Azure SQL Database vs Cloud SQL

Head-to-head comparison · Database

At a glance

Only Cloud SQL offers a free tier.

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed cloud relational database service provided by Microsoft Azure. It is designed to help developers build and scale applications with high performance and reliability. The service suppo…

CATEGORY Database

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

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Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service supporting MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server on Google Cloud Platform. It handles database administration tasks so developers can focus on application logic. The s…

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

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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