# Google Cloud, what it is and how websites use it. Google's cloud platform: App Engine, Cloud Run, Firebase Hosting and load balancers. Sites on it answer with Server: Google Frontend (GFE), a header of Google's edge layer rather than a specific web server. - **Status:** Modern. One of the three largest cloud platforms; Firebase Hosting and Cloud Run are common for modern JS applications. - **Category:** [Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server) - **First release:** 2008 - **License:** Proprietary - **Official website:** https://cloud.google.com - **Documentation:** https://cloud.google.com/docs - **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cloud ## Google Cloud on audited websites 115 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Google Cloud (<1%). That ranks it #18 of the 34 technologies in Servers & Hosting we have seen in audits. ### Websites running Google Cloud vs all websites - **Web score:** 74 (all websites 72) - **SEO:** 79 (all websites 79) - **Security:** 62 (all websites 59) - **Performance:** 78 (all websites 72) - **AI Readiness:** 27 (all websites 31) ### Most used in Servers & Hosting 1. [Cloudflare](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cloudflare): 22% (3,772) 2. [Vercel](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/vercel): 22% (3,635) 3. [Google CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/google-cdn): 16% (2,700) 4. [nginx](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/nginx): 14% (2,284) 5. [OpenResty](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/openresty): 10% (1,707) 6. [Apache HTTP Server](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/apache-http-server): 9.3% (1,574) 7. [jsDelivr](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/jsdelivr): 7.2% (1,221) 8. [cdnjs](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/cdnjs): 6.0% (1,019) 9. [Netlify](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/netlify): 5.8% (971) 10. [AWS CloudFront](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/aws-cloudfront): 5.1% (859) ## Google searches for “google cloud” About 1,220,000 searches a month worldwide (Google Ads estimate). The bars show the 12 months from Oct 2025 to Sep 2026. - 2025-10: 1,220,000 - 2025-11: 1,220,000 - 2025-12: 1,220,000 - 2026-01: 1,220,000 - 2026-02: 1,220,000 - 2026-03: 1,500,000 - 2026-04: 1,220,000 - 2026-05: 1,220,000 - 2026-06: 1,220,000 - 2026-07: 1,220,000 - 2026-08: 1,220,000 - 2026-09: 1,220,000 Open in search trends: https://be1st.ai/analytics/trends?kw=google%20cloud&direction=all ## Other technologies in Servers & Hosting - [unpkg](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/unpkg): 2.8% of websites - [Fastly](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/fastly): 1.6% of websites - [BunnyCDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/bunnycdn): 1.2% of websites - [Microsoft IIS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/microsoft-iis): 1.0% of websites - [LiteSpeed](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/litespeed): <1% of websites - [Caddy](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/caddy): <1% of websites - [Amazon S3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/amazon-s3): <1% of websites - [Varnish](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/varnish): <1% of websites - [Azure](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/azure): <1% of websites - [Hostinger CDN](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/hostinger-cdn): <1% of websites - [GitHub Pages](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/github-pages): <1% of websites - [Akamai](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server/akamai): <1% of websites [All 35 in Servers & Hosting](https://be1st.ai/technologies/server) ## Questions about Google Cloud ### What is Google Cloud? Google's cloud platform: App Engine, Cloud Run, Firebase Hosting and load balancers. Sites on it answer with Server: Google Frontend (GFE), a header of Google's edge layer rather than a specific web server. The be1st catalog lists Google Cloud under Servers & Hosting. License of Google Cloud: Proprietary. ### How many websites use Google Cloud? 115 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Google Cloud (<1%), as of 8 Nov 2026. ### When was Google Cloud first released? Google Cloud was first released in 2008. ### Is Google Cloud still a modern choice? Yes. Google Cloud counts as a modern technology. One of the three largest cloud platforms; Firebase Hosting and Cloud Run are common for modern JS applications. ### What are the alternatives to Google Cloud? Technologies that do the same job as Google Cloud include Azure. Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.