Google Cloud Spanner Alternatives

Google Cloud Spanner is described as 'Spanner is a distributed SQL database management and storage service developed by Google. It provides features such as global transactions, strongly consistent reads, and automatic multi-site replication and failover' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Google Cloud Spanner, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Self-Hosted, Mac and SaaS apps. The best Google Cloud Spanner alternative is Apache Cassandra, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Google Cloud Spanner are Azure Cosmos DB, CockroachDB, TiDB and ScyllaDB.

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    The Apache Cassandra database is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Google Cloud Platform
    • Microsoft Azure
     
    • Apache Cassandra is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • Apache Cassandra is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • Apache Cassandra is Free and Open SourceGoogle Cloud Spanner is Paid and Proprietary
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    Azure Cosmos DB is a NoSQL document database service designed from the ground up to natively support JSON and JavaScript directly inside the database engine. It’s the right solution for web and mobile applications when predictable throughput, low latency, and flexible query are...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Azure Cosmos DB is the most popular Web-based alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • Azure Cosmos DB is the most popular commercial alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • Azure Cosmos DB is Paid and ProprietaryGoogle Cloud Spanner is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. CockroachDB icon
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    Cockroach is a distributed key/value datastore which supports ACID transactional semantics and versioned values as first-class features. The primary design goal is global consistency and survivability, hence the name.

    94 CockroachDB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. TiDB icon
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    TiDB is an open-source NewSQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It's MySQL compatible and can provide horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • TiDB is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • TiDB is Freemium and Open SourceGoogle Cloud Spanner is Paid and Proprietary
  5. ScyllaDB icon
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    is an open-source distributed NoSQL wide-column data store. It is compatible with Apache Cassandra and supports the same protocols (CQL and Thrift) and file formats (SSTable), as well as the Amazon DynamoDB API, and is based on C++20.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ScyllaDB is the most popular SaaS alternative to Google Cloud Spanner.

    • ScyllaDB is Free and Open SourceGoogle Cloud Spanner is Paid and Proprietary
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    Amazon Aurora provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other AWS services.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
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    StackGres is a full-stack PostgreSQL distribution for Kubernetes, packed into an easy deployment unit. With a carefully selected and tuned set of surrounding PostgreSQL components.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • PostgreSQL
     
  8. CrateDB icon
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    CrateDB is an open source SQL database with a ground-breaking distributed design:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. BemiDB icon
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    BemiDB offers zero-ETL cloud analytics for Postgres. Experience fast, scalable analytics with 1-click data sync, full Postgres compatibility, and open data storage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • PostgreSQL
     
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    Vitess is a database clustering system for horizontal scaling of MySQL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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