⚙️ Serverless at Scale: Why We Choose Google Cloud Run for Modern Apps

In 2025, serverless is no longer a buzzword -- it's how smart teams ship faster, cheaper, and infinitely scalable applications.

And one of the best tools in the ecosystem?

Google Cloud Run.

At Dezoko, we've built and deployed:

• High-traffic APIs
• Background jobs
• Webhooks + real-time services
• Microservices
• Cron-based processors

...all running smoothly on Cloud Run.

Here's why we use it -- and why your project might need it too.

🚀 What Is Cloud Run?

Cloud Run is a fully managed serverless platform that lets you run any containerized app -- with:

• Zero server management
• HTTP endpoint support
• Autoscaling to zero
• Per-request billing
• Native support for Docker

You only pay when your code is running -- not for idle time.

💡 Why We Use Cloud Run (Over Other Options)

🔧 Real Projects We've Built on Cloud Run

🔹 1. Background Processing System

• Queued tasks using Cloud Tasks
• Worker container deployed to Cloud Run
• Handled file conversion, OCR, ML inference

🧠 Result: Auto-scaled from 0 to 50+ instances in < 5 seconds.

🔹 2. Secure Webhooks Engine

• Built endpoint to process Stripe, Slack, Razorpay, and Meta webhooks
• Stateless microservice with request validation
• Auto-scaling during high load (like sale events)

🔐 99.99% uptime + low cost due to scale-to-zero idle periods.

🔹 3. Customer-Facing API with CI/CD

• Authenticated API for mobile app (used Firebase Auth)
• Node.js Express backend, containerized
• CI/CD via GitHub Actions → Cloud Build → Cloud Run

💬 Fast, scalable, secure -- handled 250K+ daily requests.

🔐 Security & IAM Best Practices We Use

• ✅ Only allow specific service accounts to invoke services
• ✅ Enable VPC connector if access to internal resources needed
• ✅ Environment variable encryption with Secret Manager
• ✅ Rate limiting and request validation for APIs
• ✅ Monitoring with Cloud Logging and Error Reporting

⚙️ Bonus: Cloud Run + Cloud Scheduler = Cron Job System

Need scheduled tasks like:

• Daily backups
• Email reports
• Data sync with third-party tools?

We use Cloud Scheduler → Pub/Sub → Cloud Run to trigger cron jobs serverlessly -- without needing a dedicated job server.

💬 What Clients Say

> "They moved our Express backend to Cloud Run -- it scales perfectly, costs less, and deploys in under 1 minute."

> -- VP of Engineering, Fintech App

> "Our webhook service now handles 10x the traffic with zero downtime, thanks to their Cloud Run setup."

> -- CTO, E-commerce Platform

🧱 Our Typical Cloud Run Deployment Flow

# Dockerfile
FROM node:18-alpine
WORKDIR /app
COPY . .
RUN npm install
CMD ["npm", "start"]

# Deploy via CLI
gcloud run deploy api-service \
  --source . \
  --region asia-south1 \
  --platform managed \
  --allow-unauthenticated

Or automate with Cloud Build YAML or GitHub Actions.

📞 Want to Build Serverless, Scalable APIs or Workers?

We offer:

• ✅Full serverless system design
• ✅Cloud Run + Cloud Build CI/CD setup
• ✅Secure deployments with observability
• ✅Migrations from Firebase Functions, Express apps, or AWS Lambda