Google Cloud databases
Google Cloud databases provide you the best options in industry-leading reliability, global scale, and open standards for building data-driven applications.
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Databases that fit your needs
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Relational |
Cloud SQL
Fully managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. Simplify migrations to Cloud SQL from MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases with Database Migration Service. Set up easy-to-use, low-latency database replication with Datastream. |
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Cloud Spanner
Cloud-native with unlimited scale, global consistency, and up to 99.999% availability. Processes more than 2 billion requests per second at peak. Create a 90-day Spanner free trial instance with 10 GB of storage at no cost. Learn how to migrate from databases such as Oracle or DynamoDB. |
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AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service offering superior performance, availability, and scale for your most demanding enterprise workloads. Pricing is transparent and predictable, with no expensive, proprietary licensing and no opaque I/O charges. Migrate from PostgreSQL to AlloyDB with Database Migration Service. |
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Bare Metal Solution for Oracle
Lift and shift Oracle workloads to Google Cloud. |
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BigQuery
Serverless, highly scalable, and cost-effective multicloud data warehouse designed for business agility and offers up to 99.99% availability. Enable near real-time insights on operational data with Datastream for BigQuery. |
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Key-value |
Cloud Bigtable
Highly performant, fully managed NoSQL database service for large analytical and operational workloads. Offers up to 99.999% availability. Processes more than 5 billion requests per second at peak, and with more than 10 Exabytes of data under management. |
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Document |
Firestore
Highly-scalable, massively popular document database service for mobile, web, and server development that offers richer, faster queries and high availability up to 99.999%. Has a thriving developer community of more than 250,000 monthly active developers. |
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Firebase Realtime Database
Store and sync data in real time. |
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In-memory |
Memorystore
Fully managed Redis and Memcached for sub-millisecond data access. |
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Additional NoSQL |
MongoDB Atlas
Global cloud database service for modern applications. |
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Google Cloud Partner Services
Managed offerings from our open source partner network, including MongoDB, Datastax, Redis Labs, and Neo4j. |
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Cloud SQL
Fully managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.
Simplify migrations to Cloud SQL from MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle databases with Database Migration Service.
Set up easy-to-use, low-latency database replication with Datastream.
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CRM
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ERP
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Ecommerce and web
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SaaS application
Cloud Spanner
Cloud-native with unlimited scale, global consistency, and up to 99.999% availability.
Processes more than 2 billion requests per second at peak.
Create a 90-day Spanner free trial instance with 10 GB of storage at no cost.
Learn how to migrate from databases such as Oracle or DynamoDB.
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Gaming
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Retail
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Global financial ledger
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Supply chain/inventory management
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service offering superior performance, availability, and scale for your most demanding enterprise workloads.
Pricing is transparent and predictable, with no expensive, proprietary licensing and no opaque I/O charges.
Migrate from PostgreSQL to AlloyDB with Database Migration Service.
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Heterogenous migrations
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Legacy applications
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Enterprise workloads
Bare Metal Solution for Oracle
Lift and shift Oracle workloads to Google Cloud.
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Legacy applications
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Data center retirement
BigQuery
Serverless, highly scalable, and cost-effective multicloud data warehouse designed for business agility and offers up to 99.99% availability.
Enable near real-time insights on operational data with Datastream for BigQuery.
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Multicloud analytics
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Real-time processing
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Built-in machine learning
Cloud Bigtable
Highly performant, fully managed NoSQL database service for large analytical and operational workloads. Offers up to 99.999% availability.
Processes more than 5 billion requests per second at peak, and with more than 10 Exabytes of data under management.
Learn how to migrate from HBase or Cassandra.
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Personalization
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Adtech
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Recommendation engines
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Fraud detection
Firestore
Highly-scalable, massively popular document database service for mobile, web, and server development that offers richer, faster queries and high availability up to 99.999%.
Has a thriving developer community of more than 250,000 monthly active developers.
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Mobile/web/IoT applications
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Real-time sync
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Offline sync
Firebase Realtime Database
Store and sync data in real time.
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Mobile sign-ins
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Personalized applications and ads
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In-app chat
Memorystore
Fully managed Redis and Memcached for sub-millisecond data access.
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Caching
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Gaming
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Leaderboard
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Social chat or news feed
MongoDB Atlas
Global cloud database service for modern applications.
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Mobile/web/IoT applications
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Gaming
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Content management
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Single view
Google Cloud Partner Services
Managed offerings from our open source partner network, including MongoDB, Datastax, Redis Labs, and Neo4j.
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Leverage existing investments
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