Amazon RDS vs Cloud SQL
Head-to-head comparison · Database
At a glance
- Cloud SQL has the lower starting price — $0.0105 per hour vs $0.0170 per hour.
- Both offer a free tier.
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Amazon RDS
AWS
Amazon RDS handles the heavy lifting of running relational databases on AWS, covering MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MariaDB. It automates provisioning, patching, and backups, letting teams deploy standard da…
CATEGORY
Database
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free for 12 months
GO
Cloud SQL
Google Cloud Platform
Cloud SQL handles the heavy lifting for relational databases, specifically supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. It manages the underlying infrastructure so you can focus on your data rather than server maintenan…
CATEGORY
Database
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Start a 30-day Cloud SQL free trial with an 8 vCPU Enterprise Plus instance, 64 GB of memory, and 100 GB of storage. Plus, new Google Cloud customers
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON RDS
Free Tier
Free/month
On-Demand
$0.0170/hour
On-Demand
$0.0680/hour
On-Demand
$6.20/hour
On-Demand
$45.76/hour
On-Demand
$5.26/hour
On-Demand
$16.42/hour
On-Demand
$16.60/hour
CLOUD SQL
HA (SSD)
$0.3400/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0105/hour
On-Demand
$0.0150/hour
Storage
$0.1700/GB/month
Storage (HDD)
$0.0900/GB/month
Storage (SSD)
$0.1700/GB/month
db-f1-micro
$0.0105/hour
db-g1-small
$0.0255/hour