Google Cloud SQL Review from a daily user
October 02, 2017

Google Cloud SQL Review from a daily user

Kristian Hareland | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud SQL

We have been using it mainly whenever we need structured data.

Use case:
- Historical pricing of products (Archive)
  • Super easy to set up: new instance -> Authorization -> play
  • Automatic backup every night! (Keeps past 7 days as copy as well)
  • Automatic failover, in case your main SQL instance fails, they automatically switch you over.
  • It could be cheaper. Definitely cheaper.
  • It could provide more information about failovers.
  • It could allow you to customize more.
  • Saved about 60% from moving to custom SQL instances
  • 99% faster deployment = lower cost for deployment in man-hours
  • It is hard to add access while doing development on the go.
I don't know to be honest, but I think ease of use is their #1 feature.
When you need relational storage.
Not when you need warehousing.

Google Cloud SQL Feature Ratings

Automatic software patching
9
Database scalability
7
Automated backups
10
Database security provisions
8
Monitoring and metrics
7
Automatic host deployment
5

Using Google Cloud SQL

3 - Developers in general
1 - We have a dedicated google products engineer
  • Ease of use data storage (ie, demos)
  • Relational data
  • Data that needs easy backup
  • For queue services that do not require high load.
  • Demos
  • Simple access systems
  • Secret
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Evaluating Google Cloud SQL and Competitors

Yes - It replaced a normal instance of a MySQL service on the servers and added a really good performance. It replaced regular instances of VPS with mysql and Apache.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Vendor Reputation
I would have used a failover from the start.