Google Cloud Spanner
Reviews
Star rating
Rank in Relational Databases
Pros and cons
Pros
Cons
Traffic & LLM citations
Source: G2 review data
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Key stats
Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 27.8% |
| Mid-Market | 25.0% |
| Enterprise | 47.2% |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Reviews | Star rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 1 | 5.0 |
Satisfaction ratings
What reviewers say
High Availability and Effortless Scaling with Google Cloud Spanner
“I like the number of connections to databases and appreciate how it auto releases the database locks. I also enjoy using PostgreSQL and data streaming to BigQuery in Google Cloud Spanner. It's easy for migration, and I don't face issues related to separate licensing or needing to”
A great way to deal with heavy transactional workloads
“It's the best service if you want to migrate your heavy transactional workloads to have global distribution and high scalability.”
Auto patch update with no downtime and Horozontal Sharing is top reason
“Auto patch update with no downtime and Horozontal Sharing iand ACID transaction compliant,Easy to implement and Scale up , distributed transactions.”