Tech riderRev. 30 Sept 2026
Google Cloud Filestore
- 1Runs onAPI, Linux, Web, Windows
- 2Costsfree trial · paid from $0.01/mo
- 3Supported protocolsNFSv3, NFSv4.1
- 4Maximum capacity63.9 TB
- 5Availability zones1 zones
- 6SnapshotsNo
- 7Managed backupsYes
- 8Scaling modelprovisioned
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: cloud.google.com
Overview
Google Cloud Filestore is ranked #9 of 29 in distributed file system software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $0.01/mo.
Google Cloud Filestore plans and pricing
All plansFilestore Zonal - custom performance on (per IOPS) $0.01/mo Starting at $0.0145 per month Custom performance on · per IOPS cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Filestore Regional - custom performance on (per IOPS) $0.03/mo Starting at $0.027 per month Custom performance on · per IOPS cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Filestore Zonal - custom performance on (instance capacity) $0.12/mo Starting at $0.12 per GiB per month Custom performance on · instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Filestore Regional - custom performance on (instance capacity) $0.21/mo Starting at $0.21 per GiB per month Custom performance on · instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Filestore Zonal - custom performance off $0.25/mo Starting at $0.25 per GiB per month Instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Filestore Regional - custom performance off $0.45/mo Starting at $0.45 per GiB per month Instance capacity cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Compared on distributed file system software
- Free plan
- Nocloud.google.com
- Supported protocols
- NFSv3, NFSv4.1cloud.google.com
- Maximum capacity
- 63.9 TBcloud.google.com
- Availability zones
- 1 zonescloud.google.com
- Snapshots
- Nocloud.google.com
- Managed backups
- Yescloud.google.com
- Scaling model
- provisionedcloud.google.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Filestore is a fully managed shared NFS file service for applications that need persistent file storage.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Scale
- The product page lists capacity up to 100 TiB, throughput up to 26 GiB/s, and up to 920K IOPS.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Data protection
- Filestore supports snapshots, backups, and replication of data to an instance in another region.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Google Kubernetes Engine
- Filestore integrates with the GKE CSI driver so multiple pods can access the same file system.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Cloud Run
- Filestore instances can be mounted directly to Cloud Run workloads as local directories over NFS.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Other clients
- Filestore can connect to Compute Engine VMs, GKE clusters, Google Cloud VMware Engine, on-premises machines, Cloud Run services, and AI agent fleets and sandboxes.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Protocols
- Filestore supports NFSv3 across all service tiers and NFSv4.1 on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Encryption
- Filestore encrypts customer content at rest by default and supports customer-managed Cloud KMS keys for instances and backups on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- NFSv4.1 security
- NFSv4.1 supports Kerberos-based client and server authentication, message integrity checks, and in-transit encryption.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- NFSv3 limitation
- NFSv3 lacks client and server authentication and encryption, according to the protocol documentation.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Regional availability
- Filestore Regional is described as providing 99.99% regional availability for critical applications that need resilience to zonal outages.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Capacity tiers
- The product page lists Zonal and Regional capacity of 1–100 TiB, and GKE multi-share capacity of 1–10 TiB with up to 80 shares.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Trial credit
- The product page offers $300 in free credits to try Filestore.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
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Sources
- cloud.google.com/filestore· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/overview· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/about-supported-protocol· checked 30 Sept 2026
- docs.cloud.google.com/filestore/docs/cmek· checked 30 Sept 2026