Google Cloud's serverless platform for running containerized applications that scales automatically, including to zero. Like having a hosting service that adjusts resources based on demand. Alongside Cloud Functions, it serves as GCP's equivalent of AWS Lambda for flexible serverless compute.
A web application runs on Cloud Run and automatically scales from zero to thousands of users without configuration.
All are managed platforms for running containerized apps without managing servers. Cloud Run, App Runner, and Azure Container Apps focus on HTTP/event-driven apps with autoscaling; OCI Container Instances runs containers without server management but is closer to on-demand container execution than a fully managed request-driven platform.
Explore real-world architectures from our community that use Cloud Run: