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Google Cloud Spanner pros and cons

Vendor: Google
4.6 out of 5

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PROS

Google Cloud Spanner can be scaled according to needs.
Application deployment in the cloud is a highly praised feature.
Google Cloud Spanner offers robust scalability options, including horizontal scaling which is advantageous over traditional vertical scaling.
Google Cloud Spanner is recognized for its stability.
It is noted for its high scalability.

CONS

Cost can be a bit high.
Cloud Spanner Emulator fails to work like the real product for local development.
Needs improvement in horizontal scaling.
Lacks AI features.
Deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure needs improvement.
 

Google Cloud Spanner Pros review quotes

LJ
System Architect at UST Global España
Jan 19, 2026
It is a very scalable solution.
Ethan Lo - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructuer Security at Premise Data
Sep 5, 2023
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.
Saurav Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineering and AI Intern at .3Lines Venture Capital
Dec 5, 2023
Google Cloud Spanner is stable.
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Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at HCL Technologies
May 25, 2022
We can scale the solution if we need to.
BA
Digital Marketing Manager at BEXCOM - Tech
Feb 17, 2023
The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure.
 

Google Cloud Spanner Cons review quotes

LJ
System Architect at UST Global España
Jan 19, 2026
The tool lacks to offer AI features.
Ethan Lo - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructuer Security at Premise Data
Sep 5, 2023
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.
Saurav Krishna - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Engineering and AI Intern at .3Lines Venture Capital
Dec 5, 2023
The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling.
Find out what your peers are saying about Google, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle and others in Database as a Service (DBaaS). Updated: April 2026.
893,221 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Aakash Sharma - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Architect at HCL Technologies
May 25, 2022
The cost can be a bit high.
BA
Digital Marketing Manager at BEXCOM - Tech
Feb 17, 2023
I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure.