Google Developer Program launches premium membership

The Google Developer Program now offers a paid premium membership. For an annual fee of 299 US dollars, developers have access to an extended range of functions. This includes one-to-one consultations with Google Cloud experts and unlimited access to Google's e-learning platform "Cloud Skill Boost", which consists of more than 700 courses and exercises relating to the Google Cloud.

Premium members also receive a voucher for cloud certification and a cloud credit of 500 US dollars. Google rewards successful certification with a second cloud credit of the same amount. All offers from the free membership are also available to paying customers. This includes AI support for coding and documentation as well as early access to new Google products.

Premium membership for business purposes only

In the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google offers Premium Memberships for commercial use only. Private developers are excluded. According to Google, several million users have signed up since the free developer program was launched in June. They receive information for creating applications with Google services.

Google is marketing the paid membership of the Developer Program as a new edition of the discontinued "Cloud Innovators Plus" program. This offered a similar range of functions for the same price, apart from Cloud Skill Boost. Google estimates the value of access to this e-learning platform alone at USD 299 per year.

Detailed information on premium membership can be found in the Google Developer Blog.

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