Active Assist

Active Assist is a portfolio of intelligent tools that helps you optimize your cloud operations with recommendations to reduce costs, increase performance, improve security, and even help you make more sustainable decisions.

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Active Assist value categories and benefits

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Value Category	how this benefits your cloud	Sample Solutions to get started
Cost	Manage your cost wisely Help you manage your cost wisely, such as recommending to delete unused or idle resources, downsizing VMs to fit your workload needs, or using committed use discounts to save money.	VM machine type recommender Committed use discount recommender Idle VM recommender Cloud SQL overprovisioned instance recommender
Security	Mitigate your security risks proactively Harden your security posture by applying recommended actions to reduce over-granted permissions, enable additional security features, and help with compliance and security incident investigations.	IAM recommender Firewall insights Cloud Run recommender Account security recommender
Performance	Maximize performance of your system Improve the performance of your cloud resources and workloads through prediction and automation that take your infrastructure one step ahead of what your applications need next.	VM machine type recommender Managed instance group machine type recommender
Reliability	Deliver highly available services to your end users Increase the availability and reliability of your cloud resources and your workloads running on Google Cloud via various health checks, auto-scaling capabilities, and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery options.	Compute Engine predictive autoscaling Cloud SQL out-of-disk recommender Policy Troubleshooter Policy Analyzer
Manageability	Spend less time managing your cloud configuration Enhance your management experience on Google Cloud via simplification and automation so that you spend less time managing your cloud configuration and spend more time on innovating your digital businesses and delighting your customers.	Network Intelligence Center Product suggestion recommender Policy Simulator
Sustainability	Reduce the carbon footprint of your workloads Offer you the insights and simple-to-use tools to allow you assess, manage, and reduce the carbon footprint of your workloads running on Google Cloud.	Unattended project recommender

Manage your cost wisely

Help you manage your cost wisely, such as recommending to delete unused or idle resources, downsizing VMs to fit your workload needs, or using committed use discounts to save money.

Mitigate your security risks proactively

Harden your security posture by applying recommended actions to reduce over-granted permissions, enable additional security features, and help with compliance and security incident investigations.

Maximize performance of your system

Improve the performance of your cloud resources and workloads through prediction and automation that take your infrastructure one step ahead of what your applications need next.

Deliver highly available services to your end users

Increase the availability and reliability of your cloud resources and your workloads running on Google Cloud via various health checks, auto-scaling capabilities, and Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery options.

Spend less time managing your cloud configuration

Enhance your management experience on Google Cloud via simplification and automation so that you spend less time managing your cloud configuration and spend more time on innovating your digital businesses and delighting your customers.

Reduce the carbon footprint of your workloads

Offer you the insights and simple-to-use tools to allow you assess, manage, and reduce the carbon footprint of your workloads running on Google Cloud.