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

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 136 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://it-ai-index.com/vendors/google-cloud-sql/alternatives/

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

- Supabase: 15
- Amazon Aurora: 12
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 12
- Amazon RDS: 11
- Neon: 8
- Azure SQL Database: 6

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #3 of 8 at 16%).

- Supabase: first choice in 12 of those 46
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 7 of those 46
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 6 of those 46
- Neon: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 46
- CloudClusters.io: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Hostman: first choice in 1 of those 46

**Mid-market**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #3 of 9 at 10%).

- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 5 of those 45
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Neon: first choice in 4 of those 45
- Supabase: first choice in 3 of those 45
- Linode Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Vultr Managed Databases: first choice in 1 of those 45

**Enterprise**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud SQL (Google Cloud SQL is #4 of 8 at 9%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 8 of those 45
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 4 of those 45
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Crunchy Bridge for Postgres: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Google Cloud Spanner: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Instaclustr: first choice in 1 of those 45

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