Google Cloud Announces General Availability of AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

Dec. 14, 2022 — Google Cloud has announced that AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service that provides a powerful option for modernizing your most demanding enterprise database workloads, is now generally available.

AlloyDB is an excellent choice for organizations looking to break free from their legacy, proprietary databases and for existing PostgreSQL users looking to scale with no application changes. It combines full PostgreSQL compatibility with the best of Google: scale-out compute and storage, integrated analytics, and AI/ML-powered management.

Based on Google Cloud performance tests, AlloyDB is more than four times faster for transactional workloads, and up to 100 times faster for analytical queries than standard PostgreSQL. It’s also two times faster for transactional workloads than Amazon’s comparable PostgreSQL-compatible service. You can expect high out-of-the-box regional availability, backed by a 99.99% availability SLA inclusive of maintenance. AlloyDB automatically detects and recovers from most database failures within 60 seconds, independent of database size and load. And finally, autopilot systems for automatic provisioning of storage, adaptive auto-vacuuming, and more make it easier than ever to manage your database. Pricing is transparent and predictable, with no expensive, proprietary licensing and no hidden I/O charges.

“We were delighted to be in the preview program with AlloyDB, and now to be a launch partner as it comes into general availability,” said Will Montgomery, CTO at Thought Machine. “We are confident that AlloyDB performs at the highest level for our global Tier 1 bank clients running on Google Cloud Platform, which have stringent demands on performance and availability.”

Since the AlloyDB preview announcement in May, Google Cloud introduced a number of new product capabilities to address the needs of high-end enterprise applications.  Critical security features like customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK) and VPC Service Controls were added, and the preview of cross-region replication was announced. Google Cloud expanded configuration options, including introducing a new 2 vCPU /16 GB RAM machine type, and adding support for additional PostgreSQL extensions like pgRouting, PLV8, and amcheck.

Preview pricing will continue through December 31, 2023, after which normal billing will commence. For additional pricing information, see AlloyDB pricing. You can find more information about product functionality, regional availability, and our service-level agreement (SLA) in the AlloyDB for PostgreSQL documentation.

Getting Started

You can get started with AlloyDB in just a few clicks by navigating to the AlloyDB console and creating your first cluster.

Getting started is easy with three simple steps:

1. Create your AlloyDB cluster.
2. Create a primary instance for that cluster.
3. Connect to the cluster using a psql client.

Check out Google Cloud’s quickstart for a step-by-step guide on creating a new AlloyDB cluster. Or you can use Database Migration Service to easily migrate an existing PostgreSQL database to AlloyDB.

Source: Google Cloud