Google Cloud Database Center
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Google Cloud Database Center, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Google Cloud Database Center's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Database Center | Free | Available at no cost · Gemini-backed insights and chat require Gemini Cloud Assist · Advanced security and compliance monitoring requires a Security Command Center subscription |
The facts
Each one read from Google Cloud Database Center's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access controls
- Access is managed with IAM permissions at the organization, folder, or project level; the viewer role grants access to instance metadata, not managed database contents.checked 11 Oct 2026
- API
- The Database Center API provides organization-wide, cross-product access to database fleet health information and has REST and RPC references.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Database Center is accessible from the Google Cloud managed database services console and is enabled by default for users with the required IAM permissions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data freshness
- Displayed data is not real time; it is usually updated within a few minutes but can take up to 24 hours.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Gemini
- Gemini chat can answer questions about fleet health and provide customized recommendations based on Google Cloud projects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Health monitoring
- It summarizes fleet health issues using data from Google Cloud projects and Security Command Center, and advises how to investigate affected projects or instances.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Gemini Cloud Assist provides select performance insights and recommendations, including query and index advice for Cloud SQL and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Google identifies database platform teams and site reliability engineers as users who can use Database Center to identify compliance risks and help protect databases against downtime.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Inventory limits
- BigQuery supports resource inventory monitoring, and Memorystore for Valkey supports resource inventory and metrics monitoring, but neither has health issue monitoring in Database Center.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Preview limitations
- Database monitoring for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server on Compute Engine VMs is in Preview and may have limited support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Database Center is an AI-assisted dashboard that gives users a centralized view of database fleet health issues and recommendations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security monitoring
- Security-related health issues require Security Command Center; Built-in enables basic issues, while Premium enables all health issues supported by Security Command Center.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported databases
- Health issue monitoring covers AlloyDB, Bigtable, Cloud SQL, Firestore, Memorystore, Oracle Database@Google Cloud, Spanner, and preview support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server on Compute Engine VMs.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1998checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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