigured VMs for deep learning ^{🔗 📄}
• AI Platform Notebooks 🆕: Managed JupyterLab notebook instances ^🔗📄
• AI Platform Training 🆕: Parallel and distributed training ^📄
• AI Platform Predictions 🆕: Autoscaled model serving ^📄
• AutoML Natural Language: Custom text models ^📄
• AutoML Tables 🆕: Custom structured data models ^{🔗 📄}
• AutoML Translation: Custom domain-specific translation ^{🔗 📄}
• AutoML Video Intelligence 🆕: Custom video annotation models ^{🔗 📄}
• AutoML Vision: Custom image models ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud AI Building Blocks 🆕: Hosted AI component repository ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Natural Language API: Text parsing and analysis ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Speech-To-Text API: Convert audio to text ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Talent Solutions API: Job search with ML ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Text-To-Speech API: Convert text to audio ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Translation API: Language detection and translation ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Video Intelligence API: Scene-level video annotation ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Vision API: Image recognition and classification ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud TPU: Hardware acceleration for ML ^{🔗 📄}
• Dialogflow Enterprise Edition: Create conversational interfaces ^{🔗 📄}
• Document Understanding AI 🆕: Analyze, classify, search documents ^{🔗 📄}
• Recommendations AI 🆕: Create custom recommendations ^{🔗 📄}
• Vision Product Search 🆕: Visual search for products ^📄

Networking

• Carrier Peering: Peer through a carrier ^📄
• Direct Peering: Peer with GCP ^📄
• Dedicated Interconnect: Dedicated private network connection ^📄
• Partner Interconnect: Connect on-prem network to VPC ^📄
• Cloud Armor: DDoS protection and WAF ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud CDN: Content delivery network ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud DNS: Programmable DNS serving ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Load Balancing: Multi-region load distribution ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud NAT: Network address translation service ^📄
• Cloud Router 🆕: VPC/on-prem network route exchange (BGP) ^📄
• IPsec VPN: Virtual private network connection ^📄
• Network Service Tiers: Price vs performance tiering ^{🔗 📄}
• Network Telemetry: Network telemetry service ^{🔗 📄}
• Traffic Director 🆕: Service mesh traffic management ^{🔗 📄}
• Google Cloud Service Mesh 🆕: Service-aware network management ^{🔗 📄}
• Virtual Private Cloud: Software defined networking ^{🔗 📄}

Internet of Things (IoT)

• Cloud IoT Core: Device management and ingest data ^{🔗 📄}

Identity and Security

• Access Transparency: Audit cloud provider access ^{🔗 📄}
• Binary Authorization: Kubernetes deploy-time security ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Audit Logs 🆕: Audit trails for GCP ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Data Loss Prevention API: Classify and redact sensitive data ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud HSM: Hardware security module service ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud IAM: Resource access control ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Identity: Manage users, devices & apps ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy: Identity-based app sign in ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Key Management Service: Hosted key management service ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Resource Manager: Cloud project metadata management ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Security Scanner: App engine security scanner ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Security Command Center: Asset inventory, discovery, search, management ^{🔗 📄}
• Context-aware Access 🆕: End-user attribute-based access control ^{🔗 📄}
• Event Threat Detection 🆕: Scans for suspicious activity ^🔗
• Security Key Enforcement: Two-step key verification ^🔗
• Shielded VMs: Hardened VMs ^{🔗 📄}
• Titan Security Key: Two-factor authentication (2FA) device ^🔗
• VPC Service Controls 🆕: VPC constrain data ^{🔗 📄}

Management Tools

• Cloud APIs: APIs for cloud services ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Billing: Billing and cost management tools ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Billing API: Programmatically manage GCP billing ^📄
• Cloud Console: Web-based management console ^🔗
• Cloud Deployment Manager: Templated infrastructure deployment ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Mobile App: iOS/Android GCP manager app ^🔗
• Cloud Shell: Browser-based terminal/CLI ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Debugger: Live production debugging ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Error Reporting: App error reporting ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Logging: Centralized logging ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Monitoring: Infrastructure and application monitoring ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Profiler: CPU and heap profiling ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Transparent SLIs: Monitor GCP services ^{🔗 📄}
• Stackdriver Trace: App performance insights ^{🔗 📄}

