🔐☁️ GCP Learning Journey – Day 5: Billing, Budgets & Cost Management Simplified 💰📊

Today, I explored one of the most crucial but underrated areas of cloud learning — Billing & Cost Management.

Here’s what I covered step-by-step:

📌 Key Topics & Hands-On:

1. Billing Account Setup → Connected billing to my project using the web console. 📝 Why: No billing, no services — it’s the backbone of GCP usage.

2. Setting a Budget & Alerts → Created a budget with threshold email alerts. 💡 Why: Helps avoid accidental overspending during learning/testing.

3. Billing Export to BigQuery → Enabled billing data export for deeper analysis. 📊 Why: Useful for long-term cost analysis or dashboard creation.

4. Cost Breakdown View → Explored the "Reports" section to visualize per-service costs. 📉 Why: Makes it easy to find which services cost the most.

🧠 Key Learning:

Cloud isn’t just about deploying resources. Tracking costs is equally important — especially for real-world projects or personal learning.

If you're learning GCP too, don’t skip billing — even simple budget alerts can save you from surprises! 💡

🙏 Thanks for reading! I’m open to your thoughts, tips, or questions.

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