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What is Google Cloud SQL?
Google Cloud SQL is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) with the capability and functionality of MySQL.
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- Automated backups (22)9.595%
- Database security provisions (22)9.090%
- Database scalability (22)9.090%
- Monitoring and metrics (21)8.585%
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$0
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License - Web
$0.01134
Cloud
per core hour
Storage - for backups
$.08
Cloud
per month per GB
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- No setup fee
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- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is Google Cloud SQL?
Google Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. Google states more than 95% of Google Cloud's top 100 customers use Cloud SQL to run their businesses.
Displays AI/ML-driven insights and recommendations for performance, security, reliability, and cost. Database performance issues are displayed and managed through pre-built dashboards and visual query plans using Cloud SQL Insights. Cloud SQL with Active Assist uses advanced analytics and ML to identify over-provisioned and idle instances in a fleet and sends alerts when they are needed.
Fully managed
Cloud SQL automates backups, replication, patches, encryption, and storage capacity.
Open and standards-based
Cloud SQL supports the most popular open source and commercial engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server with support for extensions, configuration flags, and popular developer tools. The user can create a database with a few clicks in the console and connect an application.
Cost-effectiveness
Users can scale with application growth, customize machine types, and choose different levels of performance and availability, up to a 99.99% availability SLA. Committed use discounts offer additional savings for one to three year commitments.
Intelligent insights and manageability
Gemini in Databases
AI-powered assistance is included to simplify database management. Gemini in Cloud SQL, in preview, enables developers, operators, and database administrators to build applications quickly using natural language, and helps manage, optimize, and govern an entire fleet of databases with a single pane of glass.
Google Cloud SQL Features
Database-as-a-Service Features
- Supported: Database scalability
- Supported: Automated backups
- Supported: Database security provisions
- Supported: Monitoring and metrics
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Google Cloud SQL Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Google Cloud SQL is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) with the capability and functionality of MySQL.
Azure SQL Database, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), and Microsoft SQL Server are common alternatives for Google Cloud SQL.
Reviewers rate Automatic software patching highest, with a score of 9.6.
The most common users of Google Cloud SQL are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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May 14, 2024
Fantastic product !!!
- Reduced cost and effort.
- Improved infrastructure and efficiency.
- Enhanced database performance ensures smoother operations during peak periods boosting customer satisfaction.
- It reduced cost as compared to Amazon RDS
- cost of setting up is easier. It also reduces effort of team migrating data
- The monitoring service is good easy to debug complex queries reducing time to solve critical issues
April 23, 2024
The Default GCP database
- Cost-effective
- Google Cloud SQL reduced operational costs for us significantly.
- Availability
- Google Cloud SQL provides 99.99% uptime.
- Improved intelligent insights.
- Helps to understand and resolve database performance issues through pre-built dashboards
March 29, 2024
Google Cloud SQL - Great Database for Your App
- No need to apply security patch of server running the Google Cloud SQL
- Minor database upgrade using a simple click
- Major database upgrade using a simple click after testing
- Automated backup reduce people effort and time to do DB backup
- Great monitoring allows us visibility to optimize database
- Fast so little time spent setting up.
- Easy to migrate where needed.
- No negative impact really from an ROI perspective.
March 14, 2024
Google Cloud SQL as a Database as a Service.
- Development skills of the team got increased.
- Time spent on maintenance of the database got reduced.
- Number of Infrastructure employees per one customer got reduced.
- We are more focused on our product and data, as it is easy to manage the database on Google Cloud SQL.
- It saved our lot of time since it is easy to migrate.
- It can be cost effective when you are not using the service.
March 12, 2024
Best SQL in market is Google Cloud SQL, hands down!
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- Efficient resource usage and cost optimization can be achieved by scaling up or down as necessary.
- The availability and dependability of databases are improved by capabilities like read replicas and automated failover offered by Google Cloud SQL.
- Google Cloud SQL is a fully-managed service, specialized database administration resources are not as necessary.
- Increase in productivity as it is super easy to use
- Super scalable, low latency
- Reliable
March 06, 2024
Great cloud db offering
- It has allowed us to focus on our product/database and not worry about the infrastructure as much. This is a big benefit for a smaller company with limited resources.
September 01, 2021
Google Cloud SQL is best SQL offering for relational database
- Very good RTO
- Very good RPO
- Read replicas
July 05, 2021
SQL management for everyone
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Does require pre-purchase
- Stop paying when you stop using
- Growing from 1 to 1000 in the click of a button
June 29, 2021
Complete and works very well with GCP
- Affordable
- Integrated with GCP
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
- It has helped us in saving our development time and as a result, our developers focus more on the product.
- Maintaining relational databases in the cloud is easier and more efficient
- Implement automation to manage database provisioning, storage capacity, and other repetitive tasks
- Backups and replication of data can be configured easily
April 30, 2021
Brilliant for data storage, processing, and analysis
- With managed database system, it has given us near 100% data availability
- It has also improved web layer experience with faster processing and authentication using database fields
- Google Cloud SQL also gels up well with Google Analytics and other analytics systems for us to join up different data points and process them for deeper dives and analysis
December 03, 2020
All the functionality of MySQL with added managed support
- Allowed for the storage of Terabytes of data without a lot of developer time, freeing up man hours.
- Less on site storage used
- Centralized data storage
November 30, 2019
Simpler and more reliable database hosting
- Simpler IT administration since database software management is eliminated.
- Lower server requirements since databases are in dedicated instances.
- Higher reliability and uptime.
November 20, 2019
Managed MySQL/PostgreSQL DB infrastructure and clusters
- When first migrated to a cloud environment, the Cloud SQL instance had a higher cost than our former MySQL VM instance, but many other infrastructure costs had also been reduced and the total balance of our migration to the cloud was a reduction of 45% of our infrastructure costs.
- DB performance has increased and maintenance tasks reduced in a high percentage.
- Disaster recovery plans are easier to follow now than before our cloud migration.
October 02, 2017
Google Cloud SQL Review from a daily user
- Saved about 60% from moving to custom SQL instances
- 99% faster deployment = lower cost for deployment in man-hours
- It is hard to add access while doing development on the go.
March 15, 2017
Google Cloud SQL is Crazy Fast
- No need for a dedicated MySQL VM, which saves money.
- Has resulted in faster loading websites, which affects the bottom line.