Cloud console is the web UI that you can use to control the complete Google Cloud Platform.
When to use:
This will be used every time you want to use, web UI.
Special features:
The following are the special features of Cloud Console:
- Resource management: you can check status and health of all the resources at one place
- SSH browser: you can use this interface to log in easily into a VM instance
- DevOps integration: using a mobile app, you can very easily perform your DevOps tasks
Costing:
Cloud console is free to use for GCP customers.