# Google Cloud Load Balancing

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

Google Cloud Load Balancing provides high-performance, scalable load balancing for Google Cloud Platform services, distributing traffic across multiple instances, regions, and backends to ensure reliability and low latency.

## Kin Score — 47.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 47.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 60.1 |
| 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 Load Balancing BackendServices API** — Manage backend services for load balancers
- **Google Cloud Load Balancing ForwardingRules API** — Manage forwarding rules for directing traffic
- **Google Cloud Load Balancing HealthChecks API** — Manage health checks for backend services
- **Google Cloud Load Balancing UrlMaps API** — Manage URL maps for routing traffic

## Agentic access (1)

- **Google Cloud Load Balancing Agentic Access** — 7 operations · 2 acting

## Security (3)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Google Cloud Load Balancing Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Google Cloud, Infrastructure, Load Balancing, Networking, Traffic Management

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