Is it possible to run a Wordpress site on Google Cloud for free forever using “Always free products”?
I am planning to create a wordpress website which won't need more than 3-4 GBs of storage since I'll only post textual content and not much media files. I am targeting to get around 10k pageviews per day at peak
https://cloud.google.com/free/
Google Cloud offers a 12 month free trial for its products, but some services are termed as "Always Free Products". Is it possible to substitute a paid wordpress hosting like Bluehost or Dreamhost by the free products that Google Cloud offers? The websites I have read don't provide a clear explanation of whether this is possible. (I can't use wordpress.com because I need to use my own theme and plugins)
If that's possible, why isn't it a mainstream choice for wordpress bloggers?
wordpress google-cloud-platform google-cloud-storage web-hosting
asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
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I am planning to create a wordpress website which won't need more than 3-4 GBs of storage since I'll only post textual content and not much media files. I am targeting to get around 10k pageviews per day at peak
https://cloud.google.com/free/
Google Cloud offers a 12 month free trial for its products, but some services are termed as "Always Free Products". Is it possible to substitute a paid wordpress hosting like Bluehost or Dreamhost by the free products that Google Cloud offers? The websites I have read don't provide a clear explanation of whether this is possible. (I can't use wordpress.com because I need to use my own theme and plugins)
If that's possible, why isn't it a mainstream choice for wordpress bloggers?
wordpress google-cloud-platform google-cloud-storage web-hosting
asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
SamSam
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I am planning to create a wordpress website which won't need more than 3-4 GBs of storage since I'll only post textual content and not much media files. I am targeting to get around 10k pageviews per day at peak
https://cloud.google.com/free/
Google Cloud offers a 12 month free trial for its products, but some services are termed as "Always Free Products". Is it possible to substitute a paid wordpress hosting like Bluehost or Dreamhost by the free products that Google Cloud offers? The websites I have read don't provide a clear explanation of whether this is possible. (I can't use wordpress.com because I need to use my own theme and plugins)
If that's possible, why isn't it a mainstream choice for wordpress bloggers?
wordpress google-cloud-platform google-cloud-storage web-hosting
asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
SamSam
11
I am planning to create a wordpress website which won't need more than 3-4 GBs of storage since I'll only post textual content and not much media files. I am targeting to get around 10k pageviews per day at peak
https://cloud.google.com/free/
Google Cloud offers a 12 month free trial for its products, but some services are termed as "Always Free Products". Is it possible to substitute a paid wordpress hosting like Bluehost or Dreamhost by the free products that Google Cloud offers? The websites I have read don't provide a clear explanation of whether this is possible. (I can't use wordpress.com because I need to use my own theme and plugins)
If that's possible, why isn't it a mainstream choice for wordpress bloggers?
wordpress google-cloud-platform google-cloud-storage web-hosting
wordpress google-cloud-platform google-cloud-storage web-hosting
asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
SamSam
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asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
SamSam
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asked Dec 8 '17 at 18:42
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Answer was a bit outdated, so revising: it's possible, but probably not the very best idea.
You can host WordPress, for free, on Google Cloud Platform. You can use App Engine Standard, App Engine Flexible, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine.
The thing is, as far as I understand WordPress, you need an SQL database, and there's no free tier for Cloud SQL.
The cheapest you can go with Cloud SQL is around $10/month for a db-f1-micro managed instance with some storage. It's not covered by an SLA, and performance is likely not good enough for production, but it's managed.
If you want to cut costs, you can host your own MySQL on an always free f1-micro Compute Engine instance. You'll have to manage it yourself (security, upgrades, reboots, etc). If you go this route, choose any US region for App Engine Standard PHP, and an f1-micro Compute Engine instance with 30GB of persistent disk in the same region (performance scales with disk size, so go big). Host (mostly) static files on Cloud Storage to take the load off of your servers, and use a free CDN (like Cloudflare) to cache as much as you can.
The markup on MySQL Second Generation Cloud SQL instances is around 100% over the Compute Engine instance that host them (db-n1-standard-1 is $49.31 vs n1-standard-1 is $24.27).
answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
Nuno CrucesNuno Cruces
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there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
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Answer was a bit outdated, so revising: it's possible, but probably not the very best idea.
You can host WordPress, for free, on Google Cloud Platform. You can use App Engine Standard, App Engine Flexible, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine.
The thing is, as far as I understand WordPress, you need an SQL database, and there's no free tier for Cloud SQL.
The cheapest you can go with Cloud SQL is around $10/month for a db-f1-micro managed instance with some storage. It's not covered by an SLA, and performance is likely not good enough for production, but it's managed.
