Tech riderRev. 3 Oct 2026
Google Cloud Data Fusion
- 1Runs onAPI, Web
- 2Costsfree trial · paid from $0.35/mo
- 3Deploymentcloud
- 4Transformation modemixed
- 5Incremental loadingYes
- 6Change data captureYes
- 7Custom code transformsYes
7 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: cloud.google.com

Overview
Google Cloud Data Fusion is ranked #10 of 26 in ETL software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Web. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $0.35/mo.
Google Cloud Data Fusion plans and pricing
All plansDeveloper $0.35/mo $0.35 per instance hour, billed by the minute 2 concurrent users · development and exploration workloads · zonal high availability cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
Basic $1.80/mo First 120 hours per month per account free; $1.80 per instance hour above that, billed by the minute Testing, sandbox, and PoC workloads · regional high availability · other Google Cloud execution resources billed separately cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
Enterprise $4.20/mo $4.20 per instance hour, billed by the minute Production workloads · regional high availability · other Google Cloud execution resources billed separately cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
Compared on ETL software
- Free plan
- Nocloud.google.com
- Deployment
- cloudcloud.google.com
- Transformation mode
- mixedcloud.google.com
- Incremental loading
- Yescloud.google.com
- Change data capture
- Yescloud.google.com
- Custom code transforms
- Yescloud.google.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Cloud Data Fusion is a fully managed, cloud-native enterprise data integration service for building and managing pipelines that cleanse, prepare, blend, transfer, and transform data.docs.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Visual pipeline design
- Its visual point-and-click interface enables code-free deployment of ETL and ELT data pipelines.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Connectors
- Google says the product includes more than 150 preconfigured connectors and transformations at no additional cost.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Data lineage
- It tracks integrated datasets at dataset and field level to support root cause and impact analysis.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Google Cloud integrations
- The product integrates with Cloud Storage, Managed Service for Apache Spark, BigQuery, and Spanner.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Real-time processing
- Its replication feature can replicate SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases into BigQuery, and it integrates with Datastream for change streams.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- Google lists integrations with IAM, Private IP, VPC Service Controls, and customer-managed encryption keys.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- API and operations
- REST APIs, schedules, pipeline state triggers, logs, metrics, and monitoring dashboards support pipeline operations.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Hybrid portability
- Built on open-source CDAP, Cloud Data Fusion supports pipeline portability across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Execution charges
- Pipeline execution incurs separate charges for the Managed Service for Apache Spark clusters and any other Google Cloud resources used.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Edition constraints
- An instance's edition cannot be changed after the instance is created.docs.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Version support
- A Cloud Data Fusion environment version is supported for 18 months after release; unsupported versions receive no further fixes, including security fixes.docs.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Availability commitment
- The SLA lists a 99.5% monthly uptime target for the Enterprise Edition control plane API in cloud regions other than Mexico.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Free usage
- All customers get the first 120 hours of Basic edition pipeline development free per month per account, and new customers get $300 in credits.cloud.google.com · 3 Oct 2026
Best Google Cloud Data Fusion alternatives
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Where it ranks on Specifiction
- Best ETL Software in 2026#10 of 26
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Sources
- docs.cloud.google.com/data-fusion/docs· checked 3 Oct 2026
- cloud.google.com/data-fusion· checked 3 Oct 2026
- cloud.google.com/data-fusion/pricing· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.cloud.google.com/data-fusion/docs/how-to/create-instance· checked 3 Oct 2026
- docs.cloud.google.com/data-fusion/docs/version-support-policy· checked 3 Oct 2026
- cloud.google.com/data-fusion/sla· checked 3 Oct 2026




