Step 4 – setting up billing and cost controls

As we’ve already mentioned, Google Cloud offers virtually any organization of any size a huge list of easily usable measured services. By measured, I mean that Google keeps track of the amount you use that service and then bills you accordingly. How such billing works is what we will discuss here.

It starts with how you pay

Google offers two main ways you can pay for services: self-service with a credit card, or via a monthly invoice that’s paid by check or wire transfer. Organizations that want to move toward invoicing will need to configure a self-serve Payments Profile initially and then apply for invoicing once the organization meets the following criteria:

• The business must be at least 1 year old.
• Their Google spending must have exceeded $2,500 monthly for the last 3 months running.
• The company’s name and billing address in the self-serve Payments Profile must match that in the company...