# Google Cloud SQL alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 124 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Cloud SQL holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/google-cloud-sql/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Supabase: 16
- Amazon Aurora: 15
- Amazon RDS: 12
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 7
- Neon: 6
- AWS: 1

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #5 of 8 at 5%).

- Supabase: first choice in 13 of those 48
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 8 of those 48
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 5 of those 48
- Neon: first choice in 4 of those 48
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Google Cloud SQL with PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 48
- MongoDB: first choice in 1 of those 48
- MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Mid-market**: 30 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #3 of 11 at 8%).

- Supabase: first choice in 3 of those 30
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 2 of those 30
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 30
- Aiven Developer Tier for PostgreSQL / MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 30
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 1 of those 30

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #4 of 8 at 8%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 12 of those 46
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 2 of those 46
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Managed MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 46
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 46

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