We performed a comparison between Google Cloud SQL and Oracle Database as a Service based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Database as a Service solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"It supports different databases, like Postgres and MySQL."
"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."
"The implementation part of the product was easy."
"It's SQL. SQL is so easy if you know something about databases. It's easy to learn."
"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."
"I found its storage and security to be the most valuable. It was a good experience. It is also very stable and scalable, and its support is perfect."
"Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL."
"It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streamlining routine tasks."
"The solution is fast and easy."
"When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."
"I will rate this solution a nine out of ten. We have been using this solution for the past ten years. We will continue the partnership. I do not expect to see any further integration of the tool with our software. I will recommend this tool to those with a large database."
"The most valuable features of Oracle Database as a Service are the power, security, and performance."
"As a database administrator, it has a lot of features to help you manage the database and the backup."
"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is its use as a provisioning database."
"Not only does it provide a mature, reliable solution for DR. It also helps if application owners need to look into data which is a couple of hours old, using Flashback Database on the standby database."
"Google's technical support is good, but they tend to never reopen a case and to send us snippets from the publicly available documentation. It's not as helpful as you would expect, not just for Google Cloud SQL but for all of Google Cloud products."
"I would like to see better availability of the product in different regions. It should also improve the security with encryption."
"In the case of Google, they need to work on a more easy interface for users."
"The monitoring part could be better."
"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."
"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 only thing that could be better is the pricing."
"There is room for improvement in the speed of the data migration process."
"Improvement in Oracle DBaaS could focus on enhancing performance monitoring and reporting tools."
"I would like the tool to improve the setup because it is complex."
"Oracle Database as a Service could improve by having ETL for larger data."
"The ROI has not been good."
"I would like to improve the stability of the Oracle database."
"The solution’s price could be reduced."
"For many companies, the standard version is not enough. They need to move to the enterprise version. However, there is a large price jump between the two."
Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews while Oracle Database as a Service is ranked 4th in Database as a Service with 63 reviews. Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4, while Oracle Database as a Service is rated 8.6. 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 Oracle Database as a Service writes "Quite stable and renewable with an easy setup". Google Cloud SQL is most compared with Amazon RDS, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, whereas Oracle Database as a Service is most compared with Amazon RDS, Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas and Google Cloud Spanner. See our Google Cloud SQL vs. Oracle Database as a Service report.
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