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Google Cloud Spanner Reviews (36)

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Users consistently praise the product for its high availability and horizontal scalability, making it ideal for managing large, distributed databases with minimal manual intervention. The automatic scaling and strong consistency features are particularly valued, although some users note that it can be expensive and may not suit smaller datasets.
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Verified User in Education Management
UE
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Google Cloud Spanner as a replacement for traditional SQL database Solution "
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

Strongly consistent scale-out RDBMS cluster

Cross-table transactional support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

You can't update primary key value

Lack of an Auto-increment option or anything similar that creates a sequence for the PK field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Great database"
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

Allows for easy sharing and great control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

A little basic at times, and can be slow to load Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain
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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Great product, would be awesome to not need to manage instances"
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

I love that Cloud Spanner gives usrers a globally consistent relational DB. Spanner is awesome when used correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

The steep cost of a 3 node cluster makes it a hard sell at many clients, especially when those clients only have a small (< 10 GB) but critical data set. I would love to see pricing model like Datastore's for Spanner.

Also, several people have deleted our development instances because of the position of the 'Delete' button in the cloud console. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Services
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Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Limited documentation and constantly in the BigQuery shadow"
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

I like the global availability and the fact that it's easy to use SQL sytnax Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

lack of detailed use cases in the documentation. Overshadowed by BigQuery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail
CR
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Pros of google spanner"
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

Horizontal scalability with ACID transactions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

Complexity of API libraries, and REST api response overhead Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
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Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"strong consistency"
What do you like best about Google Cloud Spanner?

Multi regional database with awesome capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Cloud Spanner?

It does not support "Views"which is sort of unfortunate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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