Tech riderRev. 4 Oct 2026

Google Cloud Certificate Manager

Ch 225.9of 31 Certificate Management Software
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Web
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
  3. 3Certificate discoveryYes
  4. 4Automatic renewalYes
  5. 5Deployment automationYes
  6. 6Revocation workflowsYes
  7. 7CA integrationsYes
6 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: docs.cloud.google.com, cloud.google.com
The Google Cloud Certificate Manager homepage

Overview

Google Cloud Certificate Manager is ranked #22 of 31 in certificate management software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Web.

Google Cloud Certificate Manager plans and pricing

All plans
Certificate Manager Not published Per certificate per month: 0–100 certificates are $0.00; 100–2,000 are $0.000273973 per hour; 2,000 and above are $0.000136986 per hour. RSA-3072/RSA-4096 deployment and qualifying mTLS connections cost $0.45 per 1,000,000; Public CA-issued certificates are free. Requires a billing account · Regional certificates are counted and tiered separately from global certificates · Other services, including Certificate Authority Service, may incur additional charges cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on certificate management software

Free plan
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com
Certificate discovery
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com
Automatic renewal
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com
Deployment automation
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com
Revocation workflows
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com
CA integrations
Yesdocs.cloud.google.com

Facts

Purpose
Certificate Manager simplifies the acquisition, deployment, and management of TLS certificates.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Managed certificates
Google-managed certificates can be automatically issued and renewed, while self-managed certificates are uploaded and managed by the user.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Domain validation
Domain ownership can be verified using DNS-based or load balancer-based authorization.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Supported services
It supports global and regional certificates on Google Cloud load balancers, regional certificates on Secure Web Proxy, and global certificates on Media CDN.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Management interfaces
Certificates can be managed using the Google Cloud console, Google Cloud CLI, or Certificate Manager API.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Certificate maps
Certificate maps assign certificates to hostnames and can be reused across multiple target proxies.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Security
Google-managed certificates remove the need for customers to manage certificate private keys, and Certificate Manager supports mTLS on load balancers.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Public certificate authority
The Public Certificate Authority feature uses ACME to provide publicly trusted certificates for endpoints users manage.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Issuance limits
Google-managed certificates allow at most 100 subject alternative name domains with DNS authorization and five with load balancer authorization.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Issuing authorities
Publicly trusted Google-managed certificates are issued through the Public Certificate Authority or Let's Encrypt; privately trusted Google-managed certificates use Certificate Authority Service.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
API quota
The default Certificate Manager API request, read request, and write request quotas are each 300 per minute.docs.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026
Pricing requirement
Using Certificate Manager requires a billing account, and Public CA-issued certificates are free while provisioning them through Certificate Manager can incur charges.cloud.google.com · 4 Oct 2026

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