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Google Cloud Spanner Reviews

Vendor: Google
4.5 out of 5
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Google Cloud Spanner mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of Google Cloud Spanner in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category stands at 4.1%, up from 3.6% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
9%
Retailer
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
7%
Educational Organization
5%
Healthcare Company
4%
Media Company
4%
Sports Company
3%
Real Estate/Law Firm
3%
Insurance Company
2%
Consumer Goods Company
2%
Comms Service Provider
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Construction Company
1%
Non Profit
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Wholesaler/Distributor
1%
Non Tech Company
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm
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Ethan Lo - PeerSpot user
Infrastructuer Security at Premise Data
Verified user of Google Cloud Spanner
Sep 13, 2023
A stable and scalable relational database that ensures a return on investment for its users

Pros

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."

Cons

"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
LJ
System Architect at UST Global España
Verified user of Google Cloud Spanner
Jul 24, 2024
Offers good performance to users

Pros

"It is a very scalable solution."

Cons

"The tool lacks to offer AI features."
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Saurav Krishna - PeerSpot user
Data Engineering and AI Intern at .3Lines Venture Capital
Verified user of Google Cloud Spanner
Dec 9, 2023
A stable but expensive solution that needs to look into the horizontal scaling feature

Pros

"Google Cloud Spanner is stable. "

Cons

"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling. "
Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot user
Senior Technical Architect at HCL Technologies
Verified user of Google Cloud Spanner
Jun 5, 2022
A managed service that spans well and is reliable

Pros

"We can scale the solution if we need to."

Cons

"The cost can be a bit high."
BA
Digital Marketing Manager at BEXCOM - Tech
Verified user of Google Cloud Spanner
Mar 13, 2023
Very easy to deploy and execute

Pros

"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."

Cons

" I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure. "