Why a dedicated Cloud SQL free trial?
You might be familiar with the standard $300 Google Cloud free trial for new users. While that’s a fantastic starting point, customers have been asking us for a more specialized offering. They want a dedicated environment to test the full power of Cloud SQL, especially enterprise-grade configurations for Performance, High Availability (HA), and Data Cache. This new trial is our answer.
This trial provides a significantly enhanced experience for customers developing applications on top of Cloud SQL, allowing you to:
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Experience enterprise-grade features: Test critical functionality like High Availability and Data Cache, both essential to robust and performant database operations.
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Onboard new users: As a developer, get hands-on with Cloud SQL without the usual hurdle of getting expense approvals for running tests.
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Perform preliminary performance testing: Evaluate Cloud SQL’s performance for your specific workloads, ensuring it meets your demands.
This new Cloud SQL free trial is designed for a wide range of users:
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Existing Google Cloud customers: If you’re already using other Google Cloud products, but haven’t explored Cloud SQL, this is your chance!
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New Google Cloud users: Complementing the existing standard $300 trial, this offers a deeper dive into Cloud SQL’s capabilities.
What’s included in the 30-day free trial?
We want you to get a comprehensive understanding of Cloud SQL’s key value pillars: price-performance, high availability, connectivity, security, observability, ease of manageability, and open-source compatibility. Your free trial instance will be configured to help you explore all of these areas, based on the following database instance:
Source Credit: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/launching-a-new-cloud-sql-30-day-free-trial-instance/
