We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and IBM Db2 on Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."The implementation part of the product was easy."
"It supports different databases, like Postgres and MySQL."
"Its most valuable feature is that it's scalable. I can start off with a base of a lot of data and move as much as I want and it's the same as if asked to do a lot of infrastructure changes."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution is easy to use. I am impressed with the tool's features and functionality."
"This is a stable solution and offers good performance."
"My suggestion to anyone thinking about this solution is to jump into it head-first!"
"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."
"The reliability is the most valuable feature. It is also user-friendly."
"The most vulnerable problem with Google SQL is that while you can customize your access control list, it provides you with a public IP address."
"To create a seamless data integration, the title integration of these databases with the data integration platforms is essential. This is what we would like to have in a future release."
"The most challenging part is dealing with legacy data from your old systems and migrating it into the new setup, but once you've completed the data migration, it becomes quite convenient to use."
"It is hard to do logging with the solution."
"Google Cloud SQL still needs better connectivity to outside, existing data sources."
"The customer support should be improved."
"I am yet to explore a lot of features that are present in this solution. However, it would be good if more documentation is available for this solution. This would help us in preparing for the certification exam and understand it better. Currently, we don't have much documentation. We do the labs for 20 or 25 minutes, but we can't capture and download anything."
"In the case of Google, they need to work on a more easy interface for users."
"I would give their support a ten if they had more tutorials available."
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Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews while IBM Db2 on Cloud is ranked 12th in Database as a Service. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while IBM Db2 on Cloud is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Google Cloud SQL writes "An easy-to-use solution with good features and functionality ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 on Cloud writes "Reliable and user-friendly ". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas and Oracle Database as a Service, whereas IBM Db2 on Cloud is most compared with SQL Azure and Amazon RDS.
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