Google Cloud Filestore

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Google Cloud Filestore is ranked #8 of 29 in distributed file system software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $0.01/mo.

Compared on distributed file system software

Free plan: Nocloud.google.com
Supported protocols: NFSv3, NFSv4.1cloud.google.com
Maximum capacity: 63.9 TBcloud.google.com
Availability zones: 1 zonescloud.google.com
Snapshots: Nocloud.google.com
Managed backups: Yescloud.google.com
Scaling model: provisionedcloud.google.com

Facts

Purpose: Filestore is a fully managed shared NFS file service for applications that need persistent file storage.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Scale: The product page lists capacity up to 100 TiB, throughput up to 26 GiB/s, and up to 920K IOPS.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Data protection: Filestore supports snapshots, backups, and replication of data to an instance in another region.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Google Kubernetes Engine: Filestore integrates with the GKE CSI driver so multiple pods can access the same file system.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Cloud Run: Filestore instances can be mounted directly to Cloud Run workloads as local directories over NFS.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Other clients: Filestore can connect to Compute Engine VMs, GKE clusters, Google Cloud VMware Engine, on-premises machines, Cloud Run services, and AI agent fleets and sandboxes.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Protocols: Filestore supports NFSv3 across all service tiers and NFSv4.1 on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Encryption: Filestore encrypts customer content at rest by default and supports customer-managed Cloud KMS keys for instances and backups on zonal, regional, and enterprise tiers.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
NFSv4.1 security: NFSv4.1 supports Kerberos-based client and server authentication, message integrity checks, and in-transit encryption.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
NFSv3 limitation: NFSv3 lacks client and server authentication and encryption, according to the protocol documentation.docs.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Regional availability: Filestore Regional is described as providing 99.99% regional availability for critical applications that need resilience to zonal outages.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Capacity tiers: The product page lists Zonal and Regional capacity of 1–100 TiB, and GKE multi-share capacity of 1–10 TiB with up to 80 shares.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026
Trial credit: The product page offers $300 in free credits to try Filestore.cloud.google.com · 30 Sept 2026