Go to the Support Information card and click View Customer Care
services.
Under Standard Support, click Buy Now.
In the drop-down list, select the Google Cloud organization resource for the
offering. Click Continue.
In the drop-down list, select the Cloud Billing account for the Standard
Support base fee.
Read and agree to the terms of service.
Click Complete Purchase.
Set up Identity and Access Management (IAM)
You use Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage how users in your organization
access and use Standard Support. To set up IAM, visit Access
control.
Set up support features
The following sections describe how to set up the features included in Standard
Support. After you set up the features, you can start using the offering.
Access recommendations
Active Assist
recommendations help you optimize your Google Cloud
resources. You can access the recommendations through the Google Cloud console.
As a Standard Support customer, you have an extended quota to the
Recommender API.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-08-25 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Purchase and set up Standard Support\n\nThis document explains how to sign up for Standard Support using the\nGoogle Cloud console and set up the offering's support features.\n\nBefore you begin\n----------------\n\n- You must have a Google Cloud organization, and the [Organization Administrator](/resource-manager/docs/access-control-org#using_predefined_roles)\n (`roles/resourcemanager.organizationAdmin`) role for the organization.\n\n To create an organization and add the role, visit\n [Creating and managing organizations](/resource-manager/docs/creating-managing-organization).\n\n If you don't have the role for an existing organization, contact an\n Organization Administrator for access.\n- You must have the Support Account Administrator (`roles/cloudsupport.admin`)\n role. To learn how to assign yourself the role, visit [Access control](/support/docs/access-control).\n\n- You must have a Cloud Billing account to fund the Standard\n Support base fee. To create an account, see [Create, modify, or close your\n Cloud Billing account](/billing/docs/how-to/manage-billing-account#create_a_new_billing_account).\n\nPurchase the offering\n---------------------\n\nTo purchase Standard Support:\n\n1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Support** page.\n\n [Go to the Support page](https://console.cloud.google.com/support)\n\n2. Click **Overview** to view your dashboard.\n\n3. Go to the **Support Information** card and click **View Customer Care\n services**.\n\n4. Under **Standard Support** , click **Buy Now**.\n\n5. In the drop-down list, select the Google Cloud organization resource for the\n offering. Click **Continue**.\n\n6. In the drop-down list, select the Cloud Billing account for the Standard\n Support base fee.\n\n7. Read and agree to the terms of service.\n\n8. Click **Complete Purchase**.\n\nSet up Identity and Access Management (IAM)\n-------------------------------------------\n\nYou use Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage how users in your organization\naccess and use Standard Support. To set up IAM, visit [Access\ncontrol](/support/docs/access-control).\n\nSet up support features\n-----------------------\n\nThe following sections describe how to set up the features included in Standard\nSupport. After you set up the features, you can start using the offering.\n\n### Access recommendations\n\n[Active Assist](/solutions/active-assist)\nrecommendations help you optimize your Google Cloud\nresources. You can access the recommendations through the Google Cloud console.\nAs a Standard Support customer, you have an extended quota to the\nRecommender API.\n\nTo learn about Recommender and enable the Recommender API, visit\nthe [Recommender documentation](/recommender/docs/overview).\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- [Create or manage support cases](/support/docs/manage-cases).\n- Follow [best practices for working with Customer Care](/support/docs/best-practice).\n- Learn about the [language support and working hours](/support/docs/language-working-hours) for Customer Care when you submit a support case."]]
