Overview
run.app is the primary dedicated domain for Google Cloud Run, Google Cloud’s leading serverless container hosting platform that allows developers to deploy and scale containerized applications without managing underlying virtual machine or server infrastructure. As a dedicated domain operated directly by Google LLC, all services hosted under the run.app subdomain namespace are associated with Google Cloud’s cloud computing platform, serving developers, startups, and enterprise teams building and deploying cloud-native applications. The domain is hosted on Google’s global edge infrastructure, with DNS managed directly by Google’s authoritative name servers, reflecting its status as an official, production-grade Google product property. With a global traffic rank in the top 1000 websites worldwide, run.app sees extremely high volume of usage from developers deploying workloads to Cloud Run, with thousands of customer applications publicly accessible under custom *.run.app subdomains. Google Cloud Run, the service behind the domain, enables automatic scaling based on incoming request volume, supports container images from Docker and other OCI-compliant registries, and integrates seamlessly with the broader Google Cloud ecosystem including Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Monitoring, and Cloud Storage. Unlike generic domain parking or third-party services, run.app is exclusively used by Google to route traffic to customer deployments on Cloud Run, providing a trusted, branded subdomain for users to test and publish their applications before configuring custom branded domains. The domain’s high global traffic ranking underscores the widespread adoption of Google Cloud Run as a leading serverless platform, with millions of requests handled daily across thousands of active applications hosted on the run.app namespace.
Company Profile
Google LLC is a multinational technology company and one of the world's largest providers of cloud infrastructure, search, and internet software services.
Google Cloud RunGoogle Cloud PlatformGoogle SearchGoogle Workspace
Market PositionOne of the top 3 global cloud infrastructure providers, a leader in the serverless computing market
RevenueParent company Google LLC reports over $300 billion in annual revenue, run.app specific revenue is not disclosed
EmployeesParent company Google LLC has over 190,000 global employees as of 2024 reporting
Infrastructure
RoleDedicated domain for Google Cloud Run, used to route traffic to customer container deployments via *.run.app subdomains
IP OwnerGoogle LLC
Global ScaleGlobal, serving users and applications across all regions worldwide
Subdomain examples
demo-application.run.app
sample-api.run.app
customer-test-app.run.app
DNS Records
A Records
216.239.38.53
216.239.34.53
216.239.36.53
NS Records
ns4.google.com
ns3.google.com
ns2.google.com
Related Domains
Official Website
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Similar Services
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run.app is an official product subdomain namespace operated directly by Google LLC for Google Cloud Run services