Google Cloud Profiler
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About
Google Cloud Profiler is ranked #3 of 29 in profiling software on Inferse. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan.
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- Free plan
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Facts
- Purpose
- Cloud Profiler continuously gathers CPU usage and memory allocation information from production applications and attributes it to source code to help identify resource-intensive code.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Low overhead
- Google states that CPU and heap profiling overhead during collection is less than 5%, and commonly less than 0.5% when averaged across execution time and service replicas.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Supported languages
- The profiler supports Go, Java, Node.js, and Python, with available profile types varying by language.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Profile types
- Available profile types include CPU time, heap, allocated heap, contention, threads, and wall time, with language-specific support for each.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Deployment environments
- Supported environments include Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, App Engine, Managed Service for Apache Spark, Dataflow, and environments outside Google Cloud, with language-specific availability.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Operating systems
- The supported operating systems listed are Linux with glibc, and Linux with musl for some languages and configurations.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Console and agent
- Cloud Profiler consists of a profiling agent that collects data and a Google Cloud console interface for viewing and analyzing it.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Retention
- Profile data is retained for 30 days, and profiles can be downloaded for long-term storage.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- Cloud Profiler is a VPC Service Controls supported service.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is designed to help teams analyze resource consumption and performance in production applications.docs.cloud.google.com · 2 Oct 2026
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Sources
- docs.cloud.google.com/profiler/docs/about-profiler· checked 2 Oct 2026
- cloud.google.com/products/observability/pricing· checked 2 Oct 2026
