--- title: Google eliminates data transfer fees and addresses... description: Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees to promote competition in the cloud market and make it easier for companies to transition away from its platform. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/google-eliminates-data-transfer-fees-and-addresses-licensing-practices-to-promote-cloud-competition-sbcsa3djx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Google eliminates data transfer fees and addresses licensing practices to promote cloud competition | daily.dev og:description: Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees to promote competition in the cloud market and make it easier for companies to transition away from its platform. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/google-eliminates-data-transfer-fees-and-addresses-licensing-practices-to-promote-cloud-competition-sbcsa3djx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sbcsA3DJx.png og:image:alt: Google eliminates data transfer fees and addresses licensing practices to promote cloud competition og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Google eliminates data transfer fees and addresses licensing practices to promote cloud competition **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google Cloud eliminates data transfer fees to promote competition in the cloud market and make it easier for companies to transition away from its platform. ## Content Google Cloud has announced that it will no longer charge customers fees to transfer data out of their platform. This decision is part of the company's effort to address criticisms of restrictive licensing practices that limit competition in the cloud market. Eligible Google Cloud services, such as BigQuery, Cloud Bigtable, and Cloud SQL, are included in this fee elimination. Customers seeking to migrate their data to another cloud provider or on-premises will need to apply for approval and will have a 60-day window to complete the transfer. It is important to note that Google reserves the right to audit data movement. 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