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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Google Cloud SQL

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AGoogle Cloud SQL is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) with the capability and functionality of MySQL.

    $0

    per core hour

    Quickbase

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AQuickbase helps users tackle any project, no matter how complex. Quickbase helps customers see, connect and control complex projects. Whether it’s raising a skyscraper or coordinating vaccine rollouts, the no-code software platform allows business users to custom fit solutions to the way they work – using information from across the systems they already have.

    $700

    per month

    Pricing
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Editions & Modules
    License - Express
    $0
    per core hour
    License - Web
    $0.01134
    per core hour
    Storage - for backups
    $.08
    per month per GB
    HA Storage - for backups
    $.08
    per month per GB
    Storage - HDD storage capacity
    $.09
    per month per GB
    License - Standard
    $0.13
    per core hour
    Storage - SSD storage capacity
    $.17
    per month per GB
    HA Storage - HDD storage capacity
    $.18
    per month per GB
    HA Storage - SSD storage capacity
    $.34
    per month per GB
    License - Enterprise
    $0.47
    per core hour
    Memory
    $5.11
    per month per GB
    HA Memory
    $10.22
    per month per GB
    vCPUs
    $30.15
    per month per vCPU
    HA vCPUs
    $60.30
    per month per vCPU
    Enterprise
    Full Customizable
    per month/billed annually
    Business
    Starting at $2,200
    per month
    Team
    Started at $700
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPricing varies with editions, engine, and settings, including how much storage, memory, and CPU you provision. Cloud SQL offers per-second billing.Quickbase offers three key plans, with feature distinction, simple and consistent entitlements, and a flexible licensing model, giving users the option of either user based or usage based licensing across all 3 plans.
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    Community Pulse
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Considered Both Products
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Quickbase
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    32 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    141 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    32 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    122 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    32 Answers
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    142 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    106 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    29 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    107 Answers
    Features
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Google Cloud SQL and Quickbase
    Feature
    Google Cloud SQL
    8.9
    35 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Quickbase
    -
    Ratings
    Automatic software patching9.612 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database scalability8.635 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated backups8.735 Ratings00 Ratings
    Database security provisions8.535 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics9.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Small Businesses
    MongoDB Atlas
    Score7.8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Azure Database
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Microsoft Project Server
    Score5.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google BigQuery
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Planview PPM Pro
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (35 ratings)
    7.5
    (521 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.9
    (54 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (17 ratings)
    8.4
    (40 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    7.4
    (44 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (22 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.3
    (12 ratings)
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (15 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (10 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Google Cloud SQLQuickbase
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Google
    Does what it promises well, for instance, as a sidecar for the main enterprise data warehouse. However, I would not recommend using it as the main data warehouse, particularly due to the heavy business logic, as other dedicated tools are more suitable for ensuring scalable operations in terms of change management and multi-developer adjustments.
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    I no longer think that Quickbase is the way of the future. They do not fix major bugs in a timely manner, and are releasing basic functionality behind a paywall. I believe that Enterprise Level Tier should be given certain things, like SLAs on Support and up-time. However, as a low-code no-code platform the majority of the accounts, "builders", and users are not going to be able to justify the cost of an Enterprise Tier Plan, and won't be able to use the features that Quickbase continues to advertise.
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    Pros
    Google
    • It has a easily and user understandable interface which provides it every necessary feature to come up with.
    • It's backend is very strong that can help us to run big quieres without any hesitation.
    • It's integration with other tools are one of the powerful feature which makes it more suitable to use.
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    • Rapidly bring new ideas to life
    • Great authentication and authorization system out of the box
    • Connects with many major third-party services (via Pipelines)
    • Reporting and Dashboards are awesome
    • Excellent emails notification system to keep us in the loop when data changes
    • Intuitive UI for building forms and reports
    • Nice playground to test new ideas
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Google
    • Increasing support for more database engines may enable a wider range of application needs to be met.
    • Implementing and updating cutting-edge security features on a constant basis.
    • Streamlining and enhancing the tools for transferring data to Google Cloud SQL from on-premises databases or other cloud providers.
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    Quickbase
    • I'd like to see a link on email notices that take you directly into said notice. On an app that only has 1 or 2 email notices firing, there's no issue. However, we have some tools that are so complex that they have about 20 email notices firing at any given time based on the action users take. In this case, if we have to go in to modify a notice, we have to guess or scroll down the long list of notices to see which one we need to customize. It would be great if Quickbase had the URL of said notice somewhere at the footer of that notice so when Administrators click on it, it takes them into the exact notice they need to update.
