{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "item": {
    "slug": "google-cloud",
    "name": "Google Cloud",
    "legalName": "Google LLC",
    "category": "cloud-infrastructure",
    "description": "Google Cloud billing documents depend on whether the billing account is self-service or invoiced, and may include statements, invoices, receipts, and adjustment memos.",
    "status": "in_development",
    "website": "https://cloud.google.com",
    "billingPortalUrl": "https://console.cloud.google.com/billing",
    "invoiceHelpUrl": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/get-invoice",
    "apiDocumentationUrl": "https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/reference/rest/v1/billingAccounts/list",
    "accessMethods": [
      "official_api",
      "oauth",
      "vendor_portal",
      "connected_mailbox",
      "email_forward",
      "manual_upload"
    ],
    "authentication": {
      "oauth": true,
      "apiToken": false,
      "browserSession": true,
      "requiredRole": "Cloud Billing Account Viewer or Administrator for console documents; Payments profile admin for full payments-center access"
    },
    "capabilities": {
      "accountDiscovery": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Billproof can discover authorized Cloud Billing accounts, but it does not yet retrieve invoice documents."
      },
      "billingHistory": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Historical billing records are available in the vendor portal."
      },
      "invoiceMetadata": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "The vendor portal exposes invoice or statement summary data."
      },
      "invoicePdf": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Google Cloud documents can be downloaded in PDF where that document exists."
      },
      "creditNotes": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Invoiced accounts can expose credit memos, debit memos, and tax memos."
      },
      "lineItems": {
        "supported": "partial",
        "notes": "Invoice PDFs omit project-level cost detail; detailed costs are available through the Cost Table report."
      },
      "usage": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Cost Table and Cloud Billing reports provide usage and project/SKU cost detail."
      },
      "subscriptions": {
        "supported": "unknown"
      },
      "paymentMethod": {
        "supported": true,
        "notes": "Payment information is available in Cloud Billing or Google payments."
      }
    },
    "billing": {
      "cadence": [
        "monthly",
        "threshold or manual payments for some self-service accounts"
      ],
      "invoiceLocation": "Cloud Billing → Invoices for self-service accounts, Payment status for invoiced accounts, or Transactions for receipts",
      "emailedAutomatically": "unknown",
      "documentTypes": [
        "invoice",
        "statement",
        "payment receipt",
        "credit memo",
        "debit memo",
        "tax memo"
      ]
    },
    "billproof": {
      "retrieval": false,
      "normalization": true,
      "transactionMatching": true,
      "connectionAvailable": false,
      "limitations": [
        "Billproof does not currently connect directly to Google Cloud.",
        "A user must provide the invoice or statement by upload or an enabled email workflow.",
        "Direct account discovery is in development, but direct invoice-document retrieval is not available.",
        "Document type and location vary by self-service versus invoiced billing account."
      ]
    },
    "normalizedFields": [
      "vendor",
      "invoice_number",
      "invoice_date",
      "billing_period",
      "currency",
      "subtotal",
      "tax",
      "total",
      "line_items",
      "account_identifier",
      "billing_account_id",
      "document_type",
      "payment_status"
    ],
    "commonCardDescriptors": [],
    "researchedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-08-28",
    "sources": [
      {
        "title": "Get a Cloud Billing document such as an invoice, statement, or receipt",
        "url": "https://docs.cloud.google.com/billing/docs/how-to/get-invoice",
        "type": "official"
      },
      {
        "title": "Cloud Billing accounts: list",
        "url": "https://cloud.google.com/billing/docs/reference/rest/v1/billingAccounts/list",
        "type": "official"
      }
    ],
    "guide": {
      "quickAnswer": "Open the correct Cloud Billing account, then use Invoices for a self-service account, Payment status for an invoiced account, or Transactions when you need a payment receipt.",
      "requiredRole": "Cloud Billing Account Viewer or Administrator; some invoiced-account tasks also require Google payments profile admin access",
      "steps": [
        "Sign in to Google Cloud and select the intended Cloud Billing account.",
        "Determine whether the account is self-service or invoiced because the document page differs.",
        "Open Invoices for self-service billing or Payment status for invoiced billing.",
        "Filter to the required month and select the document row or checkbox.",
        "Use Actions → Download documents and choose PDF or CSV when offered; use Transactions for payment receipts.",
        "Download Cost Table CSV separately when project- or SKU-level detail is required."
      ],
      "historyLocation": "Cloud Billing → Invoices, Payment status, or Transactions, depending on account type",
      "missingInvoice": "Check that the month has closed, allow through the fifth business day for a monthly invoice, verify the selected billing account and permissions, then contact Cloud Billing Support if the expected document is still absent.",
      "formats": [
        "PDF",
        "CSV"
      ],
      "commonProblems": [
        "A self-service account may produce a statement rather than an invoice.",
        "The signed-in identity has Cloud project access but not billing-account payment-information access.",
        "Invoice PDFs do not contain project-level cost detail."
      ],
      "matchingTips": [
        "Match the billing account ID, document number, currency, payment date, and amount.",
        "Use the Transactions page for the actual receipt when several threshold payments appear within one statement month."
      ]
    },
    "statusLabel": "Connector in development",
    "cta": "Get connector updates",
    "manualGuide": "https://billproof.io/guides/find-google-cloud-invoices",
    "urls": {
      "html": "https://billproof.io/integrations/google-cloud",
      "json": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/google-cloud.json",
      "capabilities": "https://billproof.io/api/public/vendors/google-cloud/capabilities.json"
    }
  }
}