{"id":18929,"date":"2024-11-26T05:37:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T05:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18929"},"modified":"2024-11-26T05:37:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T05:37:36","slug":"google-developer-program-gains-new-features-but-youll-have-to-pay-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18929","title":{"rendered":"Google Developer Program gains new features, but you\u2019ll have to pay for them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In June, Google announced the Google Developer Program, a free program to give devs access to resources designed to help them build applications using Google services. Now that \u201cmillions\u201d of devs have signed up (according to Google), the company is introducing a second, paid tier to commercialize the program.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Google launched<\/a> the Google Developer Program premium membership, a $299-per-year upgrade from the standard Google Developer Program. It adds several benefits, including one-on-one consultations with Google Cloud experts and access to e-learning programs in Google\u2019s on-demand training program, Google Cloud Skills Boost.<\/p>\n

Beyond consultations and online courses, the Google Developer Program premium membership includes $500 in annual Google Cloud credits, a certification voucher, and \u201cbonus\u201d Google Cloud credits for devs who pass an annual Google Cloud certification. That\u2019s in addition to all the resources in the standard, free Google Developer Program, including AI-powered documentation and coding tools, first dibs on new products, and workspaces in Google\u2019s IDX app development platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new offering stands out because neither of Google\u2019s major cloud rivals, Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Azure, have an individual dev plan quite like it. Microsoft offers paid alternatives to its free Microsoft 365 Developer Program, the company\u2019s rough equivalent to the Google Developer Program, but they\u2019re geared mainly toward business users. AWS provides premium support programs, but they\u2019re more focused on architectural guidance and technical assistance.<\/p>\n

Curiously, for customers in the European Economic Region, the U.K., and Switzerland, the Google Developer Program premium membership is \u201crestricted to business or professional use,\u201d according to the fine print. That suggests that it\u2019s\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0allowed for personal use in those countries; we\u2019ve reached out to Google for clarification.<\/p>\n

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A new hub for Google Developer Program premium membership subscribers. <\/span>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Assuming one takes advantage of all the benefits, the Google Developer Program premium membership could pay for itself rather quickly. But I have to imagine that some devs will be disheartened to see new features gated behind a paid tier, given that Google gave no indication it planned to charge for future enhancements to the original program.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the coming months, the Google Developer Program will unlock new tools and resources to help you on your development journey such as additional training resources and more ways to connect with the community,\u201d Google wrote in a blog post<\/a> in June. \u201cTo access these benefits, you\u2019ll just need to sign up to the Google Developer Program.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s pitching the Google Developer Program premium membership as a revamping of its now-defunct Cloud Innovators Plus program<\/a>, which offered comparable benefits at the same $299-per-year price. Notably, Cloud Innovators Plus didn\u2019t bundle in Google Cloud Skills Boost, which Google estimates is a $299-per-year value on its own.<\/p>\n

\u201c[T]his new offering is the next evolution of our commitment to streamlining the developer experience,\u201d Google wrote in a post on Monday, \u201cand presents the continued investment in the Google Developer Program as the hub of benefits and resources across Google\u2019s many developer products and services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Devs may grumble \u2014 but they\u2019re also voting for Google with their wallets, it seems. In the company\u2019s most recent fiscal quarter (Q3 2024), Google\u2019s cloud business, which includes infrastructure as well as software subscriptions, grew<\/a> 35% year-over-year to $11.35 billion. Its growth outpaced Amazon and Microsoft\u2019s cloud divisions, both of which are significantly larger by market share.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> techcrunch.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In June, Google announced the Google Developer Program, a free program to give devs access to resources designed to help them build applications using Google services. Now that \u201cmillions\u201d of devs have signed up (according to Google), the company is introducing a second, paid tier to commercialize the program. On Monday, Google launched the Google […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}