Documentation and resources for migrating and managing enterprise data with security, reliability, high availability, and fully-managed data services on Google Cloud.
General information about the Cloud SQL options, each a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational databases.
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offers](/free/docs/free-cloud-features#free-tier) \n\n#### Keep exploring with 20+ always-free products\n\n\nAccess 20+ free products for common use cases, including AI APIs, VMs, data warehouses,\nand more.\n\nExplore databases in Google Cloud\n---------------------------------\n\nRead documentation and Cloud Architecture Center articles about database-related products, capabilities, and procedures. \n[account_tree](/architecture/databases) \n\n### [Database resources](/architecture/databases)\n\nPlan your approach with Architecture Center resources across a variety of database topics.[open_in_new](/architecture/databases) \n[account_tree](/architecture/multi-cloud-database-management) \n\n### [Multicloud database management](/architecture/multi-cloud-database-management)\n\nPlan with architectures, use cases, and best practices for multicloud database management.[open_in_new](/architecture/multi-cloud-database-management)\n\nTraining, blog articles, and more\n---------------------------------\n\nGo to training courses, blog articles, and other related resources. \n[school](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/22) \n\n### [Database engineer learning path](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/22)\n\nStudy how to design, create, manage, migrate, and troubleshoot databases used by applications to store and retrieve data.[open_in_new](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/paths/22)\n\nDatabase products by use case\n-----------------------------\n\nExpand sections or use the filter to find products and guides for typical use cases. \n\n### Non-relational databases\n\n\nExpand this section to see relevant products and documentation. \n\n#### [Bigtable](/bigtable/docs)\n\nStore terabytes or petabytes of data using a NoSQL wide-column database service. \n\n#### [Datastore](/datastore/docs)\n\nA NoSQL document database built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development. \n\n#### [Firestore with MongoDB compatibility](/firestore/mongodb-compatibility/docs)\n\nA NoSQL document database with MongoDB compatibility built for automatic scaling, high performance, and ease of application development. \n\n#### [Firestore in Native mode](/firestore/native/docs)\n\nA flexible, scalable NoSQL document database for mobile, web, and server development. \n\n#### [Memorystore for Memcached](/memorystore/docs/memcached)\n\nApplications running on Google Cloud can achieve extreme performance by leveraging the scalable, available, secure, and managed Memcached service. \n\n#### [Memorystore for Redis](/memorystore/docs/redis)\n\nAchieve extreme performance using a managed in-memory data store service. \n\n#### [Memorystore for Redis Cluster](/memorystore/docs/cluster)\n\nAchieve extreme performance using a managed in-memory Redis Cluster service. \n\n#### [Spanner Graph](/spanner/docs/graph)\n\nGet high-performance graph database capabilities with unparalleled scalability, availability, and consistency.\n\n### Relational databases\n\n\nExpand this section to see relevant products and documentation. \n\n#### [AlloyDB for PostgreSQL](/alloydb/docs)\n\nA fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database for demanding transactional workloads. \n\n#### [Spanner](/spanner/docs)\n\nBack your apps with a mission-critical, global-scale database service. \n\n#### [Cloud SQL](/sql/docs)\n\nGeneral information about the Cloud SQL options, each a fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational databases. \n\n#### [Cloud SQL for MySQL](/sql/docs/mysql)\n\nA fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your MySQL relational databases on Google Cloud. \n\n#### [Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL](/sql/docs/postgres)\n\nA fully-managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your PostgreSQL relational databases on Google Cloud. \n\n#### [Cloud SQL for SQL Server](/sql/docs/sqlserver)\n\nA managed database service that helps you set up, maintain, manage, and administer your SQL Server databases on Google Cloud.\n\n### Migration\n\n\nExpand this section to see relevant products and documentation. \n\n#### [Database Migration Service](/database-migration/docs)\n\nServerless, easy, minimal downtime migrations to Cloud SQL. \n\n#### [Datastream](/datastream/docs)\n\nA serverless and easy-to-use change data capture (CDC) and replication service.\n\n### Fleet Management\n\n\nExpand this section to see relevant products and documentation. \n\n#### [Database Center](/database-center/docs)\n\nFleet management solution that gives you one centralized view across your entire database fleet.\n\n### Related products, guides, and sites\n\n#### [BigQuery](/bigquery/docs)\n\nUnderstand your data using a fully managed, highly scalable data warehouse with built-in ML. \n\n#### [BigLake in BigQuery](/bigquery/docs/biglake-intro)\n\nQuery structured data in external data stores with access delegation. \n\n#### [BigQuery Storage](/bigquery/docs/storage_overview)\n\nStorage optimized for running analytic queries over large datasets and high-throughput streaming ingestion and high-throughput reads."]]
