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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.5% of reviews)
Mid-Market (40.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
Pay As You Go Per Month
Amazon Redshift
Star Rating
(397)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (39.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$1.22 - $3.26 Per hour
Browse all 6 pricing plansGoogle Cloud SQL
Star Rating
(352)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansAmazon Redshift vs Google Cloud SQL
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Google Cloud SQL easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Google Cloud SQL overall.
- Reviewers felt that Google Cloud SQL meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Redshift.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Google Cloud SQL is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Google Cloud SQL over Amazon Redshift.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Redshift
RA3.4xlarge
$1.22 - $3.26
Per hour
On-demand, 1-Year, or 3-Year Terms
- Commit to save up to 34%
Google Cloud SQL
Committed Use Discounts
Pay As You Go
Per Month
You can lower the cost by purchasing 1-year or 3-year commitment plans. Visit cloud.google.com/sql/pricing to check pricing for your region.
- CPU and memory
- Other features are available only through on-demand model
Free Trial
Amazon Redshift
Free Trial is available
Google Cloud SQL
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
281
9.1
249
Ease of Use
8.7
281
9.2
256
Ease of Setup
8.6
138
9.2
109
Ease of Admin
8.4
128
9.1
97
Quality of Support
8.5
264
8.8
243
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
127
9.0
95
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
252
9.4
245
Features by Category
Data Management
8.8
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
125
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
102
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
7.9
101
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
119
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
8.1
102
Not enough data
8.9
130
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
8.9
134
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.7
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
128
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.3
20
Not enough data
7.2
19
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.8
94
Not enough data
8.9
96
Not enough data
9.2
100
Not enough data
9.0
98
Not enough data
9.1
98
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.0
98
Not enough data
9.1
103
Not enough data
8.7
98
Security
Not enough data
9.2
98
Not enough data
9.2
99
Management
Not enough data
9.1
107
Not enough data
9.3
107
Not enough data
9.2
101
Not enough data
9.3
100
Support
Not enough data
8.9
107
Not enough data
9.1
107
Not enough data
8.9
103
Not enough data
8.9
104
Security
Not enough data
9.1
102
Not enough data
9.1
105
Not enough data
9.2
105
Not enough data
9.2
109
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
108
Not enough data
9.1
104
Not enough data
9.0
104
Not enough data
8.8
102
Not enough data
9.0
102
Database Features
Not enough data
9.2
128
Not enough data
9.2
130
Not enough data
9.1
128
Not enough data
9.0
127
Not enough data
9.3
124
Not enough data
8.9
124
Not enough data
9.3
125
Storage
8.4
53
Not enough data
8.4
56
Not enough data
Availability
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.2
50
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
48
Not enough data
Security
8.7
47
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
8.5
48
Not enough data
Support
7.9
43
Not enough data
8.5
47
Not enough data
Configuration
Not enough data
9.2
91
Not enough data
8.7
84
Not enough data
9.0
90
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
9.4
86
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.9
86
Not enough data
8.8
82
Not enough data
8.8
81
Availability
Not enough data
9.2
92
Not enough data
9.2
90
Not enough data
8.9
85
Not enough data
8.9
83
Security
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
9.1
79
Not enough data
8.9
74
Data Management
Not enough data
9.2
81
Not enough data
8.7
75
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Redshift and Google Cloud SQL share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon Redshift is categorized as Columnar Databases, Data Warehouse, and Big Data Integration Platforms
Google Cloud SQL is categorized as Relational Databases, Database Management Systems (DBMS), and Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Redshift
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google Cloud SQL
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
15.5%
Computer Software
12.7%
Financial Services
7.7%
Retail
5.2%
Telecommunications
4.7%
Other
54.1%
Information Technology and Services
23.1%
Computer Software
17.8%
Staffing and Recruiting
6.5%
Banking
5.9%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.2%
Other
42.4%
Alternatives
Discussions
Should I use with a data mart for a frontend tool that make request on it ?
3 Comments
NM
Hi Mehdi
Can you elaborate your question?
AWS Redshift is a DataBase/Data Warehouse service, which is Ideal for Analytical use cases.
You can...Read more
When can I use Amazon redshift?
3 Comments
PG
Redshift is big data warehousing solution to handle petabytes of data and also for real time decisions. If you want highly optimized data warehousing...Read more
What are the characteristics of redshift?
2 Comments
AK
Redshift is mainly used for Big data and analytics to store the data in columner format. Retrieve the data is very fast and parallel processing also most...Read more
What is Cloud SQL?
3 Comments
UZ
Google Cloud SQL is a fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational databases on Google Cloud...Read more
How much is Google Cloud SQL?
2 Comments
PS
It depends on different type of instances and configuration you use. It starts from 0.01 USD per hour.Read more
What is Google Cloud SQL used for?
1 Comment
HC
Cloud SQL automates tasks such as: Backups, Replication, Patches, Encryption, Storage capacity increases.Read more
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