We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and IBM Db2 on Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform."
"I found its storage and security to be the most valuable. It was a good experience. It is also very stable and scalable, and its support is perfect."
"The implementation part of the product was easy."
"Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."
"Its most valuable feature is that it's scalable. I can start off with a base of a lot of data and move as much as I want and it's the same as if asked to do a lot of infrastructure changes."
"This is a stable solution and offers good performance."
"The reliability is the most valuable feature. It is also user-friendly."
"The most vulnerable problem with Google SQL is that while you can customize your access control list, it provides you with a public IP address."
"I would like to see better availability of the product in different regions. It should also improve the security with encryption."
"The only thing that could be better is the pricing."
"I would like to see better integration with all the different tools on the platform."
"Google's technical support is good, but they tend to never reopen a case and to send us snippets from the publicly available documentation. It's not as helpful as you would expect, not just for Google Cloud SQL but for all of Google Cloud products."
"The customer support should be improved."
"For data analysis, the AI area of the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"Google Cloud SQL still needs better connectivity to outside, existing data sources."
"I would give their support a ten if they had more tutorials available."
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Google Cloud SQL is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews while IBM Db2 on Cloud is ranked 12th in Database as a Service. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while IBM Db2 on Cloud is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud SQL writes "An easy-to-use solution with good features and functionality ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 on Cloud writes "Reliable and user-friendly ". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service and Yugabyte Platform, whereas IBM Db2 on Cloud is most compared with SQL Azure and Amazon RDS.
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