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Google Cloud
Google Cloud is Google’s public cloud: compute, storage, networking, data, ML and managed services on a global footprint.
At a glance
Google Cloud is Google’s public cloud: compute, storage, networking, data, ML and managed services on a global footprint.
Catalog categories: cloud_infrastructure.
Catalogued capability areas: - IaaS compute, block/object storage, networking - Managed databases, data and ML services - Global regions and managed control plane
This summary reflects the catalog record, not a complete product specification. Verify intended users, end-to-end workflows, supported platforms, edge cases, data handling, and constraints against cited sources. Treat capability labels as research leads until that verification is complete.
- IaaS compute, block/object storage, networking
- Managed databases, data and ML services
- Global regions and managed control plane
Open-source alternative
4 candidate projects in the landscape. A candidate may cover all, part, or none of what Google Cloud does — read the coverage and gaps below.
OpenStack
Apache-2.0Private-cloud IaaS (compute, storage, network).
The main open IaaS.
Apache CloudStack
Apache-2.0Turnkey IaaS platform.
Simpler single-stack option.
OpenNebula
Apache-2.0Private-cloud management.
Lightweight alternative.
Kubernetes
Apache-2.0Container platform layer of a modern private cloud.
Layer, not a full cloud.
Coverage and gaps
Alternative coverage
Available. A private cloud can be built entirely from open source; the public-cloud service breadth and scale are the remaining gap.
The gap
A globally distributed, fully managed public cloud and its economies of scale are not reproducible by a single operator.
Build this product with your agent
This Markdown file is the coding-agent skill for Google Cloud. Give it to your agent in your project; it guides research, reuse decisions, implementation and verification.
- agent-kit.mdDownloadable Markdown skill with product-specific instructions for your coding agent.available
- skill.mdGenerated copy of the same product skill — rae google-cloud --out ./google-cloud-agent.in kit
- mcp.jsonOptional MCP server config — rae google-cloud --out ./google-cloud-agent.in kit
- Product workspaceOptional starting workspace for your agent — rae build product google-cloud --out ./google-cloud.
- ChoosePick the product you want to build.
- ReviewAsk your agent to check the product skill, evidence and alternatives.
- BuildGive the skill to your coding agent and build in your own project.
- VerifyRun the checks for your implementation and review the result.
Evidence
Sources
- https://www.openstack.org/
- https://www.amazee.io/blog/post/best-open-source-cloud-providers/
- https://openalternative.co/alternatives/google-cloud
Provenance
- Catalog record — catalog/products.jsonl
- Research dossier — research/companies/google/products/google-cloud.md
- REA web-surface report — catalog/rea/google/google-cloud.md
- Open-source skill file — catalog/skills/google/google-cloud.md
Next step
Give the Google Cloud skill to your coding agent in your project. Ask it to evaluate OpenStack ↗ against your needs, reuse what fits, then follow the skill's build and verification instructions.
Give the product skill to your coding agent in the project where you want to build. Optional starter workspace: rae build product google-cloud --out ./google-cloud. CLI reference.