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gcloud CLI

Score8.7 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

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What is gcloud CLI?

The Google Cloud CLI is a set of tools to create and manage Google Cloud resources. Its tools can be used to perform many common platform tasks from the command line or through scripts and other automation.

Categories & Use Cases

gcloud CLI Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features gcloud CLI has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
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Top Performing Features

  • Resource Management

    Ability to manage and deliver cloud resources such as resource discovery and tagging, asset and license management and cloud-to-cloud migration

    Category average: 9

  • Cloud Management Performance Monitoring

    Monitoring of storage, network and application performance metrics to achieve business service levels

    Category average: 8.6

  • Systems Integration

    Integration of internal and external systems to support multi-cloud management

    Category average: 8.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Automation and Orchestration

    Provision of automated services for application migration, VM images, and configuration management

    Category average: 8.3

  • Cloud Management Security

    Provision of various security capabilities such as Identity Access Management, encryption, and endpoint security

    Category average: 8.2

  • Cost Management

    Provision of tools for cloud instance rightsizing and user chargeback and billing

    Category average: 8.1

gcloud CLI Reviews

What users are saying about gcloud CLI.
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Built for Automation Not clicks

Incentivized
Chandra Shah
Systems and Test Engineer in Information Technology at NuPulse (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Being a medical device start-up we use Google Cloud CLI for infrastructure management mainly for setting up and configuring Cloud Storage buckets for storing medical imaging data, patient records, and log files and it enable the company to scale its infrastructure and applications as its user base grows.

Pros

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Cons

  • In some complex cases such as deploying PSC via CLI, I have seen instances where a command fails and does nothing without returning a clear error code or message
  • A truly unified experience would be great to have where gsutil and bq are fully deprecated in favor of gcloud commands.
  • Would be great to have a richer interactive model like the aws configure wizard

Return on Investment

  • Reduction in developer and DevOps time spent on cloud operations
  • Automated resource creation and teardown reduced orphaned resources
  • 5–15% reduction in monthly cloud costs due to better hygiene and automation

Usability

Google Cloud CLI - A Powerful, Efficient Tool

Incentivized
Verified User
Executive in Research & Development (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is a powerful tool for managing cloud resources efficiently but it does come with a learning curve. One of the biggest advantage is speed and automation - task like uploading flies to the cloud with simple commands. Instead of navigating through the cloud console, it is east to execute commands, Another strong point is fleixibility, be it setting up IAM permissions or automating work flow with cloud functions, Google Cloud CLI makes repetitive tasks much easier

Pros

  • Upload and download files efficiently
  • Running SQL query to fetch customer insights
  • granting access to projects
  • Deploying serverless functions

Cons

  • there is a steep learning curve and a complex syntax network
  • lack of detailed error messages and debugging tools
  • Limited offline functionality

Return on Investment

  • Increased Efficiency and Productivity
  • Faster Insights and Reporting
  • Improved Automation and Reliability

Usability