--- title: Google Cloud Datastore Reviews meta_title: 'Google Cloud Datastore Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Google Cloud Datastore works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.3 review_count: 6 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-05-10' parent_category: name: Database Software url: https://www.g2.com/categories/database-software --- # Google Cloud Datastore Reviews **Vendor:** Google **Category:** [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 6 ## About Google Cloud Datastore Cloud Datastore is a highly scalable NoSQL database for your applications. Cloud Datastore automatically handles sharding and replication, providing you with a highly available and durable database that scales automatically to handle your applications' load. ## Google Cloud Datastore Reviews ### 1. Very robust/scalable NO-SQL database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer & Network Security | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** It has very simple yet informative UI and comes with development libraries for almost every important language. Those development libraries are very well documented and easy to use/ **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** There is nothing to dislike about it. But in my opinion, the pricing could be better. There are other NO-SQL databases cheaper than this one. **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** we're using Datastore as our main database for the application. Since it's part of Google cloud it's easy to manage, with no need for a separate database server. It comes with High availability, No downtime so it's very useful for critical service. ### 2. Google Managed NOSQL database **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ajith K. | Specialist programmer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 14, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** Google Cloud storage is a highly flexible and scalable NoSQL database storage solution. The service is managed and supported by the GCP platform; hence scalability and uptime/downtime are no more concerns for users. **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** Nothing was observed except usage cost, which is higher than other NoSQL database services like cloud spanner. **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** Google Cloud Datastore help in the storage of customer data which is of nonrelation type efficiently. ### 3. Data storage made easy and simple ! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Siddhant S. | Manager, Customer Success, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 12, 2022 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** The smooth interface is easy to understand and use. Also searching for data across properties is so simple **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** No cons as such. Have loved the platform so far. **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** The analytics team uses Google Cloud Datastore to manage the entire database collected from our users. The platform helps them manage data smoothly with the easy-to-use query language feature. ### 4. Google Cloud Datastore Review **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Krishnan S. | Software Developer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2021 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** Google cloud datastore is an excellent platform for managing all of your database requirements. I use it regularly for maintaining my major data streams and parts of the data warehouse. As an Application Developer, I enjoy making the most out of Google Cloud Datastore! **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** Google cloud datastore is a transpiring product, and it is advancing progressively in terms of extensive features. It requires more framework customization for enhancing its architecture. The pricing of GCD is also relatively higher than the other competitors in the Datastore domain. Expertise would be necessary to manage a large data warehouse and to handle processing and maintaining business needs. **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** Google Cloud Datastore majorly helps with resolving my customer data management issues. I feel it's convenient to manage data feeds and to process and segregate my requirements in my distributed environment. ### 5. Google managed auto scalable no-sql database **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Financial Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2021 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** I have been using google datastore since 2016; recently, we have been using it for the largest eCommerce client, where we are using the datastore service in node js, java sprint boot, and golang microservices. 1. No downtime 2. Autoscable 3. API SDK supported for all programming languages **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** No on-premise database support by google, our clients were strictly prohibited it, and later we managed to switch database retain the client. **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using google datastore for our microservices, we used google cloud datastore as the core database for all our services. I will be listing the advantages of using it in microservices 1. No need to set up persistence database layer in a microservices architecture, DevOps work reduced 2. Pay as you go, model 3. It will reduce database engineer efforts, and even we do not need one for scaling ### 6. Google Cloud Datastore **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 28, 2021 **What do you like best about Google Cloud Datastore?** Automatically scaling NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) on the Google Cloud Platform **What do you dislike about Google Cloud Datastore?** Access rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) **What problems is Google Cloud Datastore solving and how is that benefiting you?** Document stores, also called document-oriented database systems, are unique in rapidly processing massive, dynamic datasets with no fixed schema. ## Google Cloud Datastore Discussions - [How do I use Google Cloud Datastore?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-use-google-cloud-datastore) - [What type of data can be stored in Datastore?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-type-of-data-can-be-stored-in-datastore) - [What is GCP Cloud Datastore?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-gcp-cloud-datastore) - [Which of the following are the features of Google Cloud Datastore?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/which-of-the-following-are-the-features-of-google-cloud-datastore) - [View Google Cloud Datastore pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/google-google-cloud-datastore/reviews?open_modal_url=%2Fit%2Fproducts%2Fgoogle-google-cloud-datastore%2Fwishlists%3Fhost_path%3D%252Fproducts%252Fgoogle-google-cloud-datastore%252Freviews%26source%3Dsticky_header_pin§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-06-18+14%3A41%3A08+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=6c363252-fb71-4ddb-8460-98a87b47c066&secure%5Btoken%5D=4248957bc38d4f1e77d218be676b5c18c4f454069d4d4b83e7e71750312d2081&format=llm_user) ## Google Cloud Datastore Features **Data Management** - Data Model - Data Types - Built - In Search - Event Triggers **Configuration** - Application Performance - Orchestration - Database Monitoring - Anomaly Detection - Network Security **Availability** - Auto Sharding - Auto Recovery - Data Replication **Database Administration** - Provisioning - Governance - Auditing **Performance** - Query Optimization **Availability** - Scalability - Backup - Archiving - Indexing **Security** - Data Masking - Authentication And Single Sign-On - Data Anonymization **Security** - Role-Based Authorization - Authentication - Audit Logs - Encryption **Data Management** - Data Replication - Advanced Data Analytics **Support** - Multi-Model - Operating Systems - BI Connectors **Database Features** - Storage - Availability - Stability - Scalability - Security - Data Manipulation - Query Language ## Top Google Cloud Datastore Alternatives - [Amazon DynamoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (498 reviews) - [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (848 reviews) - [MongoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (523 reviews)