Cloud SQL
Focus on your application, and leave the database to us
Fully managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. More than 95% of Google Cloud's top 100 customers use Cloud SQL to run their businesses.
New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Cloud SQL.
You won’t be charged until you upgrade.
Features
Fully managed
Open and standards-based
Cost-effective
Supports Gen AI
Easy migrations
Intelligent insights and manageability
Integrated
High availability
Configure built-in high availability (HA) with automatic failover across zones with just a click of a button to provide isolation from many types of infrastructure, hardware, and software failures. Optimize your database costs depending on your application—choose a 99.99% availability SLA (inclusive of maintenance) for business-critical transactional workloads or a 99.95% availability SLA to lower your costs.
Data protection and compliance
Secure access and connectivity
Scalability
Near-zero downtime for maintenance
Data cache
Change data capture and replication
How It Works
Cloud SQL scales up in minutes and replicates data across zones and regions. It uses agents for maintenance, logging, monitoring, and configuration, with services backed by a 24/7 SRE team. Manage your database via the console, CLI, or REST API and connect your app via standard database drivers.
Common Uses
Database migration
Migrate to a fully managed database solution
Learning resources
Migrate to a fully managed database solution
Database modernization
Modernize your application with open source
Learning resources
Modernize your application with open source
New application development
Build data-driven applications
Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs
Build data-driven applications
Third-party applications
Deploy applications with confidence
Learning resources
Deploy applications with confidence
Pricing
| How Cloud SQL pricing works | Pricing varies with editions, engine, and settings, including how much storage, memory, and CPU you provision. Cloud SQL offers per-second billing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Service | Description | Price |
| Compute | Cloud SQL Enterprise Best for general purpose workloads. It offers: 1-96 vCPUs 1:6.5 core memory ratio 99.95% SLA < 60s of planned downtime | Starting at $0.0413 per vCPU/hour |
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus Best for high performance workloads. It offers: Up to 128 vCPUs 1:8 core memory ratio 99.99% SLA < 10 seconds of planned downtime 2x read and write performance | Starting at $0.05369 per vCPU/hour | |
| Memory | Cloud SQL Enterprise up to 624 GB | Starting at $0.007 per GB/hour |
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus up to 824 GB | Starting at $0.0091 per GB/hour | |
| Storage - SSD | Storage and networking prices depend on the region where the instance is located; Cloud SQL Enterprise pricing and Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus pricing are the same | $0.17 per GB/month |
| Storage - Local SSD | This is only available for Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus | $0.16 per GB/month |
| PITR Logs on Google Cloud Storage | Cloud SQL Enterprise Up to 7 days | Free |
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus Up to 35 days | Free | |
Get full details on pricing and learn about committed use discounts.
How Cloud SQL pricing works
Pricing varies with editions, engine, and settings, including how much storage, memory, and CPU you provision. Cloud SQL offers per-second billing.
Cloud SQL Enterprise
Best for general purpose workloads. It offers:
1-96 vCPUs
1:6.5 core memory ratio
99.95% SLA
< 60s of planned downtime
Starting at
$0.0413
per vCPU/hour
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus
Best for high performance workloads. It offers:
Up to 128 vCPUs
1:8 core memory ratio
99.99% SLA
< 10 seconds of planned downtime
2x read and write performance
Starting at
$0.05369
per vCPU/hour
Cloud SQL Enterprise
up to 624 GB
Starting at
$0.007
per GB/hour
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus
up to 824 GB
Starting at
$0.0091
per GB/hour
Storage and networking prices depend on the region where the instance is located; Cloud SQL Enterprise pricing and Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus pricing are the same
$0.17
per GB/month
This is only available for Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus
$0.16
per GB/month
Cloud SQL Enterprise
Up to 7 days
Free
Cloud SQL Enterprise Plus
Up to 35 days
Free
Get full details on pricing and learn about committed use discounts.
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Business Case
More than 95% of Google Cloud’s top 100 customers use Cloud SQL
We run hundreds of Cloud SQL instances and operate most of them with just a few database administrators (DBAs). By offloading the majority of our database management tasks to Cloud SQL, we significantly reduced the cost to maintain Manhattan Active Platform databases.
Sanjeev Siotia SVP and CTO, Manhattan Associates
Manhattan Associates enhanced the scalability, availability, and reliability of its software-as-a-service, while significantly reducing the cost to manage the application, through a seamless migration to Cloud SQL.
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Featured benefits
Standard connection drivers and built-in migration tools allow you to create and connect to your first database in just a few minutes.
Scale your instances effortlessly with a single API call whether you start with simple testing or you need a highly available database in production.
Data encryption at rest and in transit. Private connectivity with Virtual Private Cloud and user-controlled network access with firewall protection. Compliant with SSAE 16, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and supports HIPAA compliance.
Partners & Integration
Accelerate your workloads by working with a partner
Business intelligence and analytics
Consulting partners
Data integration and migration
Data quality and observability
Data security, caching, proxy services
Build data-driven applications with Google Cloud Ready - Cloud SQL validated partners, and visit the partner directory for a full list of Cloud SQL partners.
FAQ
What is Cloud SQL?
Cloud SQL is a service that delivers fully managed relational databases in the cloud. It offers MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server database engines.
How is Cloud SQL different from other cloud databases?
Cloud SQL is valued for its openness, ease of use, security, cost-efficiency, and Google Cloud integration—in fact, more than 95% of Google Cloud’s top 100 customers use it. If you're comparing PostgreSQL options on Google Cloud, view our comparison chart.
What's the difference between the Enterprise and Enterprise Plus editions?
The Enterprise Plus edition brings enhanced availability, performance, and data protection capabilities. Specifically, it provides a 99.99% availability SLA with near-zero downtime maintenance, optimized hardware and software configurations, and intelligent data caching for read-intensive transactional workloads, a configurable data cache option, and 35 days of log retention.
How do I migrate databases to Cloud SQL?
Use Database Migration Service to migrate securely and with minimal downtime, no matter where your source database is located.
How can I get started with Cloud SQL?
Go to the Cloud SQL console and create a database instance. Get up and running quickly with a Quickstart for MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server.
New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Cloud SQL. You won’t be charged until you upgrade.
