Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
What happened
Between the Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026 captures of Google's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Agent Gateway (Agent-to-Anywhere) billing effective date pushed back from July 1, 2026 to July 13, 2026, extending the free usage window before charges begin by about 12 days. Pulse files it as a packaging change (trial change) with a neutral direction. The current page lists Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite at $0.1 per vCPU hour + $0.4 per vCPU hour, Gemma 4 26B at $0.6 per vCPU hour + $0.15 per vCPU hour, Gemini 2.0 Flash Lite at $0.3 per vCPU hour + $0.08 per vCPU hour, Vector Search at $3 per vCPU hour + $3 per vCPU hour and Gemini 2.5 Flash at $0.3 per vCPU hour + $2.5 per vCPU hour.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Google. Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.
In the same window Microsoft, Anthropic, Metabase 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.
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Agent Gateway (Agent-to-Anywhere) billing effective date pushed back from July 1, 2026 to July 13, 2026, extending the free usage window before charges begin by about 12 days
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Trial | Agent Gateway (Agent-to-Anywhere) billing effective date pushed back from July 1, 2026 to July 13, 2026, extending the free usage window before charges begin by about 12 days | Trial change | |
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 Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- MicrosoftJul 6Microsoft Copilot bundles Business Premium, Standard plans with Copilot access
- AnthropicJul 6Anthropic launches Sonnet 5, cuts price to $2/$10 per MTok through Aug 31
- MetabaseJul 3Metabase: AI and Transforms add-ons move from flat fees to usage-based pricing
- OpenAIMay 11OpenAI API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate
Questions about this change
Did Google raise prices in July 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: trial change.
What changed on Google's pricing page between Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026?
Agent Gateway (Agent-to-Anywhere) billing effective date pushed back from July 1, 2026 to July 13, 2026, extending the free usage window before charges begin by about 12 days. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jun 29, 2026 and Jul 6, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Google change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Google in the 90 days before this one; Google has been tracked since 2025-12-20.