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Alternatives to Google Cloud SQL
21 database & data management tools sit alongside Google Cloud SQL in this directory. Below is what separates each from Google Cloud SQL on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 15
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Google Cloud SQL starts at
- Free
Why people look past Google Cloud SQL
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Google Cloud SQL has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud
- No free tier, where Google Cloud SQL has one.
Intelligent, scalable cloud database service from Microsoft
Priced and rated the same as Google Cloud SQL on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
The cloud-native distributed SQL database
- Sold on a freemium model rather than usage-based.
Image and video API for developers
- Sold on a freemium model rather than usage-based.
Serverless, highly scalable enterprise data warehouse
Priced and rated the same as Google Cloud SQL on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Seamless multi-master sync with Apache CouchDB
- Sold on a open-source model rather than usage-based.
Every Google Cloud SQL alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud SQL (this page) | Free | Usage-based | 2 | |
| Amazon RDSAWS managed relational database service with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and SQL Server with similar features | On request | - | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Azure SQLMicrosoft Azure managed database service with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server support | Free | - | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Cockroach LabsDistributed SQL database with PostgreSQL compatibility and horizontal scaling | Free | Freemium | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Cloudinary | Free | Freemium | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| BigQuery | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| CouchDB | Free | Open-source | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| dbt | Free, then $100/user/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Dgraph | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Amazon Aurora | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Apache Druid | Free | Open-source | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Couchbase | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| DataStax | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Amazon Redshift | Free | Usage-based | 2 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| ClickHouse | Free | - | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Apache Pinot | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Cassandra | Free | - | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Grist | On request | Subscription | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Knack | On request | Subscription | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Ninox | On request | Subscription | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Chroma | On request | Subscription | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
| Convex | On request | Usage-based | - | vs Google Cloud SQL |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Google Cloud SQL badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (15)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Azure SQL , Free
- Cockroach Labs , Free
- Cloudinary , Free
- BigQuery , Free
- CouchDB , Free
- dbt , Free, then $100/user/month
- Dgraph , Free
- Amazon Aurora , Free
What you would be giving up
Google Cloud SQL is most often brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Google Cloud SQL is broadly right and the question is cost, the Google Cloud SQL pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Database & Data Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best database & data management tools ranks them.
Google Cloud SQL runs on google cloud platform. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Google Cloud SQL alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Google Cloud SQL?
- 21 other database & data management tools are listed in this directory, led by Amazon RDS, Azure SQL, Cockroach Labs, Cloudinary. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Google Cloud SQL?
- 15 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Azure SQL, Cockroach Labs, Cloudinary, BigQuery, CouchDB.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Google Cloud SQL?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Google Cloud SQL has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Google Cloud SQL?
- Google Cloud SQL is most often brought in for transaction processing, data storage, application backend, reporting, data analytics. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Google Cloud SQL?
- CouchDB, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Google Cloud SQL alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Database & Data Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Google Cloud SQL against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Google Cloud SQL covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every database & data management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Database & Data Management category, 21 tools beside Google Cloud SQL. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.