Google Cloud SQL vs Oracle Database as a Service comparison

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We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and Oracle Database as a Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service Report (Updated: March 2024).
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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn.""It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform.""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.""The solution is easy to use. I am impressed with the tool's features and functionality.""The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly.""Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL.""The initial setup is straightforward.""It supports different databases, like Postgres and MySQL."

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"Oracle DBaaS performs well. It's similar to the MS Store.""The solution is scalable, has support & right incident, and allows easy data recovery.""The most valuable features of the solution are processing, indexing, monitoring, scalability, network, performance of the clustering, clusters, and availability.""The solution is stable.""We value the single data run that the solution provides.""The most valuable feature is the integration into other Oracle applications.""It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.""It's a scalable product."

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Cons
"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.""For data analysis, the AI area of the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""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.""Google Cloud SQL still needs better connectivity to outside, existing data sources.""The customer support should be improved.""In the case of Google, they need to work on a more easy interface for users.""I would like to see better availability of the product in different regions. It should also improve the security with encryption.""The purging of the data could be better."

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"They should add more integration to the solution.""Some of the technical features could be improved. They have a problem with some of the object types. I think this is one of the issues which is needed to be improved.""There is room for improvement in terms of flexibility.""The solution’s pricing could be improved.""Oracle Database as a Service could improve the provisioning. You have to recreate on-premise hardware environments in the cloud, it was not very intuitive.""The tool needs to improve its pricing and stability.""Oracle Database as a Service is very convenient to use. However, we need to know to which schema we want it to connect specifically, and what are the username and password. The solution requires some basic knowledge of SQL RP and SQL Oracle to use it.""There is room for improvement in PL/SQL. It is not user-friendly and it is hard to understand."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing is very much an important factor as to why we use this solution."
  • "It's really cheap. It wouldn't be more than, I believe it's around 50 euro per month for running a cloud SQL."
  • "From a financial perspective, Google Cloud SQL is on the cheaper side."
  • "You need to pay extra costs for backup and replication."
  • "The solution is affordable."
  • "It is not expensive, especially considering the significant reduction in database management time."
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  • "The licensing is a nightmare. Tons of options which need to be licensed individually, and no real offering for VMware or other Hypervisors."
  • "There should be a standard way to license the database in a virtual environment (e.g. VMware) and there should be a low-end version (like Standard Edition One) again."
  • "The price depends on the solution you choose: standard, enterprise, or high performance. For example, enterprise can start between 0.4 an hour up to 1,800. Additional fees also depends on what package you choose. Your feels will be different if you choose the standard, enterprise, high performance, or extreme package. You will pay in relation to what option you ask for. The price is very good if you compare it to other databases."
  • "The pricing may seem expensive, but the value corresponds to the quality of the product."
  • "The pricing is a little bit expensive."
  • "The price of Oracle Database as a Service could be better."
  • "I do not know firsthand about the price of Oracle Database as a Service, but it is known that Oracle solutions tend to be priced higher than competitors."
  • "For on-premises, a perpetual license is a standard $17,500 plus 22% for one year of support."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The implementation part of the product was easy.
    Top Answer:It is not expensive, especially considering the significant reduction in database management time.
    Top Answer:For data analysis, the AI area of the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required.
    Top Answer:It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.
    Top Answer:It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten.
    Top Answer:Improvement in Oracle DBaaS could focus on enhancing performance monitoring and reporting tools. A more streamlined utility tool would be beneficial, reducing the need for manual intervention in… more »
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    Also Known As
    Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud
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    Overview
    Google Cloud SQL is a fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational PostgreSQL and MySQL databases in the cloud. Google Cloud SQL offers high performance, scalability, and convenience. Hosted on Google Cloud Platform, Cloud SQL provides a database infrastructure for applications running anywhere.

    Oracle Database Cloud Service combines the power of Oracle Database, with the unique capabilities of the Oracle Cloud. The service provides a secure, automated data management platform that leverages on demand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via a simple web based user interface and RESTful API. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides elastic database services for development, test, and production environments of custom and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and mixed workload applications. It enables businesses to reap all Oracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) benefits including subscriptionbased, self-service access to reliable, scalable, and elastic cloud environments and accelerates time to value by simplifying the provisioning and administration of Oracle databases.

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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Retailer9%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company26%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government7%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business15%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise72%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 15 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. 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 Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud Spanner. See our Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.

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