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# Cloud SQL

By [Google Cloud](/google-cloud.md)

A fully-managed database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server, designed to reduce costs and scale enterprise workloads.

## Features
- Fully managed database service with automated backups, replication, patches, encryption, and storage capacity increases.
- Supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server with rich support for extensions and configuration flags.
- High availability with automatic failover and subsecond downtime maintenance.
- Enterprise Plus edition offers 99.99% availability SLA and enhanced disaster recovery.
- Price-performance options with C4A instances and optimized machine families.
- AI-powered assistance with Gemini for database operations, performance optimization, and migration.
- Vector database capabilities for AI-powered applications and near-100% text-to-SQL accuracy.
- Integration with Firebase SQL Connect for building mobile and web apps with PostgreSQL backend.

## Built for
DEVELOPERS, OPERATIONS, EXECUTIVES

Source: https://www.softatlas.io/google-cloud/products/cloud-sql