    • When filling out or reviewing a lengthy form, I'd like to see the Save & close button, as well as a Save & next option at the bottom of the form rather than having to scroll back up to the top of those forms just to click on those choices.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Google
    It fits the current needs and bandwith of out lean organization.
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    For our use-case of QuickBase, there really aren't any other products out there that can offer us the same out-of-the-box solutions they provide to us. We're also so integrated with it in our daily processes that to move away from it abruptly would cause mass chaos, so it's going to be renewed for at least the next several years.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Google
    As with other cloud tools, users must learn a new terminology to navigate the various tools and configurations, and understand Google Cloud's configuration structure to perform even the most basic operations. So the learning curve is quite steep, but after a few months, it gets easier to maintain.
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    Quick Base has done everything we have asked it to do and then some. Our original goal was to have one system for CRM that encompassed both the sales process and the customer management. We have gone w-a-y beyond that with analytics, project management, system bug logging, and historical effort reporting.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    Once we did get Quick Base configured and customized it was reliably available when we needed it. We may have had one or two occasions when the product was inaccessible but those were few. The greatest challenge with its availability was its difficulty with integrating with our systems.
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    Some of our tables that hold over a million records are starting to perform poorly, with some summaries taking over 20 seconds to load. This may be an indication that it is best to archive old data when reaching large volumes like this.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Google
    GCP support in general requires a support agreement. For small organizations like us, this is not affordable or reasonable. It would help if Google had a support mechanism for smaller organizations. It was a steep learning curve for us because this was our first entry into the cloud database world. Better documentation also would have helped.
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    If you utilize the community, the support is amazing. Unfortunately, I find their actual support system a bit underwhelming. They don't seem to have a great process for interacting directly with an issue and often sweep significant issues under the rug by categorizing them as "Enhancement" ideas or legacy items.
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    In-Person Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    It is very easy to get training from their University portal and still if we don't know their, then we can ask their support too.
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    Online Training
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    Quick Base already is having a separate portal of providing training to customers and it is very easy to use and updates as per the new features added in to the application
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    Implementation Rating
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    I was not directly involved with the initial account implementation, only a bystander. For the app I directly implemented for my department only, I wish I had know to create an app diagram first. I don't remember if that was suggested. I think that would be a great help tip tool when a new app is created, to have a page with a check list of what is needed or how to get started. If you are a regular app builder, then you can bypass it or have the ability to turn it off in the app settings.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Google
    Unlike other products, Google Cloud SQL has very flexible features that allow it to be selected for a free trial account so that the product can be analyzed and tested before purchasing it. Integration capabilities with most of the web services tools are easier regarding Google Cloud SQL with its nature and support.
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    Quickbase
    Well, there's a plethora of low-code tools out on the marketplace and, you know, there's a reason that we've decided to partner with QuickBase because it has all the right balance of the ability to integrate with the ability for a citizen developer to create apps successfully. So if you look at something like Zo Ho's low-code offering, for example, yes, there are some similarities there, but they're really dependent on all of their other licensed products to get you where you want to be, where with QuickBase you have the ability to truly create something custom.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    It has evolved really well with our company, but there is a hard limit to the table size that has begun to affect us and not let us grow. The table size limit is set at 500 MB and we have had to jump through quite a few hoops to be able to get by.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Quickbase
    For clients we use Qucik base to develop application
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Google
    • Improved integration with Google Cloud, we have set up some automations with Google Workspace, and we have noticed that the raw data sharing between them is very fast as compared to using some other managed database, not sure why.
    • Due to some downtime during maintenance, we had to set up a relatively small service which ingested the data while this went down and dumped it when it came back up. So this was a negative impact on our ROI, since now we had to remedy this downtime against the same profit margins
    • It was cheaper than the legacy aws service since we needed large database instances
    Incentivized
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    Quickbase
    • ROI is HUGE. Our company saved over 3.5 million in one year alone based on developments that year in Quickbase that saved time for many teams
    • Less user error - implementing automations and standardized workflows has led to less user error as was previously seen by maintaining spreadsheets or Smartsheets
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    ScreenShots

    Google Cloud SQL Screenshots

    Screenshot of migrating to a fully managed database solution - Self-managing a database, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server, can be inefficient and expensive, with significant effort around patching, hardware maintenance, backups, and tuning. Migrating to a fully managed solution can be done using a Database Migration Service with minimal downtime.Screenshot of data-driven application development - Cloud SQL accelerates application development via integration with the larger ecosystem of Google Cloud services, Google partners, and the open source community.