Network Intelligence Center Charges Persist Despite Disabled API and No Visible Resources

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I am experiencing persistent billing charges for Network Intelligence Center (NIC) services even though I have no visible resources and have disabled the associated APIs. My project otherwise qualifies for free-tier usage, and these NIC charges are the only costs remaining.

The charges on my bill are for 24 resource hours of each service:

  1. Network Intelligence Center Topology and Google Cloud Performance Resource Hours

    • SKU: BDBA-22FA-3925 | Cost: $0.07

  2. Network Intelligence Center Internet to Google Cloud Performance Resource Hours

    • SKU: D9AD-28F8-05D8 | Cost: $0.02

  3. Network Intelligence Center Network Analyzer Resource Hours

    • SKU: 9BF8-CD36-F9B8 | Cost: $0.03

I have attached a screenshot of the billing report for clarity.

Here is everything I have already tried without success:

  1. Disabled APIs: I have disabled both the networkintelligence.googleapis.com and networkmanagement.googleapis.com APIs (via the Console and CLI using gcloud services disable ``networkmanagement.googleapis.com`` --force).

  2. Checked for Resources: The standard CLI command returns nothing:

  3. Verified Free Tier Setup: My compute instance is an e2-micro in us-central1-a with a 10GB disk. All compute and standard storage charges are correctly discounted to $0.00. This confirms the issue is isolated to NIC.

  4. GUI Audit: I have thoroughly searched the Cloud Console Network Intelligence Center sections (Topology, Performance, Analyzer) and found no active resources, tests, or measurements to delete.

The Core Problem:
The billing system confirms resources are running (24 hours of usage), but the standard management tools (GUI and CLI) show nothing. I believe the solution requires specific gcloud commands to list and delete the hidden resources for the exact services I’m being charged for.

My specific questions are:

  1. What are the exact gcloud commands to list and delete resources for these specific services?

    • Network Intelligence Center Topology

    • Network Intelligence Center Internet to Google Cloud Performance

    • Network Intelligence Center Network Analyzer

  2. Is there another method, such as a different console page or a special API endpoint, to view and purge these configurations?

  3. Has anyone else encountered this specific issue of being charged for NIC with no visible resources?

Any guidance from the community or Google team would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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I saw these unexpected charges as well. After looking around, I believe it’s fully discounted. It’s just very confusing by showing them in the cost report.

Go to Billing, Cost Breakdown. On the right panel, select the time range. For example, I’m using “Usage date” and “current month”. For me, the sum of all “Network Intelligence Center *” charges matches “Spending-based discounts”, which means I’m not actually paying for any of it.