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Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader Cloud Digital Leader · Domain 4: Modernize infrastructure and applications with Google Cloud

Choosing compute for a workload: VMs vs containers vs serverless

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Last reviewed September 25, 2026 · Leer en español

Google Cloud gives you a spectrum of compute options. At one end, you control everything and manage everything; at the other, you manage almost nothing but accept the platform's conventions. The exam frequently gives a workload description and asks which option fits, so it helps to have a clear decision process.

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