How much does Google Cloud SQL cost in 2026?

Google Cloud SQL charges $9.37 per month for the entry plan, per Google's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Google Cloud SQL have a free tier?

No. Google Cloud SQL bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.

Are these Google Cloud SQL prices current?

They were checked against Google's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Google Cloud SQL pricing

Managed MySQL, Postgres, and SQL Server on Google Cloud, billed per instance-hour with automatic storage growth that is easy to leave running unnoticed.

List prices checked May 2026

By Google · Managed databases

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What Google charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$9.37/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Storage	$0.170/GB-mo	Standard or hot storage class

Source: Google pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Google Cloud SQL billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$13/mo

Entry plan at $9.37/month$9.37
20 GB at $0.17/GB-month$3.40

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$94/mo

Entry plan at $9.37/month$9.37
500 GB at $0.17/GB-month$85

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$349/mo

Entry plan at $9.37/month$9.37
2 TB at $0.17/GB-month$340

Google Cloud SQL vs the alternatives

The closest managed databases on price, with the difference on managed databases's headline axis.

Service	Entry plan	vs Google Cloud SQL	Compare
MongoDB Atlas	$9.00	1× cheaper	Head to head
Upstash Redis	$10.00	1.1× dearer	Head to head
Turso	$8.25	1.1× cheaper	Head to head
AWS RDS for PostgreSQL	$12.40	1.3× dearer	Head to head
Azure Database for PostgreSQL	$12.41	1.3× dearer	Head to head
Scaleway Managed Database	$13.00	1.4× dearer	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Google Cloud SQL cost in 2026?: Google Cloud SQL charges $9.37 per month for the entry plan, per Google's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Google Cloud SQL have a free tier?: No. Google Cloud SQL bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.
Are these Google Cloud SQL prices current?: They were checked against Google's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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What it costs per month

Google Cloud SQL vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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