Developer Tools

• Cloud SDK: CLI for GCP ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Build: Continuous integration/delivery platform ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Code 🆕: Cloud native IDE extensions ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Source Repositories: Hosted private git repos ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Scheduler: Managed cron job service ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Tasks 🆕: Asynchronous task execution ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Tools for IntelliJ: IntelliJ GCP tools ^🔗
• Cloud Tools for PowerShell: PowerShell GCP tools ^🔗
• Cloud Tools for Visual Studio: Visual Studio GCP tools ^🔗
• Cloud Tools for Eclipse: Eclipse GCP tools ^🔗
• Container Registry: Private container registry/storage ^{🔗 📄}
• Gradle App Engine Plugin: Gradle App Engine plugin ^🔗
• Maven App Engine Plugin: Maven App Engine plugin ^🔗

Migration to GCP

• Cloud Data Transfer: Data migration tools/CLI ^🔗
• Google Transfer Appliance: Rentable data transport box ^{🔗 📄}
• Cloud Storage Transfer Service: Cloud to cloud transfers ^📄
• BigQuery Data Transfer Service: Bulk import analytics data ^{🔗 📄}
• Migrate from Amazon Redshift 🆕: Migrate from Redshift to BigQuery ^🔗
• Migrate from Teradata 🆕: Migrate from Teradata to BigQuery ^🔗
• Migrate for Anthos 🆕: Migrate VMs to GKE containers ^{🔗 📄}
• Migrate for Compute Engine: Compute Engine migration tools ^{🔗 📄}
• VM Migration: VM migration tools ^🔗

API Platform and Ecosystems

• API Analytics: API metrics ^🔗
• API Monetization: Monetize APIs ^🔗
• Apigee API Platform: Develop, secure, monitor APIs ^🔗
• Apigee Sense: API protection from attacks ^🔗
• Apigee Hybrid 🆕: Manage hybrid/multi-cloud API environments ^🔗📄
• Cloud Endpoints: Cloud API gateway ^🔗
• Cloud Healthcare API: Healthcare system GCP interoperability ^🔗
• Developer Portal: API management portal ^🔗
• GCP Marketplace: Partner & open source marketplace ^🔗

Google Maps Platform

• Directions API: Get directions between locations ^🔗
• Distance Matrix API: Calculate travel times ^🔗
• Geocoding API: Convert address to/from coordinates ^🔗
• Geolocation API: Derive location without GPS ^🔗
• Maps Embed API: Web embedded maps ^🔗
• Maps JavaScript API: Dynamic web maps ^🔗
• Maps SDK for Android: Maps SDK for Android ^🔗
• Maps SDK for iOS: Maps SDK for iOS ^🔗
• Maps Static API: Web static maps ^🔗
• Maps Unity SDK: Unity SDK for games ^🔗
• Maps URLs: URL scheme for maps ^🔗
• Places API: Metadata about places (REST) ^🔗
• Places Library, Maps JS API: Metadata about places (JavaScript) ^🔗
• Places SDK for Android: Places SDK for Android ^🔗
• Places SDK for iOS: Places SDK for iOS ^🔗
• Roads API: Metadata about roads ^🔗
• Street View Static API: Static street view images ^🔗
• Street View Service: Interactive street view images" ^🔗
• Time Zone API: Convert coordinates to timezone ^🔗

G Suite Platform

• App Maker: Assistive app building ^🔗
• Apps Script: Extend and automate everything ^🔗
• Editor Add-ons: Extend Docs, Sheets, Slides ^🔗
• Gmail Add-ons: Contextual apps in Gmail ^🔗
• Hangouts Chat Bots: Conversational bots in chat ^🔗
• Calendar API: Create and manage calendars ^🔗
• Classroom API: Provision and manage classrooms ^🔗
• Docs API: Create and edit documents ^🔗
• Drive API: Read and write files ^🔗
• Gmail API: Enhance Gmail ^🔗
• Sheets API: Read and write spreadsheets ^🔗
• Slides API: Create and edit presentations ^🔗
• Drive Picker: Drive file selection widget ^🔗
• Cloud Search: Unified search for enterprise ^🔗
• Admin SDK: Manage G Suite resources ^🔗
• Email Markup: Interactive email using schema.org ^🔗
• G Suite Marketplace: Storefront for integrated applications ^🔗
• Other G Suite APIs/SDKs: Contacts, Google+, Tasks, Vault... ^🔗

