Anthos Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Legacy names Anthos, GKE Enterprise
Managed Kubernetes and multi-cluster fleet management platform across cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
Naming timeline
- Anthos
Hybrid and multi-cloud application modernization platform.
- GKE Enterprise
Rebranded from Anthos as the enterprise multi-cluster/hybrid edition tier of GKE.
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Current name
GKE Enterprise tier retired; fleet management, Config Sync, and Policy Controller folded into the single standard GKE offering (with Cloud Service Mesh, Multicluster Ingress/Gateways, and Binary Authorization as standalone SKUs).
What is Anthos called now?
Anthos was consolidated into Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), with the latest change on 4 September 2025. Earlier names covered by this entry also include GKE Enterprise. Managed Kubernetes and multi-cluster fleet management platform across cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.
Also known as
- GKE Fleet Management
- Google Distributed Cloud (software-only)
- Cloud Service Mesh
- Config Sync
- Policy Controller
Technical identifiers
Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.
| REST / gRPC APIs | gkehub.googleapis.com container.googleapis.com anthos.googleapis.com |
|---|---|
| gcloud / CLI Commands | gcloud container fleet gcloud container |
| IAM Predefined Roles | roles/gkehub.* roles/container.* roles/anthos.* |
| Terraform Resources | google_gke_hub_* google_container_* |
Fleet and multi-cluster features continue using the GKE Hub API (gkehub.googleapis.com), gcloud container fleet CLI, roles/gkehub.* IAM roles, and google_gke_hub_* Terraform resources.
Notes & disambiguation
- Anthos (launched April 2019) was first rebranded to GKE Enterprise at Google Cloud Next '23 (August 2023) as an enterprise tier of GKE.
- On September 4, 2025, Google Cloud retired the separate GKE Enterprise tier: multi-cluster management and networking features (Multi-team Management, Config Sync, Config Controller, Managed Policy Controller, Connect Gateway, Network Function Optimizer, FQDN Network Policy, Inter-node Transparent Encryption) became part of the standard Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) offering at no additional cost.
- Other former Anthos / GKE Enterprise components continue as standalone SKUs or products: Managed Cloud Service Mesh, Multicluster Gateways/Ingress, Binary Authorization, Advanced Vulnerability Scanning, GKE Multi-Cloud (GKE on AWS, GKE on Azure, GKE attached clusters), and Google Distributed Cloud (software-only) for VMware and bare metal.
Sources & official documentation
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