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Google Cloud Datastore vs. Google Cloud Spanner

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Datastore
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Datastore is a NoSQL "schemaless" database as a service, supporting diverse data types. The database is managed; Google manages sharding and replication and prices according to storage and activity.N/A
Google Cloud Spanner
Score 5.6 out of 10
N/A
Google Cloud Spanner is a cloud database-as-a-service product offered as a service on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).N/A
Pricing
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
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Offerings
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Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
Considered Both Products
Google Cloud Datastore
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Google Cloud Datastore
As stated before, we eventually chose Google Cloud Datastore because we were already leveraging other Google Cloud services like VMs, Cloud Runs, logging etc. MySQL and MongoDB were possible alternatives, but we preferred to lock in to the Google ecosystem.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Google Cloud Datastore
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 …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Google Cloud Datastore
If deploying an application in Google Cloud Platform, using Google Cloud Datastore is a no brainer because of the simplicity of setup. Other options would require more setup and configuration, and do not come with the same level of guaranteed uptime as Google Cloud Datastore. …
Google Cloud Spanner
Anson Abraham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anson Abraham
Data Czar
Chose Google Cloud Spanner
Spanner scales quickly compared to Amazon RDS. Azure Database is about the same as well. MongoDB can scale to horizontal scalability, however, because Mongo doesn't support full ACID, Spanner comes into that aspect. GCP Cloud SQL not as scalable as Spanner. Spanner has …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Google Cloud Spanner
At that point, we were looking at something [that] can hold our relational database, [...] provide stable connection, and maintain high ACID transition. BigTable is for nonrelational database so it was out of our [sight] very quickly. BigQuery is a data warehouse that can hold …
Features
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
NoSQL Databases
Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Datastore
8.4
Ratings
2% below category average
Google Cloud Spanner
-
Ratings
Performance10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Availability7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Concurrency9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Security9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scalability10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Data model flexibility4.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility9.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Database-as-a-Service
Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Datastore
-
Ratings
Google Cloud Spanner
7.8
Ratings
8% below category average
Automatic software patching00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Database scalability00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Automated backups00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Database security provisions00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings5.80 Ratings
Automatic host deployment00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
Small Businesses
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
IBM Cloudant
IBM Cloudant
Score 7.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
Likelihood to Recommend
6.0
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7.4
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
7.0
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User Testimonials
Google Cloud DatastoreGoogle Cloud Spanner
Likelihood to Recommend
If you want a serverless NoSQL database, no matter it is for personal use, or for company use, Google Cloud Datastore should be on top of your list, especially if you are using Google Cloud as your primary cloud platform. It integrates with all services in the Google Cloud platform.
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Anonymous
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If you have a large relational database and it is growing fast on daily basis, and if you have a strong need in ACID across all your clusters, and most importantly, if you need to maintain high availability in a large region, Google Cloud Spanner can be a very good choice.
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Pros
  • Automatically handles shards and replication.
  • Schema-less & NoSQL.
  • Fully managed.
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  • Super high availability
  • Scales automatically
  • High standard SLA
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Cons
  • It is hosted on GCP, which makes it harder if your company have multi-cloud strategy.
  • When you want to migrate to other cloud providers, there can be a caveat.
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  • Support for Views
  • Support for more databases (schemas).
  • More index types that can be supported (Functional)
  • Backups (ie table/data backup) if data is deleted or truncate by accident.
Anson Abraham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anson Abraham
Data Czar
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Anonymous
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Usability
The simple implementation, together with the Google Cloud dashboard that allows data inspection, editing and querying, makes Google Cloud Datastore a comprehensive choice when it comes to NoSQL databases.
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Alternatives Considered
As stated before, we eventually chose Google Cloud Datastore because we were already leveraging other Google Cloud services like VMs, Cloud Runs, logging etc. MySQL and MongoDB were possible alternatives, but we preferred to lock in to the Google ecosystem.
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Anonymous
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Spanner scales quickly compared to Amazon RDS. Azure Database is about the same as well. MongoDB can scale to horizontal scalability, however, because Mongo doesn't support full ACID, Spanner comes into that aspect. GCP Cloud SQL not as scalable as Spanner. Spanner has more functionality than MongoDB and Amazon RDS & Azure Databases.
Anson Abraham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anson Abraham
Data Czar
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Return on Investment
  • It solves our NoSQL database problem.
  • It it highly scalable and available to meets our needs.
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  • Backups specifically if transactional data is deleted. Restoring made us lose time.
  • Sharding on Horizontal level was quick and easy. Deployment and increasing nodes is easy
  • Large dataset handling.
  • ACID compliance
Anson Abraham | TrustRadius Reviewer
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Data Czar
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