Mobile (Firebase)

• Cloud Firestore: Document store and sync ^🔗
• Cloud Functions for Firebase: Event-driven serverless applications ^🔗
• Cloud Storage for Firebase: Object storage and serving ^🔗
• Crashlytics: Crash reporting and analytics ^🔗
• Firebase A/B Testing: Create A/B test experiments ^🔗
• Firebase App Indexing: App/Google search integration ^🔗
• Firebase Authentication: Drop-in authentication ^🔗
• Firebase Cloud Messaging: Send device notifications ^🔗
• Firebase Dynamic Links: Link to app content ^🔗
• Firebase Hosting: Web hosting with CDN/SSL ^🔗
• Firebase In-App Messaging: Send in-app contextual messages ^🔗
• Firebase Performance Monitoring: App performance monitoring ^🔗
• Firebase Predictions: Predict user targeting ^🔗
• Firebase Realtime Database: Real-time data synchronization ^🔗
• Firebase Remote Config: Remotely configure installed apps ^🔗
• Firebase Test Lab: Mobile testing device farm ^🔗
• Google Analytics for Firebase: Mobile app analytics ^🔗
• ML Kit for Firebase: ML APIs for mobile ^🔗

GCP Foundational Open Source Projects

• Apache Beam: Batch/streaming data processing ^🔗
• gRPC: RPC framework ^🔗
• gVisor: Secure container runtime ^🔗
• Istio: Connect and secure services ^🔗
• Knative: Serverless framework for Kubernetes ^🔗
• Kubeflow: ML toolkit for Kubernetes ^🔗
• Kubernetes: Management of containerized applications ^🔗
• OpenCensus: Cloud native observability framework ^🔗
• TensorFlow: ML framework ^🔗

Additional Resources

• Google Cloud Home Page: ^🔗
• Google Cloud Blog: ^🔗
• GCP Medium Publication: ^🔗
• Apigee Blog: ^🔗
• Firebase Blog: ^🔗
• G Suite Developers Blog: ^🔗
• Google Cloud Certifications: ^🔗
• Google Cloud System Status: ^🔗
• Google Cloud Training: ^🔗
• Google Developers Blog: ^🔗
• Google Maps Platform Blog: ^🔗
• Google Open Source Blog: ^🔗
• Google Security Blog: ^🔗
• Kaggle Home Page: ^🔗
• Kubernetes Blog: ^🔗
• Regions and Network Map: ^🔗

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Additional Resources

• Google Cloud Solutions Library:^🔗
• Google Cloud Support Hub:^🔗
• GCP Pricing: ^🔗
• GCP Pricing Calculator: ^🔗
• Qwiklabs Home Page:^🔗
• Codelabs Home Page:^🔗
• YouTube Channels:
  • Google Cloud YouTube Channel:^🔗
  • GCP YouTube Channel:^🔗
  • Google Developer's YouTube Channel:^🔗
  • Firebase YouTube Channel:^🔗
• Podcasts:
  • GCP Podcast:^🔗
  • Kubernetes Podcast:^🔗
• Reddit:
  • /r/googlecloud: ^🔗
  • /r/AppEngine: ^🔗
  • /r/bigquery: ^🔗
  • /r/dataflow: ^🔗
  • /r/firebase: ^🔗

Platform Comparisons

• Google Cloud Platform for AWS Professionals:^📄
• Google Cloud Platform for Azure Professionals:^📄
• Google Cloud Platform for Data Center Professionals:^📄
• Google Cloud Platform for OpenStack Users:^📄

Language Specific Documentation

• Java:^📄
• Node.js:^📄
• Python:^📄
• Go:^📄
• Ruby:^📄
• PHP:^📄
• .NET/C#:^📄