Google Cloud SQL Valuable Features
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 significant control and flexibility.
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Victor Danso
Database Engineer at Springer Nature
The most valuable feature for us is the Postgres on Google Cloud SQL since it supports most of the features we need. Compared to MSSQL on Google Cloud SQL, there are several features unavailable in MSSQL. For example, changing core features like the time zone is difficult after setting up the server. In PostgreSQL, those challenges are minimized.
View full review »Google Cloud SQL is easy to start with and allows me to scale as needed, which is advantageous from a developer perspective. It offers a no-brainer option for development and release solutions.
From a database management perspective, it provides services without the need for me to worry about backups, scaling, or other operational issues. Automated scaling is available to enhance performance when traffic increases, making it a reliable choice.
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July 2025

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LijomonJose
System Architect at UST Global España
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.
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NikolayBachvarov
Software Architect at AIOPS group
Google Cloud SQL provides SQL storage.
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Ricki Firman
IT Infrastructure Manager at Linuxfault
What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications.
View full review »The solution is easy to use. I am impressed with the tool's features and functionality.
View full review »It supports different databases, like Postgres and MySQL. It allows you even to migrate data from one DB to another one, for example, from MySQL to Postgres, et cetera.
The solution is stable and reliable.
It's a scalable product.
The solution has been issue-free.
View full review »The product’s automatic scaling feature is particularly advantageous for accommodating large volumes of data. Additionally, the query insights provide valuable analytics for optimizing performance and identifying potential issues.
It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform, which is why we chose the platform over hosting our own servers.
View full review »We are focusing on data pipeline creation and data migration. It involves continuous streaming of data from one place to Google Cloud to be analyzed immediately.
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Javier Orellana
SCRUM Master at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
The speed is very good.
It's useful in terms of the simplicity of doing backups.
You can have redundant databases for reports, for posts, for example.
It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn.
I like the cloud aspect.
The pricing of the solution seems reasonable.
The solution is stable.
Google seems to be working on a data lake solution, and we are happy with that.
View full review »We are using standard SQLs features only, so we don't use any very specific feature assets.
One feature we've found pretty interesting was their support, which is multi-region support. They have good multi-region failure support, and we can just set up there and read replicas directly and we can fall back. We are quite pleased with the results.
The initial setup is straightforward.
It's stable.
The solution can scale.
View full review »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.
View full review »In terms of most valuable features - its ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL, and obviously its availability all the time.
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. I can start a release model experiment on a thousand people, and if that experiment is a success I can run it on a million people, and the whole analysis doesn't require any changes so it's scalable that way. It's much more cost-sensitive. It's not that costly for me to do it.
View full review »The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly.
View full review »It's all built into the web browser, so any operating system will work. It's easy to manage. They help me take care of the replication data backups and software upgrades, updates and so on. They take care of everything.
I no longer need experts in database management. When I say database management, I don't mean SQL commands and which command is better or which query is better constructed. The database management in terms of memory, configuration, disc space, archiving, back-ups, replication problems, updates and so on. So, I no longer need someone or a team of people sitting around, taking care of my database infrastructure. I only have Google for that.
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- Read replicas
- Integration with other GCP services
The valuable feature of Google Cloud SQL is its high availability option, allowing for the selection of two backups and two databases. This ensures minimal downtime, adhering to SLAs that guarantee the database will not be down for over a few seconds.
Buyer's Guide
Google Cloud SQL
July 2025

Learn what your peers think about Google Cloud SQL. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: July 2025.
861,524 professionals have used our research since 2012.