Google Cloud · 1 category · RankedGoogle Cloud SQL
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed relational databases | Data platform | 11% | 2 of 73 | 15% | 53 | accepted challenger |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“AWS RDS with PostgreSQL or Google Cloud SQL are solid choices due to their balance of features, reliability, ease of management, and cost-effectiveness” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Managed databases · direct prompt · first choice
“Google Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL) offers the best balance of managed simplicity, cost, and reliability for a mid-sized B2B company” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Managed databases · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Often the most cost-effective for mid-tier workloads... Google Cloud SQL is often the most cost-effective at mid-tier levels.” Mistral Small · Managed databases · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Amazon RDS or Google Cloud SQL | Highly reliable, predictable cost, supports almost any engine.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · Managed databases · comparative prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“it may not be suitable for applications that require globally distributed transactional writes across multiple regions with strong consistency” Llama 4 Maverick · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“Google Cloud SQL is great for simplicity, but it is cautionary for applications requiring high throughput or extreme elasticity.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL/MySQL: generally reputable, but version lifecycle/deprecation policy matters a lot.” GPT-5.4 mini · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“Avoid AWS/GCP/Azure for small projects — their pricing complexity often leads to unexpected bills” Kimi K2 · Managed databases · budget prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 126 of the 154 answers that named Google Cloud SQL and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
452 of the 452 domain citations in answers naming Google Cloud SQL came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Google Cloud SQL
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