Item: Google Cloud SQL
Rating: 8
Author: Petrus A. Pavoni Gomes

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it as the main SQL database for our SaaS. The server is hosted on Cloud Run (serverless) and connect direcly using private IP inside the VPC.
It supports high availability and read replicas, as Pitr backup recovery and logs/metrics integrated to Google Cloud monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Pitr backups
High availability
Read replicas
Log and monitoring

SSL certificates are self signed, most services dont support them
Cant query high availability replicas [in my experience]

Return on Investment

Affordable
Integrated with GCP

Key Insights

Do you think Google Cloud SQL delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Google Cloud SQL's feature set?

Yes

Did Google Cloud SQL live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Google Cloud SQL go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Google Cloud SQL again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

For a general purpose SQL database, it's very well suited, performant and secure, if you already use GCP.
If you intend to connect from other BI, analytics or 3rd party tools, I advise to check if they support SSL to Google Cloud SQL, because most don't. If you are on AWS, go with RDS

Complete and works very well with GCP

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud SQL