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Hugging Face adds Google Cloud billing for Hub use
Hugging Face organizations can put eligible Hub charges on a Google Cloud bill instead of paying by credit card. Marketplace subscriptions require review, and billing switches at different times depending on the organization’s current payme
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Charges move to a cloud invoice
Hugging Face has added Google Cloud Marketplace billing for organizations using its Hub, allowing their usage to appear on a Google Cloud invoice instead of being charged to a credit card. In a post published Nov. 10, 2026, administrators can link an organization to a Google Cloud account.
The option is for customers that already use Google Cloud and want purchases to pass through their existing billing account and procurement process. Eligible charges include Team or Enterprise subscriptions, pay-as-you-go compute and additional storage at public Hugging Face prices.
The compute services covered are Jobs, Inference Endpoints, Inference Providers, GPU Spaces and ZeroGPU quota extension. The result is one bill, with Hugging Face usage appearing on the customer’s existing Google Cloud invoice, which Hugging Face describes as one bill.
Organization admins start the link
To set up billing, an administrator selects the Hugging Face Hub listing in Google Cloud Marketplace, chooses a Google Cloud project and subscribes. The administrator then selects the billing account to be charged, reviews and accepts the terms, and submits the subscription.
Google Cloud then prompts the customer to complete the setup with Hugging Face. On Hugging Face, the administrator selects an organization to link; only organizations where that person is an admin appear in the selection.
After the organization is selected and confirmed, its billing settings show the linked Google Cloud account as pending. Each Marketplace subscription undergoes review before paid usage starts being billed through it.
Approval determines when billing switches
While a subscription is pending, usage continues to be charged to the organization’s existing payment method, if it has one. After approval, organizations with a credit card on file switch to Marketplace billing at the start of their next billing period.
Organizations on the free tier without a card on file usually switch immediately, Hugging Face says, so paid usage is billed through the Marketplace. The organization receives an email confirming approval, and its billing settings show the Google Cloud account as the active payment method.
Credits and usage tracking
Google Cloud replaces the credit card as the organization’s payment method, and usage is metered and reported to Google Cloud. Adding credits is not available while an organization is billed through the Marketplace.
For organizations with a Team or Enterprise subscription, monthly included credits are applied before pay-as-you-go usage is reported to Google Cloud. Administrators can check usage in the organization’s billing settings and find charges in Google Cloud console billing reports.
Linking and unlinking are recorded in the organization’s audit logs.