# Services overview

> Compare available LocalCloud services, startup defaults, connections, and known limitations.
>
> Source: https://local.cloud/docs/services-overview/

The runtime includes 27 service entries and publishes 27 guides. 25 entries have documented local integration workflows; unsupported and unknown entries remain in the catalog for reference. Google Sheets is an auxiliary fixture API, not a separate Google Cloud service. Availability does not mean full Google Cloud parity or that a service starts by default.

A service guide separates the facts that affect normal use:

1. **Starts by default** — whether `services.enabled: default` starts the service.
2. **Minimum tier** — Community, or [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier). The tier is a technical setting in the runtime; the license governs use.
3. **Status** — Supported (ready for local use) or Unsupported (cloud-only).
4. **Persistence** — whether data is volatile, metadata-only, service data, or stateless.
5. **Connection** — the canonical container port and protocol. Use `localcloud env` for the actual host endpoint.
6. **Known limits** — operations or Google Cloud behavior that LocalCloud does not provide.

| Service | Starts by default | Tier | Status | Persistence | Connection |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Firestore](https://local.cloud/services/firestore/) | no | Community | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5384 |
| [Bigtable](https://local.cloud/services/bigtable/) | yes | [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier) | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5385 |
| [Spanner](https://local.cloud/services/spanner/) | yes | [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier) | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5386 · HTTP/REST :5387 |
| [AlloyDB](https://local.cloud/services/alloydb/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Memorystore (Redis/Valkey)](https://local.cloud/services/memorystore/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | RESP :5390 |
| [Cloud SQL](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-sql/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | HTTP/REST :5380 · PostgreSQL :5391 · MySQL :5406 |
| [Pub/Sub](https://local.cloud/services/pubsub/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5383 |
| [Cloud Tasks](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-tasks/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud Scheduler](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-scheduler/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC + HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Cloud Workflows](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-workflows/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud Functions (2nd Gen)](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-functions/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [GKE](https://local.cloud/services/gke/) | no | [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier) | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 · k3d :5443 |
| [Compute Engine](https://local.cloud/services/compute-engine/) | no | — | Unsupported | metadata | HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Cloud Run](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-run/) | no | [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier) | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Vertex AI](https://local.cloud/services/vertex-ai/) | no | — | Unsupported | metadata | HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Secret Manager](https://local.cloud/services/secret-manager/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud IAM](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-iam/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud KMS](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-kms/) | yes | [Pro tier, free during preview](https://local.cloud/pricing/#pro-tier) | Supported | metadata | gRPC + HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Cloud Resource Manager](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-resource-manager/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Service Usage](https://local.cloud/services/service-usage/) | yes | Community | Supported | stateless | HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Cloud Billing](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-billing/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | HTTP/REST :5380 |
| [Cloud Logging](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-logging/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud Monitoring](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-monitoring/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Cloud Storage](https://local.cloud/services/cloud-storage/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | HTTP/REST :5382 |
| [BigQuery](https://local.cloud/services/bigquery/) | yes | Community | Supported | service-data | HTTP/REST :5388 · gRPC :5389 |
| [Dataproc](https://local.cloud/services/dataproc/) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | gRPC :5380 |
| [Google Sheets](https://local.cloud/services/google-sheets/) (Auxiliary API) | yes | Community | Supported | metadata | HTTP/REST :5380 |

## Categories

The [service catalog](https://local.cloud/services/) groups services by user goal, in this order: Databases, Messaging & Workflow, Compute & Runtime, Security, Operations, Storage, Analytics, and Auxiliary Integration APIs. The table above follows the same order. Implementation boundaries differ inside every category. Some are external emulator processes, some are local facades, and some require Docker-socket or transparent-network opt-ins.

## How to use the catalog

- Load the actual running endpoints with `localcloud env`; the host CLI may remap ports.
- Check the service detail and operation limitations before relying on a workflow.
- Keep the runtime listening only on localhost and use fake local data.
- Remove emulator variables and validate production behavior against real Google Cloud before release.

Open the [service catalog](https://local.cloud/services/) for all 27 guides or [Compatibility](https://local.cloud/compatibility/) for operation-level support and limitations.