Best Alternatives to Google Cloud SQL

4 other Managed Databases tools in the CloudTweaks Index, listed alphabetically with the same fact-backed profile. No paid placement, no computed score here — just the category's full roster.

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Google Cloud SQL

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Amazon RDS

aws.amazon.com/rds

Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing

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Free tier, Free plan availableMaturity, operating 17 years

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CockroachDB

www.cockroachlabs.com

CockroachDB is a distributed, PostgreSQL-compatible SQL database built for horizontal scale, strong consistency, and fault tolerance across regions and clouds.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing

Strengths

Multi-cloud, Runs on multiple cloudsServerless, IncludedFree tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Self-hostable

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Neon

neon.tech

Neon is a serverless PostgreSQL platform that separates storage from compute and adds database branching and scale-to-zero, so idle databases consume no compute.

$ Budgetusage-based pricing

Strengths

Serverless, IncludedFree tier, Free plan availableOpenness, Open-source

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PlanetScale

planetscale.com

PlanetScale is a managed, MySQL-compatible database platform built on Vitess, the horizontal-scaling technology originally developed at YouTube.

$$$ Premiumfrom $39/mo · Last reviewed May 2026

Strengths

Serverless, IncludedMaturity, operating 8 years

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