The Cloud that keeps your small apps Running
April 11, 2025

The Cloud that keeps your small apps Running

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud Run

We use Cloud Run to deploy our isolated service application(s) that are logically far off from our main application but also share some of the resources and database tables with the main application. We use it to "fire and forget" out small serverless projects that don't need periodic maintenance and taking care of all the while maintaining performance and separation of concerns

Pros

  • multiple entry points to have a deployment ready (artifact repository, container repository, git actions)
  • easy to use with other Google services with built in connectors for cloud sql and redis
  • great in built logging and monitoring

Cons

  • The UI can be made simpler. Currently the UI is bloated and it takes time to find out what you want
  • More integrations with container registry providers (ECR, dockerhub)
  • Better permissions UX. Currently GCP requires service accounts to be used with cloud products, the experience adding/removing permissions is difficult to navigate
  • It has saved us some costs since we now do not require a live server and have moved to a serverless workflow for these services
  • Breaking changes do not affect the entire application now that we have separated our concerns using a serverless service
  • Much easier to debug since we can now isolate our services and reduce the search space for finding/fixing bugs
Most of our existing serverless services are deployed on Google to it was a natural choice. With the new artifact registry, its very easy to deploy. With git flows, its now even easier to update the deployment just with a commit to the main branch. The initial trial period is longer than other competitors so you can safely check for compatibility without worrying for costs

Do you think Google Cloud Run delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Cloud Run's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Cloud Run live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Google Cloud Run go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Cloud Run again?

Yes

For scenarios where you need an isolated workspace and application namespace, it is very well suited. It can run up a serverless instance of your application in seconds and will give strong guarantees over its runtime given that all dependencies were taken care of. For entangled workflows, its recommended to use a server/on prem solution

Google Cloud Run Feature Ratings

Container Management
8.9
Security and Isolation
8
Container Orchestration
7
Resource Allocation and Optimization
9
Discovery Tools
9
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks
10
Self-Healing and Recovery
9
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging
10

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