A good solution for early developing & scaling through growth.
March 15, 2024

A good solution for early developing & scaling through growth.

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

Overall Satisfaction with Google Cloud SQL

Google Cloud SQL was used to enable a number of our public cloud applications to centrally store and access data quickly, efficiently and in a secure way. It is often difficult to find a good SQL provider and this worked well for us, enabling easy migration and scaling of our applications.
  • Secure connections.
  • Easy to scale.
  • Easy to maintain.
  • A desktop management application could be useful.
  • A better split between the way service accounts are created by users and have it designated separately to the rest of workspace.
  • Improved alerting with third party monitoring.
  • Fast so little time spent setting up.
  • Easy to migrate where needed.
  • No negative impact really from an ROI perspective.
Google SQL was great as a first SQL provision. It quickly enabled the apps to be built and scaled as needed for a while. It was robust and adaptable as needed and easy to export as needed when ready, depending on growth. Cost-wise, it's a good choice and requires little investment to get going.

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

GCSQL is great as a starter SQL provision for when building and developing. It has limitations when really trying to scale and with larger teams, but seems fine for individual developers or smaller apps & orgs that need something easy and quick, mostly following an enterprise style. Ideally, this works well with fully cloud applications.

Google Cloud SQL Feature Ratings

Database scalability
7
Automated backups
9
Database security provisions
8
Monitoring and metrics
7