Azure SQL Database vs Cloud SQL
Head-to-head comparison · Database
At a glance
- Only Cloud SQL offers a free tier.
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Azure SQL Database
Microsoft Azure
Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s fully managed relational database service, handling the underlying infrastructure so you can focus on building and scaling applications. It supports standard SQL workloads with automatio…
CATEGORY
Database
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
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
AZURE SQL DATABASE
Basic
$4.99/month
Free Tier
Free/month
On-Demand
$0.1000/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.3650/hour
On-Demand
$0.5480/hour
On-Demand
$15.00/day
On-Demand
$0.0725/day
On-Demand
$0.2500/GB/month
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