# Google Cloud Compute Engine

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/google-cloud-compute-engine/  
**Website:** https://cloud.google.com/compute  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Google Cloud Compute Engine delivers virtual machines running in Google's innovative data centers and worldwide fiber network. Compute Engine VMs boot quickly, come with persistent disk storage, and deliver consistent performance. It offers predefined and custom machine types, preemptible VMs, and sole-tenant nodes for specialized workloads.

## Kin Score — 48.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 65.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 52.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Disks API** — Manage persistent disks
- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Firewalls API** — Manage firewall rules
- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Instances API** — Manage virtual machine instances
- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Networks API** — Manage VPC networks

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 2 acting

## Security (3)

- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Google Cloud Compute Engine Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Compute, Google Cloud, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Infrastructure, Virtual Machines

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/google-cloud-compute-engine/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.