Google Cloud SQL vs TiDB Cloud comparison

Google and PingCAP are both solutions in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category. Google is ranked #6 with an average rating of 7.8, while PingCAP is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0. Google holds a 8.5% mindshare in DS, compared to PingCAP’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Google users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of PingCAP users who would recommend it.

Google Cloud SQL

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100% willing to recommend

TiDB Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and TiDB Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service (DBaaS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Google Cloud SQL

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

6th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Relational Databases Tools (19th), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (6th)

TiDB Cloud

Ranking in Database as a Service (DBaaS)

16th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category, the mindshare of Google Cloud SQL is 8.5%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of TiDB Cloud is 0.9%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database as a Service (DBaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Google Cloud SQL	8.5%
TiDB Cloud	0.9%
Other	90.6%

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Victor Danso

Database Engineer at Springer Nature

Migration to cloud eases management but needs better support for high I/O operations

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. There is also difficulty in changing the time zone after the database is set up. Moreover, some features available in MSSQL on-prem are missing on Google Cloud SQL, affecting migration potential.

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Zaid Shaikh

Software Engineer at Hinge Health, Inc.

Helps to collect and analyze metrics and is useful for monitoring user engagement

If you are using a product managed by a cloud provider, such as AWS or Google Cloud, you benefit from various management tools. For instance, AWS offers CloudWatch for tracking metrics, while Google Cloud provides Time Series Insights. These tools are managed by the cloud providers. As an end user, you primarily need to pay for the service, and the cloud provider handles most of the management tasks. If you choose to use open-source tools like Prometheus, you will need to manage them yourself. It's a trade-off between convenience and cost. Opting for a managed service means you pay more but have less management overhead. On the other hand, using open-source solutions can reduce costs but requires you to handle the entire management of the infrastructure and database, such as ensuring uptime and provisioning resources. TiDB Cloud offers a reliable, managed solution that ensures availability and performance without the hassle of self-management.

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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."

"The deployment model allows for significant control and flexibility."

"Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL."

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

"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."

"It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn."

"Google Cloud SQL is highly scalable."

"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."

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"TiDB selections are fast, and it handles collections and solutions well. Vertical and horizontal scaling are also good features."

"TiDB Cloud has a broader scope that offers multiple services. It can be compared to major cloud providers like AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP."

Cons

"The purging of the data could be better."

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

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

"The performance compared to AWS is not as fast, and the technical support could be better as they don't have a dedicated team, but mostly AI handles the support now."

"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."

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

"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."

"In the case of Google, they need to work on a more easy interface for users."

More Google Cloud SQL cons

"If you are using a product managed by a cloud provider, such as AWS or Google Cloud, you benefit from various management tools."

"There should be the ability to replicate auto-increment sequences from the production environment to the disaster recovery environment."

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."

"The solution is affordable."

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

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

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

11%

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

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TiDB Cloud?

It's open source.

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What needs improvement with TiDB Cloud?

While using TiDB Cloud, I noticed things I don't like as a developer. For instance, it doesn't support functions and procedures, which Oracle and other databases do. This means that for table-to-ta...

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What is your primary use case for TiDB Cloud?

Silverlake Axis has a core banking and loan product called SILK, used by most banks in Southeast Asia, like in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The new product I'm working on, Mobius, is a replac...

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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

Unleash the power of AI-generated SQL and Serverless HTAP in a single cloud-native database. Experience real-time analytics and elastic scaling, all in a fully managed service.
Elastically and transparently scale to hundreds of nodes for critical workloads without changing business logic.
Use what you know about SQL – maintain your relational model and global ACID transactions while coping with your hybrid workloads at ease.
Equipped with built-in high performance analytics engine to analyze operational data without using an ETL.

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