Cloud SQL pricing

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This page contains information about pricing for Cloud SQL.

Cloud SQL for SQL Server is composed of the following charges:

• CPU and memory pricing
• Storage and networking pricing
• Licensing

CPU and memory pricing

For dedicated-core instances, you choose the number of CPUs and the amount of memory you want, up to 96 CPUs and 624 GB of memory. Pricing for CPUs and memory depends on the region where your instance is located. Select your region in the dropdown on the pricing table.

Read replicas and failover replicas are charged at the same rate as stand-alone instances.

HA prices are applied for instances configured for high availability, also called regional instances. Learn more about high availability.

Cloud SQL also offers committed use discounts (CUDs) that provide deeply discounted prices in exchange for your commitment to continuously use database instances in a particular region for a one- or three-year term. In the pricing tables on this page, the prices for CUDs are listed as commitments. For more information about these commitments, see Committed use discounts.

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

Storage and networking pricing

SQL server storage and networking prices depend on the region where the instance is located. Select your region in the dropdown on the pricing table.

HA prices are applied for instances configured for high availability, also called regional instances. Learn more about high availability.

Note: Committed use discounts do not apply to storage or network prices.

In the following table, Select your region from the dropdown menu to see the price for that region.

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

Network Egress Pricing

When network traffic leaves a Cloud SQL instance, the charge applied depends on the destination of the traffic, and in some cases, whether a partner is involved.

Internet egress is network traffic leaving a Cloud SQL instance to a client that is not a Google product, such as using a local server to read data from Cloud SQL.

Destination	Price
Compute Engine instances	Within the same region: free Between regions within North America: $0.12/GB Between regions outside of North America: $0.12/GB
Google Products (except Compute Engine)	Intra-continental: free Inter-continental: $0.12/GB
Internet egress using Cloud Interconnect	$0.05/GB
Internet egress (not using Cloud Interconnect)	$0.19/GB

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

Licensing

In addition to instance and resource pricing, SQL Server also has a licensing component. High availability, or regional instances, will only incur the cost for a single license for the active resource.

Note: As a managed service, Cloud SQL does not support BYOL (Bring your own license).

You can learn more about instance creation here.

Note: Committed Use Discounts do not apply to licenses.

License	Price per Core Hour
Enterprise	$0.47
Standard	$0.13
Web	$0.01134
Express	$0

Microsoft SQL Server licensing requires a core license to be assigned to each virtual CPU on your instance, with a four core minimum for each instance. Instances with fewer than 4 vCPUs will be charged for SQL Server at 4 times the license rate to comply with these requirements. For instances with 4 or more vCPUs, you will be charged for the number of SQL Server licenses that is equal to the number of vCPUs.

Disabling simultaneous multithreading (SMT) reduces the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) per core from 2 to 1, which in turn might reduce your SQL Server licensing costs. Disabling SMT doesn't change the compute engine price for SQL Server. You are billed for the number of vCPUs defined in the SQL Server CPU configuration. The following examples show how disabling SMT affects your billing:

User	SMT: enabled or disabled	Number of vCPUs on the instance	Number of vCPUs the SQL Server licensing fees are calculated for	Number of vCPUs the compute charges are calculated for
User1	Enabled	8	8	8
User2	Disabled	8	4	8
User3	Disabled	6	4	6

Note that despite disabling SMT, User3's SQL Server license fees are calculated for 4 vCPUs because SQL Server licensing requires a core license to be assigned to each virtual CPU on your instance, with a minimum of four cores for each instance.

SQL Server instances are charged a 10 minute minimum for licenses. After 10 minutes, SQL Server licenses are charged in 1 minute increments.

What's next

• Refer to the Pricing Overview documentation.
• Visit the pricing examples page to see how you can calculate your potential costs.
• Try the Pricing Calculator.
• Learn more about instance settings.
• Learn more about the high availability configuration.

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