This page lists the main features of Cloud SQL and indicates which database engines support these features.
The checkmarks in Table 1 contain links to related topics.
Table 1. Cloud SQL features
| MySQL | PostgreSQL | SQL Server | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Data protection
|
Backups | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Point-in-time recovery (PITR) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
High availability | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Cloning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Disaster recovery | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Data migration
|
Data migration to external servers | ✓ | ||
|
Logs
|
Instance logging | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Planned maintenance
|
Maintenance windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Maintenance controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Self service maintenance | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Replication
|
Read replicas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Cross-region read replicas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
External read replicas | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Binary logging on read replicas | ✓ | ||
| |
Replication from an external server | ✓ | ✓ | |
| |
Read replica indexes stored procedures | ✓ | ||
| |
Logical replication | ✓ | ||
|
Security
|
Customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Cloud SQL Auth Proxy support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Audit logging | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Connection organization policies | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
IAM database authentication | ✓ | ✓ | |
| |
Access Transparency (AXT) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Key Access Justification | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Private Service Connect | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Cloud Security Command Center Monitoring | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
Cloud External Key Manager (EKM) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| |
VPC Service Controls | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Insights
|
Query Insights | ✓ | ✓ |
