• Minimal maintainance of application data because Cloud SQL is a Fully-Managed Service

• Data recovery and backup is ensured so business operation can continue without disruption

• Data protection and user-controller access is included (Security and Privicy)

• Standard tools allow connection to Google's network within minutes

• Automated task management allows for easy scalibility

• Allows for easy integration with local SQL files and other DB tools

• More inutitive, familiar GUI leads to easy first time user experience

• Offers free trial option

• Less storage than Amazon RDS per instance: 10TB vs 16TB

• Worse redundancy framework, causing higher latency compared to Amazon RDS

• Compatible with only three Relational Databases Engines (only a limitation if you don't like SQL)

• Only one supported engine designed for commercial use, SQL Server

  • • Makes Google Cloud SQL less attractive for organizations to utilize

• Google Cloud Platform offers around 90 IT services compared to AWS's 200

  • • Less opportunity for integration

For Google Cloud

FREE:

• $300 in free credits and 20+ free products (including SQL)

• 25 Projects

• 100 Instances per Project

After that, only pay for what you need. This can greatly aid companies and allow them to focus on their operations rather than projecting what they think they will need and under or over-paying for services based on variable demand.