You must deploy a containerized HTTP application in a new project that receives very few requests per day and should minimize cost. What should you do?

Cloud Run is the best choice for containerized applications with infrequent requests and a focus on cost minimization because it is a fully managed, serverless platform that scales to zero. This means you only pay when your code is running, making it extremely cost-effective for low-traffic applications. Cloud Run also handles all infrastructure management, reducing operational overhead. Cloud Run on GKE provides more control and customizability but introduces the overhead of managing a GKE cluster, which is unnecessary for a simple, low-traffic application and would increase costs. App Engine Flexible offers automatic scaling and serverless characteristics but typically has a higher baseline cost than Cloud Run because instances don't scale completely to zero. Deploying on GKE directly, even with autoscaling, still incurs the cost of maintaining a GKE cluster, and the cluster itself does not scale to zero, making it more expensive than Cloud Run for very low usage.