Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud SQL Product Overview
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Access Pattern
Summary: Use as a relational database for transactional data accessed via SQL - up to a few gigabytes, NOT horizontally scalable, where you only need one database
Capacity: Gigabytes
Access metaphor: Relational database
Read: SELECT rows
Write: INSERT row
Update granularity: Field / column
Usage: Managed SQL database in the cloud
A Google-managed RDBMS
Features
Familiar
Flexible pricing
Managed backups
Connect from anywhere
Automatic replication
Fast connection from GCE and GAE
Google data centre security
Supports
MySQL, Postgres, and others
Stored procedures, triggers, views