Google Cloud SQL vs Oracle Database as a Service comparison

Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud SQL

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Database as a Service

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

5th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud SQL is 13.2%, down from 18.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database as a Service is 9.1%, up from 8.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Featured Reviews

Prathap Sankar

Analytics Delivery Manager at Tredence Inc.

Gain control and flexibility with customizable tools but has slower performance

I am majorly working in Google Cloud SQL for building my applications Google Cloud SQL provides complete customization options, along with a dashboarding tool and a comprehensive suite of tools that can be used to customize and build any application needed. The deployment model allows for…

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Duy AnhMai

Product Owner at Heineken

Offers security and good performance

Price-wise, the tool is expensive, and I feel it is an area where improvements are needed. Oracle Database as a Service is not as popular as other tools because we use AWS and GCP. Oracle is okay in terms of performance for banking businesses and some big companies. As I use the tool in Heineken, I know Oracle is an okay security solution. We use and deploy some applications and features from Oracle that are better than what others offer. The data in the tool is actually stored in the production part, so it is always kept a secret. I don't think that AI has been integrated into the tool. The AI used by Oracle is not as strong as that used by AWS. I recommend the tool to others, especially banking, finance, and insurance companies where the security needs to be better. There is maintenance for the tool required, but I don't know which company does it for our organization. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It supports different databases, like Postgres and MySQL."

"Google Cloud SQL enhances our AI-driven projects by providing features like query optimization and scalability for efficiently processing large datasets."

"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."

"Google Cloud SQL is easy to start with and allows me to scale as needed, which is advantageous from a developer perspective."

"It directly provides robust data safety. It also offers various other storage options, such as Google Cloud Storage. These services ensure data security and redundancy. Furthermore, it includes different storage classes, allowing flexible data management tailored to specific needs."

"From a database management perspective, it provides services without the need for me to worry about backups, scaling, or other operational issues."

"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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"We are using Oracle Database as a Service mainly for pulling out audit reports."

"Not only does it provide a mature, reliable solution for DR. It also helps if application owners need to look into data which is a couple of hours old, using Flashback Database on the standby database."

"It is very easy to use."

"We have the ability to build several solutions to according to the requirements of our users."

"The scalability and high availability are the most valuable features of Oracle DaaS."

"The functionality is good."

"The most valuable aspects of the solution are the general database system resilience and security."

"I like the solution’s performance and real application concepts."

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Cons

"I am yet to explore a lot of features that are present in this solution. However, it would be good if more documentation is available for this solution. This would help us in preparing for the certification exam and understand it better. Currently, we don't have much documentation. We do the labs for 20 or 25 minutes, but we can't capture and download anything."

"The customer support should be improved."

"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."

"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."

"I would like to see better integration with all the different tools on the platform."

"I would appreciate more flexibility with specific extensions applicable to engines like PostgreSQL."

"The product's user interface could be more user-friendly to improve the overall user experience."

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"Some bugs could be fixed. There have been some internal software bugs, just like any other newly released software. These bugs gets fixed by patch updates from Oracle on regular basis."

"Oracle DBaaS could be compatible with more platforms."

"Oracle Database as a Service is difficult to set up. They should make it easier."

"I would like to see improvements in the license cost. The solution is subscription-based for PaaS services. You need to buy your own authorized license."

"Oracle Database as a Service could improve the performance when monitoring."

"The initial setup is complex. This is not a really easy solution. It is very large, so it's hard to install, but it's not impossible."

"It doesn't have an in-built database load balancer."

"It would be beneficial if Oracle could offer features similar to those provided by open-source platforms like Postgres, such as a multi-core-based platform and a shared node database."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is affordable."

"While the platform’s pricing may be higher, it aligns with industry standards, considering the quality of service and features provided."

"The pricing is very much an important factor as to why we use this solution."

"From a financial perspective, Google Cloud SQL is on the cheaper side."

"You need to pay extra costs for backup and replication."

"It's really cheap. It wouldn't be more than, I believe it's around 50 euro per month for running a cloud SQL."

"It is not expensive, especially considering the significant reduction in database management time."

"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."

"The product is expensive."

"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 of Oracle Database as a Service could be better."

"Oracle Database as a Service is always a bit costly, but it's an excellent service. My company used the on-premises version, and that was costly."

"It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing an eight out of ten."

"The cost for Oracle Database as a Service is higher than that for other similar solutions."

"What has been done is that an annual subscription model has been launched, which includes the payment of both the AML (Annual Maintenance Fee) and the subscription fee, paid on a yearly basis."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

23%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud SQL?

The implementation part of the product was easy.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud SQL?

The cost is expensive, especially for services like BigQuery, which charge based on query operations. We pay as we use, with no fixed cost.

What needs improvement with Google Cloud SQL?

Google Cloud SQL needs to improve its support for high-end I/O operations. On-prem systems with high I/O capabilities perform better, as Google Cloud SQL takes more time to handle the same tasks. T...

What do you like most about Oracle Database as a Service?

It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?

The setup cost is approximately four hours.

What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?

With the advent of generative AI, adding functionality where current administrative activities could be automated would be beneficial. This would help accelerate processes.If we are able to add thi...

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Comparisons

Compared 36% of the time

Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 36% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 13% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 4% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 2% of the time

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Amazon RDS vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 44% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 13% of the time

Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 11% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 7% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 6% of the time

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Also Known As

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Oracle DBaaS, Oracle Database Cloud

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.

Google

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.

Oracle

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Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service