If you want to cut costs, you can host your own MySQL on an always free f1-micro Compute Engine instance. You'll have to manage it yourself (security, upgrades, reboots, etc). If you go this route, choose any US region for App Engine Standard PHP, and an f1-micro Compute Engine instance with 30GB of persistent disk in the same region (performance scales with disk size, so go big). Host (mostly) static files on Cloud Storage to take the load off of your servers, and use a free CDN (like Cloudflare) to cache as much as you can.
The markup on MySQL Second Generation Cloud SQL instances is around 100% over the Compute Engine instance that host them (db-n1-standard-1 is $49.31 vs n1-standard-1 is $24.27).
answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
Nuno CrucesNuno Cruces
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there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
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Answer was a bit outdated, so revising: it's possible, but probably not the very best idea.
You can host WordPress, for free, on Google Cloud Platform. You can use App Engine Standard, App Engine Flexible, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine.
The thing is, as far as I understand WordPress, you need an SQL database, and there's no free tier for Cloud SQL.
The cheapest you can go with Cloud SQL is around $10/month for a db-f1-micro managed instance with some storage. It's not covered by an SLA, and performance is likely not good enough for production, but it's managed.
If you want to cut costs, you can host your own MySQL on an always free f1-micro Compute Engine instance. You'll have to manage it yourself (security, upgrades, reboots, etc). If you go this route, choose any US region for App Engine Standard PHP, and an f1-micro Compute Engine instance with 30GB of persistent disk in the same region (performance scales with disk size, so go big). Host (mostly) static files on Cloud Storage to take the load off of your servers, and use a free CDN (like Cloudflare) to cache as much as you can.
The markup on MySQL Second Generation Cloud SQL instances is around 100% over the Compute Engine instance that host them (db-n1-standard-1 is $49.31 vs n1-standard-1 is $24.27).
answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
Nuno CrucesNuno Cruces
930815
there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
add a comment |
Answer was a bit outdated, so revising: it's possible, but probably not the very best idea.
You can host WordPress, for free, on Google Cloud Platform. You can use App Engine Standard, App Engine Flexible, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine.
The thing is, as far as I understand WordPress, you need an SQL database, and there's no free tier for Cloud SQL.
The cheapest you can go with Cloud SQL is around $10/month for a db-f1-micro managed instance with some storage. It's not covered by an SLA, and performance is likely not good enough for production, but it's managed.
If you want to cut costs, you can host your own MySQL on an always free f1-micro Compute Engine instance. You'll have to manage it yourself (security, upgrades, reboots, etc). If you go this route, choose any US region for App Engine Standard PHP, and an f1-micro Compute Engine instance with 30GB of persistent disk in the same region (performance scales with disk size, so go big). Host (mostly) static files on Cloud Storage to take the load off of your servers, and use a free CDN (like Cloudflare) to cache as much as you can.
The markup on MySQL Second Generation Cloud SQL instances is around 100% over the Compute Engine instance that host them (db-n1-standard-1 is $49.31 vs n1-standard-1 is $24.27).
answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
Nuno CrucesNuno Cruces
930815
Answer was a bit outdated, so revising: it's possible, but probably not the very best idea.
You can host WordPress, for free, on Google Cloud Platform. You can use App Engine Standard, App Engine Flexible, Kubernetes Engine, Compute Engine.
The thing is, as far as I understand WordPress, you need an SQL database, and there's no free tier for Cloud SQL.
The cheapest you can go with Cloud SQL is around $10/month for a db-f1-micro managed instance with some storage. It's not covered by an SLA, and performance is likely not good enough for production, but it's managed.
If you want to cut costs, you can host your own MySQL on an always free f1-micro Compute Engine instance. You'll have to manage it yourself (security, upgrades, reboots, etc). If you go this route, choose any US region for App Engine Standard PHP, and an f1-micro Compute Engine instance with 30GB of persistent disk in the same region (performance scales with disk size, so go big). Host (mostly) static files on Cloud Storage to take the load off of your servers, and use a free CDN (like Cloudflare) to cache as much as you can.
The markup on MySQL Second Generation Cloud SQL instances is around 100% over the Compute Engine instance that host them (db-n1-standard-1 is $49.31 vs n1-standard-1 is $24.27).
answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
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answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
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answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
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answered Dec 28 '17 at 12:13
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there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
add a comment |
there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
there is a Cloud Datastore on cloud.google.com/free , which gives 1GB storage and 'Highly Scalable NoSQL Database'. does that work for the sql requirement?
– Sam
Nov 22 '18 at 20:04
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
It's NoSQL, so, no.
– Nuno Cruces
Nov 23 '18 at 10:06
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