Cloud SQL for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server

Features

Fully managed

Cloud SQL manages your databases so you don't have to, so your business can run without disruption. It automates all your backups, replication, patches, encryption, and storage capacity increases to give your applications the reliability, scalability, and security they need.

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What is Cloud SQL?

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Open and standards-based

Cloud SQL supports the most popular open source and commercial engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server with rich support for extensions, configuration flags, and popular developer tools. It's easy to get started—simply bring your existing skills over and enjoy the flexibility to work the way you want. You can create a database with just a few clicks in the console and connect your application.

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Choosing a PostgreSQL database on Google Cloud

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Cost-effective

According to an IDC study, Cloud SQL customers achieved a three-year ROI of 246% and a payback period of 11 months. You can scale as your application grows, customize your machine types, and choose different levels of performance and availability, up to a 99.99% availability SLA. Committed use discounts offer additional savings for 1 to 3 year commitments.

Learn how companies achieved a three-year ROI of 246% in this IDC report

Supports Gen AI

Extend your database application to build AI-powered experiences using the pgvector PostgreSQL extension, LangChain, and LLMs. Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL is great for storing vector embeddings from your ML models.

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Building AI-powered apps using pgvector, LangChain, and LLMs

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Easy migrations

No matter where your database is located—whether on-premises, on Compute Engine, or in other clouds—Database Migration Service (DMS) can migrate it securely and with minimal downtime. DMS leverages the native replication capabilities of the source database to maximize the reliability of your migration. And it’s available at no additional charge for migrations to Cloud SQL.

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Learn about Database Migration Service

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Intelligent insights and manageability

View AI/ML-driven insights and recommendations for performance, security, reliability, and cost. Quickly understand and resolve database performance issues through pre-built dashboards and visual query plans using Cloud SQL Insights. Cloud SQL with Active Assist uses advanced analytics and ML to identify over-provisioned and idle instances in your fleet and alert you as needed.

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Introducing Cloud SQL Insights

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Integrated

Cloud SQL seamlessly integrates with Google Cloud services such as Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud IAM, allowing developers to build and deploy applications with ease. Provision your database via APIs and third-party tools, and use federated queries from BigQuery and low-latency database replication with Datastream for near real-time insights on operational data.

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Learn how to connect to Cloud SQL from Kubernetes

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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.

Learn about Cloud SQL's high availability capabilities in this whitepaper

Data protection and compliance

Configure backups for data protection and restore your instance to an earlier point in time with a retention period of up to 35 days. Configure where your data is stored to comply with data residency requirements. Cloud SQL automatically encrypts data, is SSAE 16, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS compliant, and supports HIPAA compliance.

Learn how to secure a Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL instance

Secure access and connectivity

Cloud SQL data is encrypted when on Google’s internal networks and when stored in database tables, temporary files, and backups. It supports private connectivity with Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and every Cloud SQL instance includes a network firewall, allowing you to control public network access.

Scalability

Easily scale up as your data grows—add processor cores, RAM, and storage, and scale out by adding read replicas to handle increasing read traffic. Cloud SQL can also automatically scale up storage capacity when you are near your limit. Read replicas support high availability, can have their own read replicas, and can be located across regions and platforms.

Near-zero downtime for maintenance

Cloud SQL offers near-zero downtime of less than 10 seconds for planned maintenance. It also offers flexible maintenance window features like advance email notification and the ability to reschedule by 28 days, pick specific times for maintenance, and deny maintenance for up to 90 days.

Data cache

Cloud SQL can automatically accelerate your applications using built-in performance management techniques. Cloud SQL for MySQL also leverages flash memory on your database instance to lower read latency and improve throughput by intelligently caching data across memory and high speed storage.

Change data capture and replication

Stream data across heterogeneous databases, storage systems, and applications reliably and with minimal latency with Datastream. Scale up or down with a serverless architecture and no resources to provision or manage, and enable near real-time insights on operational data.

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.

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Common Uses

Database migration

Migrate to a fully managed database solution

Self-managing a database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server can be inefficient and expensive, with significant effort around patching, hardware maintenance, backups, and tuning. Migrating to a fully managed solution has never been simpler—you can lift and shift your database from any on-premises or cloud location using Database Migration Service with minimal downtime.

Learning resources

Migrate to a fully managed database solution

Self-managing a database such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server can be inefficient and expensive, with significant effort around patching, hardware maintenance, backups, and tuning. Migrating to a fully managed solution has never been simpler—you can lift and shift your database from any on-premises or cloud location using Database Migration Service with minimal downtime.

Database modernization

Modernize your application with open source

A cloud deployment is a good opportunity to modernize your database environment by transitioning off legacy, proprietary databases and onto open source databases such as PostgreSQL. With open source databases having become enterprise-ready, you don't need to compromise on performance, reliability, or security.

Learn how to get started with Database Migration Service

Learning resources

Modernize your application with open source

A cloud deployment is a good opportunity to modernize your database environment by transitioning off legacy, proprietary databases and onto open source databases such as PostgreSQL. With open source databases having become enterprise-ready, you don't need to compromise on performance, reliability, or security.

Learn how to get started with Database Migration Service

New application development

Build data-driven applications

Cloud SQL accelerates application development via integration with the larger ecosystem of Google Cloud services, Google partners, and the open source community, while giving you the freedom to work the way you want. Reuse your existing database skills while freeing yourself from mundane database administration tasks and leveraging AI/ML-driven insights and recommendations.

Try the lab: building a containerized app with a scalable database

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Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs

Build data-driven applications

Cloud SQL accelerates application development via integration with the larger ecosystem of Google Cloud services, Google partners, and the open source community, while giving you the freedom to work the way you want. Reuse your existing database skills while freeing yourself from mundane database administration tasks and leveraging AI/ML-driven insights and recommendations.

Try the lab: building a containerized app with a scalable database

Third-party applications

Deploy applications with confidence

Many software vendors build and certify their applications for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. Since Cloud SQL offers standard versions of these databases including extensions, configuration flags, and drivers, applications can run unmodified. Make your journey to the cloud and let us take tedious database administration tasks off your plate.

Find a Google Cloud partner

Learning resources

Deploy applications with confidence

Many software vendors build and certify their applications for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. Since Cloud SQL offers standard versions of these databases including extensions, configuration flags, and drivers, applications can run unmodified. Make your journey to the cloud and let us take tedious database administration tasks off your plate.

Find a Google Cloud partner

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
Compute	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
Memory	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
PITR Logs on Google Cloud Storage	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.

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.

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Business Case

More than 95% of Google Cloud’s top 100 customers use Cloud SQL

Cloud SQL

Focus on your application, and leave the database to us

Product highlights

Fully managed

Open and standards-based

Cost-effective

Supports Gen AI

Easy migrations

Intelligent insights and manageability

Integrated

High availability

Data protection and compliance

Secure access and connectivity

Scalability

Near-zero downtime for maintenance

Data cache

Change data capture and replication

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.

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 Calculator

custom quote

Start your Cloud SQL proof of concept

Use your $300 credit (new users)

Learn how to use Cloud SQL

Build a resilient architecture with Cloud SQL

Federate queries from BigQuery into Cloud SQL

Migrate a database to Cloud SQL using DMS