Amazon RDS vs Google Cloud Datastore | TrustRadius

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Score 9.1 out of 10

Based on 107 reviews and ratings

Score 8 out of 10

Based on 18 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Amazon RDS

Google Cloud Datastore

Automatic software patching

Database scalability

Automated backups

Database security provisions

Monitoring and metrics

Automatic host deployment

Amazon RDS

Google Cloud Datastore

Performance

Availability

Concurrency

Security

Scalability

Data model flexibility

Deployment model flexibility

Pros

For engineers with experience managing databases, setup is simple. And for the uninitiated, the RDS console interface becomes intuitive with some practice.
Not having the maintain the underlying infrastructure is a great benefit of using RDS. Patching and backups can be scheduled from the console and from then on are pretty much automated.
Right-sizing the DB instance to perform optimally with an application can be a very simple procedure. If a DB instance is not struggling to keep up, the instance size can be scaled up with just a few clicks.
Baseline configurations are generally sane for most RDS instances. This allows novice developers and engineers to get the most out of the service without being a complete database administrator.

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Michael Jenkins

Senior Systems Reliability Engineer

The Walt Disney CompanyEntertainment, 10,001+ employees

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It is hosted in GCP, our primary cloud provider.
It integrates with all the services we use in GCP.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

There should be a proper listing of all parameter groups alongside the instances that they are attached to. This would help to see which instances would be affected if a parameter group is changed.
RDS should allow SUPER privilege to the master user. A few advanced tasks(like getting a physical backup using MySQL Enterprise Backup) fail because SUPER privilege is not available for the master user.
A few parameters are not modifiable in the parameter groups and the access to the server filesystem is not given. This should not be the case because as an advanced user, you might want to understand things a little deeper.

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Software Developer

ezDIHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees

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Google's support is not the best; most of the time, you would be scrambling to talk to someone but would end up with long email chains with support.
Better querying features are needed.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Google Cloud Datastore 9.5

Based on 3 answers

For the amount of use we're getting from Google Cloud Datastore, switching to any other platform would have more cost with little gain. Not having to manage and maintain Google Cloud Datastore for over 4 years has allowed our teams to work on other things. The price is so low that almost any other option for our needs would be far more expensive in time and money.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Internet Company, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Amazon RDS 8.8

Based on 5 answers

The vast majority of things you'd want to do in Amazon Relational Database Service are simple to accomplish and remarkably consistent across database engines. Pricing, scalability and monitoring are easy to configure. If I had one complaint, it's that database engine specific features are not well documented in AWS, requiring reading external documentation in order to use some database systems to the fullest. But for most use cases, the defaults available in AWS are simple, easy to use, and good enough.

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Verified User

Professional in Information Technology

Human Resources Company, 51-200 employees

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Google Cloud Datastore 6.0

Based on 1 answer

Google Cloud Datastore is a fully managed, schemaless database for storing non-relational data. You should feel at home if you are familiar with relational databases, but there are some key differences to be aware of to make the most of using Datastore.The goal of Google Cloud is to provide an API that is comfortable to Rubyists. Your authentication credentials are detected automatically in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including Google Compute Engine (GCE), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google App Engine (GAE), Google Cloud Functions (GCF) and Cloud Run. In other environments you can configure authentication easily, either directly in your code or via environment variables.

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FrontEnd Development Engineer

Genius Systems Pvt. LtdInternet, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Amazon RDS 8.9

Based on 25 answers

The product is fairly straight forward to use, and staff as well as knowledge base is pretty good for getting answers you may need. The product is a great, flexible alternative to adding to one's own in-house infrastructure. It's especially useful for environments that you aren't sure about the overall long term need. Amazon Relational Database Service is great for environments that once you determine the long term need, can be maintained by Amazon.

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President, Principal

Klaxon IT SolutionsHospital & Health Care, 11-50 employees

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Google Cloud Datastore 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Due to timezone differences, we have had issues contacting Google Support, but [we] were able to get our issues and queries solved by the next business day.

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FrontEnd Development Engineer

Genius Systems Pvt. LtdInternet, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Amazon Relational Database Service will probably give you everything you need from a traditional manual DB setup, except everything is managed for you. The only downside is having to pay the premium for the service; however, the trade-off of not having to deal with the intricacies involved with database administration, make it well worth it for most.

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Gabriel Samaroo

Senior Software Engineer

RocketripComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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We selected Google Cloud Datastore as one of our candidates for our NoSQL data is because it is provided by Google Cloud, which fits our needs. Most of our infrastructure is on Google Cloud, so when we think about the NoSQL database, the first thing we thought about is Google Cloud Datastore. And it proves itself.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 10,001+ employees

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Return on Investment

Switching back to RDS from Redshift has made my BI Dashboards much more performant (though again, we're not dealing with data in the magnitudes that justify the Redshift toolset).
It has decreased our tech debt. Engineering has been much more straight forward.
Our uptime has been improved by removing unnecessary data migration processes.

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Senior Project Manager

OnMetricInternet, 11-50 employees

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You don't need a dedicated DevOps guy to manage your database. Everything happens at the click of a button on the dashboard.
Less amount of time spent on configuration and more time on actual development.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

Free to try. Pay only for what you use with no minimum fee.

Amazon RDS Editions & Modules

Edition

Amazon RDS for MySQL	$0.29 ($0.58)¹
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL	$0.24 ($0.48)¹
Amazon RDS for MariaDB	$0.25 ($0.50)¹
Amazon RDS for Oracle	$0.482 ($0.964)¹
Amazon RDS for SQL Server	$1.02 ($1.52)¹

per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Google Cloud Datastore Editions & Modules

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Rating Summary

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