Google Cloud: AI Commerce Search pricing revealed ($2.50-$6.00/1000 queries)
What happened
Between the Apr 21, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Google's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: AI Commerce Search (rebranded from Vertex AI Search for commerce) now discloses per-query pricing - $2.50/1000 search & browse queries, $6.00/1000 conversational queries - previously unpriced. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price revealed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists AI Commerce Search - Recommendations at $0.18 per 1,000 predictions (next 280M/month) + $2.50 per node per hour (training and tuning) and AI Commerce Search - Search at $2.50 per 1,000 search/browse queries + $6 per 1,000 conversational product filtering queries.
This quarterly roll-up includes 2 changes Pulse first recorded in a shorter period: "Google Cloud reveals AI Commerce Search pricing at $2.50/1K" (week of Jun 1, 2026, saved Jun 8, 2026) and "Google Cloud renames Vertex AI Search to Agent Search for commerce" (week of May 18, 2026, saved May 25, 2026). They are the same changes, not new ones. Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.
In the same window Microsoft, Metabase, Anthropic and OpenAI also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- RevealedCommerce SearchPrice visibilityPrice hiddenPrice listed: $2.50
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce Search | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed: $2.50 | Revealed |
Values as written on Google's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Google's pricing page (cloud.google.com) from Apr 21, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "Price hidden" becomes "Price listed: $2.50".
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Google, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 2, 2026Price revealedGoogle Cloud: AI Commerce Search pricing revealed ($2.50-$6.00/1000 queries) This change
- Jun 8, 2026PackagingGoogle Cloud reveals AI Commerce Search pricing at $2.50/1K
- May 26, 2026PackagingGoogle Cloud renames Vertex AI Search to Agent Search for commerce
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- MicrosoftJul 3Dynamics 365 Sales: 3 new AI agents added (Opportunity, Research, Close)
- MetabaseJul 3Metabase: AI and Transforms add-ons move from flat fees to usage-based pricing
- AnthropicJul 2Anthropic API: Fast mode for Opus 4.8 + Managed Agents pricing added
- OpenAIMay 11OpenAI API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate
Questions about this change
Did Google raise prices in June 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 21, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: price revealed.
What changed on Google's pricing page between Apr 21, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Commerce Search price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed: $2.50, revealed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 21, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Google change its pricing?
This quarterly roll-up includes 2 changes Pulse first recorded in shorter periods, not new ones; Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Google in the 90 days before this one; Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.