This page lists the main features of Cloud SQL and indicates which database engines support these features.
The checkmarks in Table 1 contain links to related topics.
Table 1. Cloud SQL features
MySQL | PostgreSQL | SQL Server | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Backups and high availability | Backups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Point-in-time recovery (PITR) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
High availability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Cloning | Cloning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Data migration | Data migration to external servers | ✓ | ||
Logs | Audit logging | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Instance logging | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Maintenance windows | Maintenance windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Maintenance notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Proxy | Cloud SQL Proxy support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Replication | Read replicas | ✓ | ✓ | |
Cross-region read replicas | ✓ | ✓ | ||
External read replicas | ✓ | |||
Replication from an external server | ✓ | |||
Security | Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Connection organization policies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
VPC Service Controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |