Google Cloud SQL vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service comparison

Google and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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91% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud SQL

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database as a Service (DBaaS) (6th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (9th)

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Open Source Databases (10th), Relational Databases Tools (13th)

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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Roberto Stern

Director at Adamos Tecnologia

Efficiently manages extensive datasets with rapid connections and wide tool support

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is easy to manage and install. It does not require a DBA for management. The connections are very fast and it supports several thousand users simultaneously without any issues. New connections do not hang server operations. As soon as new releases are put out, they work as expected. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is supported by every vendor and tool, including architectural, integration, and generation tools, offering wide protocol support. This makes Oracle MySQL Cloud Service a valuable solution.

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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

"The product is scalable."

"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly."

"It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform."

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

"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."

"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."

"The most valuable feature for us is the Postgres on Google Cloud SQL since it supports most of the features we need."

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"The stability of the solution is very good. I wouldn't have used it for the past seven years if I was not satisfied."

"The product is easy to learn."

"Overall, I rate Oracle MySQL Cloud Service as a nine out of ten."

"MySQL is very stable and works beautifully with large amounts of data."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"It is an established open-source database with a vast array of resources available, ensuring you can learn everything needed."

"The product is good for tuning."

"The solution overall is very, very good. It's got good integration with other databases and adds new features often."

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Cons

"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."

"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 purging of the data could be better."

"It is hard to do logging with the solution."

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

"To create a seamless data integration, the title integration of these databases with the data integration platforms is essential. This is what we would like to have in a future release."

"They could improve documentation and dashboard stability for efficient user experience and database management."

"Google Cloud SQL still needs better connectivity to outside, existing data sources."

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"The solution should offer memory management."

"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service's scalability is an area of concern that can be better."

"There could be improvements, particularly in Firebird, where the indexing is limited to just a single B-tree index, leading to poor performance for large-scale queries."

"The support is not that great. They're not really supporting directly anymore and relying on experts to figure out technical issues."

"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions."

"The product has many bugs."

"They could include more advanced features like clustering and replication in the Oracle databases."

"There might be minor improvements, however, I can’t identify any particular areas for improvement at the moment."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"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."

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

"The solution is affordable."

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

"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."

"It is an open-source product."

"The license is expensive."

"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."

"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."

"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."

"The product is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

13%

Educational Organization

University

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	9
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	2
Large Enterprise	11

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Google Cloud SQL?

The implementation part of the product was easy.

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

We have set up automated patch management for Google Cloud SQL, and it does on a daily basis what needs to be done, so it is pretty good overall for maintaining our database security.

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud SQL?

Sometimes the sharing with third parties or configuring that in Google Cloud SQL is not the most intuitive. From a user perspective, if Google Cloud SQL integrated AI directly into the query so tha...

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What do you like most about Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service handles data easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

I have never paid for the full version of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service. We use the free version or the version available in RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ) from AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-review...

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What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions. Although it targets Linux and UNIX environments, its performance is not as optimized on Windows platfo...

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Compared 19% of the time

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Compared 18% of the time

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Compared 14% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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Compared 13% of the time

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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.

Google

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service delivers a secure, cost-effective and enterprise-grade MySQL database service. Built on MySQL Enterprise Edition and powered by the Oracle Cloud, it provides a simple, automated, integrated and enterprise ready MySQL cloud service, enabling organizations to increase business agility and reduce costs.

Oracle

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