Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers a variety of Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions that simplify application development and deployment by providing managed platforms and services. These PaaS offerings allow developers to focus on writing code and building applications without worrying about managing infrastructure. Here are some key GCP PaaS services:

1. Google App Engine:

   • Google App Engine is a fully managed platform for building and deploying applications. It supports multiple programming languages and provides automatic scaling, load balancing, and security features. Developers can focus on code, and GCP handles the infrastructure.

2. Google Cloud Functions:

   • Cloud Functions is a serverless compute service that lets you run event-driven functions in response to cloud events. You can write functions in Node.js, Python, Go, and other languages without managing servers.

3. Google Cloud Run:

   • Cloud Run allows you to deploy containerized applications as serverless functions. It automatically scales your containerized apps in response to incoming HTTP requests, and you pay only for the compute resources you use.

4. Google Cloud Code:

   • Cloud Code is an integrated development environment (IDE) extension for popular code editors like Visual Studio Code and IntelliJ IDEA. It streamlines the development and deployment of containerized applications on Kubernetes, including GKE.

5. Google Cloud Composer:

   • Cloud Composer is a managed Apache Airflow service that simplifies workflow automation and scheduling. It allows you to author, schedule, and monitor workflows as code.

6. Google Cloud Dataflow:

   • Cloud Dataflow is a fully managed stream and batch data processing service. It enables data ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and real-time data analysis with Apache Beam.

7. Google Cloud Pub/Sub:

   • Cloud Pub/Sub is a messaging service that allows you to build event-driven applications and systems. It provides reliable and scalable messaging between applications and services.

8. Firebase:

   • Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform that provides a suite of PaaS services, including Realtime Database, Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions for Firebase, Hosting, and more. It’s often used for building real-time and serverless applications.

9. Google Cloud IoT Core:

   • IoT Core is a managed service for securely connecting, managing, and ingesting data from IoT devices. It simplifies the development of IoT applications.

10. Google Cloud Endpoints:

    • Cloud Endpoints is an API management platform that allows you to create, deploy, and manage APIs with features like authentication, monitoring, and security.

11. Google Cloud Run for Anthos:

    • Cloud Run for Anthos extends the serverless experience to GKE by allowing you to deploy containerized applications with the simplicity of serverless and the flexibility of Kubernetes.

12. Apigee:

    • Apigee is an API management platform that helps you design, secure, deploy, and analyze APIs. It’s often used for building and managing API ecosystems.