Google Cloud Workflows
Google Cloud Workflows is a fully managed orchestration platform that enables developers to automate and coordinate complex sequences of tasks across Google Cloud services and external APIs. It uses a YAML-based declarative language to define workflows, handling retries, error handling, and state management automatically. This service is serverless, scaling automatically and eliminating the need to manage infrastructure.
Developers should use Google Cloud Workflows when building event-driven applications, automating business processes, or orchestrating microservices in Google Cloud environments. It's particularly valuable for scenarios like data processing pipelines, scheduled batch jobs, or integrating multiple cloud services where reliability and fault tolerance are critical. The declarative approach simplifies complex logic and reduces boilerplate code compared to custom scripting.