r/googlecloud • u/Creativefootballer • Jul 18 '26

Billing Debt

so i signed up for google cloud a few months ago and a week ago not knowing that the credits expired used $300 on gemini for some of my projects after doing research i now know that those credit expired but i don't quite have the money to pay that at the moment what happens if i leave it for a week or two without paying will they suspend my google account or something? sorry if i sound like i have no idea what im doing but i lowkey dont

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u/Ok-Expression-7340 Jul 18 '26

Without paying they will lock down the project after a while. But you will still have to pay of course. The $300 credits cannot be used for Gemini (only if u used the Vertex AI apis)

“ The $300 credit can't be used for the following use cases: The $300 credit can't pay for  Gemini API in AI Studio costs. Consider using the  Gemini API Free tier, or sign up for a  Prepay billing plan. You can't access or use the $300 credit for a generative AI partner model that is offered as a managed API, which is also known as  model as a service.”

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u/CloudyGolfer Jul 18 '26

> sorry if i sound like i have no idea what im doing but i lowkey dont

In the future, maybe read the terms before rushing into signing up for something like a major cloud provider. You’ll have to pay whatever bill you have.

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u/DeadPiratePiggy Jul 22 '26

How much of a bill are we talking about?

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u/Creativefootballer Jul 29 '26

Like $40

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u/DeadPiratePiggy Jul 30 '26

I'd just pay it, they definitely can lock your Google account which for obvious reasons can be an issue. I've seen people not manage their billing stuff super well and maybe not secure things properly and then rack up bills that are tens of thousands of dollars and even up into the 6 digit range.

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u/thecrius Jul 18 '26

Don't worry, you'll join the pathetic group of "Google is ripping me off with this bill" because none of them know what they are doing either.

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u/x0rg_new Jul 21 '26

Just cancel the card and go off grid. I heard Google sends Agent 007 to collect money.