We compared Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL based on our user's reviews in several parameters.
In summary, Amazon RDS is praised for its ease of use, scalability, high availability, and strong customer support, with users highlighting the automation features and value for money. On the other hand, Google Cloud SQL is lauded for its scalability, integration with other Google services, performance, and affordability, with users appreciating the flexible storage options and efficient customer service. Areas for improvement for Amazon RDS include better documentation and performance optimization tools, while Google Cloud SQL users suggest enhancements in scalability, monitoring tools, and pricing transparency.
Features: Amazon RDS is commended for its ease of use, scalability, high availability, and automated backups. Users appreciate its simplified database management and the ability to easily scale their instances. Google Cloud SQL is praised for its seamless integration with other services, excellent backup and restoration capabilities, and automated maintenance tools. It offers a robust solution for managing databases in the cloud.
Pricing and ROI: The setup cost for Amazon RDS is reported to be minimal and hassle-free, while the setup cost for Google Cloud SQL is well-managed, ensuring a smooth and hassle-free process. Both products have straightforward and transparent licensing terms, providing clarity to users., Amazon RDS users reported a positive ROI, finding value and benefits for their business. Google Cloud SQL users shared their experiences and outcomes of utilizing the product.
Room for Improvement: Amazon RDS users have pointed out the need for better documentation, detailed error messages, improved performance optimization tools, flexible configuration options, third-party tool integration, and a simplified user interface. Google Cloud SQL users also recommended enhancements in performance optimization, scalability, availability, monitoring, management tools, transparent pricing models, documentation, and support resources.
Deployment and customer support: Based on user reviews, the duration required to establish a new tech solution varies between Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL. Users reported spending different amounts of time on deployment and setup with Google Cloud SQL, suggesting that these phases should be considered individually. On the other hand, with Amazon RDS, users' feedback indicates that the terms deployment and setup may refer to the same period and should not be evaluated separately., Customers have reported highly satisfactory and reliable customer service from both Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL. However, Amazon RDS stands out for its efficient query resolution and helpful guidance, while Google Cloud SQL excels in prompt assistance and quick response times. Additionally, users appreciate the knowledgeable and friendly nature of the support teams in both services.
The summary above is based on 38 interviews we conducted recently with Amazon RDS and Google Cloud SQL users. To access the review's full transcripts, download our report.
"The solution is scalable and can be configured with AWS Secrets Manager."
"The product is very, very easy to use."
"Amazon RDS is quite a well-managed and stable service...The initial setup was very easy."
"Amazon RDS is good for backups, auto-scanning, and disaster recovery. It's also appropriate for the office server."
"It is stable, scalable, and easy to deploy."
"Relational databases excel in extensive normalization, eliminating data redundancy and efficiently structuring tables which leads to a clear and efficient relationship between tables using primary keys."
"Amazon RDS is a scalable solution."
"The IT is easy to set up, which is the best."
"It is not the cool features that I find valuable, it is the stability of Google Cloud Platform."
"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."
"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."
"My suggestion to anyone thinking about this solution is to jump into it head-first!"
"The solution is easy to use. I am impressed with the tool's features and functionality."
"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."
"I would like to see improvements in the tool's automatic restart."
"In the next release, it would be great to have access to core parameters to improve or tweak the performance."
"AWS support is decent, but it's not as good as before. Sometimes, we get junior staff who are unable to answer our questions. It also depends on the support team you get. Support based in Europe and Australia is better than US support. For example, European support is quick to deliver the right answer. US support handles routine maintenance issues, and it's mostly junior staff who don't know the product well."
"The support team of Amazon RDS provides us with some links to go through whenever we face some issues, but it doesn't work for us."
"The security features could be improved."
"Sometimes the interface has many moving parts, which is a concern."
"I feel Amazon RDS should have a lot of functionalities to make monitoring within the database easier."
"The running cost could be improved."
"It is hard to do logging with the solution."
"The only thing that could be better is the pricing."
"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."
"I would like to see better integration with all the different tools on the platform."
"The customer support should be improved."
"The purging of the data could be better."
"The monitoring part could be better."
"For data analysis, the AI area of the product has certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
Amazon RDS is ranked 1st in Database as a Service with 45 reviews while Google Cloud SQL is ranked 5th in Database as a Service with 16 reviews. Amazon RDS is rated 8.4, while Google Cloud SQL is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon RDS writes "Provides excellent authentication, authorization, integration, data protection, and autoscaling features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Google Cloud SQL writes "An easy-to-use solution with good features and functionality ". Amazon RDS is most compared with MongoDB Atlas, SQL Azure, Oracle Database as a Service, Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer, whereas Google Cloud SQL is most compared with SQL Azure, MongoDB Atlas, Oracle Database as a Service, Google Cloud Spanner and Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer. See our Amazon RDS vs. Google Cloud SQL report.
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