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This page describes Spanner editions and its key features.
Spanner editions is a tier-based pricing model that provides different
capabilities at different price points. Spanner offers the
following editions to support your various business and
application needs:
Standard edition: provides a comprehensive suite of established
capabilities that include all of the features that are Generally Available
(GA) prior to September 24, 2024 along with selected additional
capabilities, such as reverse ETL from BigQuery and scheduled
backups, in single-region (regional) instance configurations.
Enterprise edition: builds on the Standard edition and
offers multi-model capabilities including Spanner Graph, full-text
search, and Vector Search. It also offers enhanced operational
simplicity and data protection using managed autoscaling and incremental
backups.
Enterprise Plus edition: designed for the most demanding
workloads that require 99.999% availability with multi-region instance
configurations and geo-partitioning support. This tier includes all
Standard edition and Enterprise edition features.
Editions features
The following table lists the features available for each edition.
If you haven't selected an edition for your legacy Spanner
instance, it has automatically upgraded to the lowest edition that matches your
usage pattern to avoid workload disruption.
In general:
Regional instances upgraded to the Standard edition.
Regional instances with additional configurable read-only replicas or
those using Enterprise edition features upgraded to the
Enterprise edition.
Multi-region instances or those using Enterprise Plus edition
features upgraded to the Enterprise Plus edition.
If you are a Spanner customer under Google Cloud commitments
with discounts on legacy SKUs, no action is required on your part. You can
continue to use legacy SKUs until the expiration of your contract. You also have
the option to upgrade to Spanner editions. We recommend contacting your
sales team to understand your existing contractual obligation and renew your
contracts to include the new editions SKUs, so you can
optimize your total cost of ownership and get access to new capabilities that
are only offered in editions.
Pricing
For information about Spanner editions pricing, see
Spanner pricing.
Frequently asked questions
What are the changes if I'm using a Spanner free trial instance?
If you're using a free trial instance, it will default to the
Enterprise edition when you upgrade it to a paid instance.
Once in Enterprise edition, you can upgrade the instance to the
Enterprise Plus edition, or contact support to downgrade to the
Standard edition.
Can I upgrade my instance?
Yes, you can upgrade your instance
to the Enterprise edition or Enterprise Plus edition.
There is no data migration involved when you change the edition of your
instance. The edition upgrade takes approximately 10 minutes to complete
with zero downtime.
Can I downgrade my instance?
Yes, you can downgrade your instance
to a lower-tier edition. You must stop using the higher-tier edition
features in order to downgrade. There is no data migration involved when you
change the edition of your instance. The edition downgrade takes
approximately 10 minutes to complete with zero downtime.
Will granular instances continue to be supported with editions?
Yes, granular instances is supported in all Spanner editions. The
minimum compute capacity you can set is 100 processing units or one node
(1000 processing units).
Will my instance undergo data migration when it upgrades to editions?
No, your instance doesn't undergo data migration when it upgrades to
editions. This is a configuration change.
How do I stop using Enterprise edition or
Enterprise Plus edition features in order to downgrade my instance's
edition?
Enterprise edition and Enterprise Plus edition features:
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Spanner offers the\nfollowing editions to support your various business and\napplication needs:\n\n- **Standard edition**: provides a comprehensive suite of established\n capabilities that include all of the features that are Generally Available\n (GA) prior to September 24, 2024 along with selected additional\n capabilities, such as reverse ETL from BigQuery and scheduled\n backups, in single-region (regional) instance configurations.\n\n- **Enterprise edition**: builds on the Standard edition and\n offers multi-model capabilities including Spanner Graph, full-text\n search, and Vector Search. It also offers enhanced operational\n simplicity and data protection using managed autoscaling and incremental\n backups.\n\n- **Enterprise Plus edition**: designed for the most demanding\n workloads that require 99.999% availability with multi-region instance\n configurations and geo-partitioning support. This tier includes all\n Standard edition and Enterprise edition features.\n\nEditions features\n-----------------\n\nThe following table lists the features available for each edition.\n\nWhat you need to do\n-------------------\n\nIf you haven't selected an edition for your legacy Spanner\ninstance, it has automatically upgraded to the lowest edition that matches your\nusage pattern to avoid workload disruption.\n\nIn general:\n\n- Regional instances upgraded to the Standard edition.\n- Regional instances with additional configurable read-only replicas or those using Enterprise edition features upgraded to the Enterprise edition.\n- Multi-region instances or those using Enterprise Plus edition features upgraded to the Enterprise Plus edition.\n\nIf you are a Spanner customer under Google Cloud commitments\nwith discounts on legacy SKUs, **no action is required on your part.** You can\ncontinue to use legacy SKUs until the expiration of your contract. You also have\nthe option to upgrade to Spanner editions. We recommend contacting your\nsales team to understand your existing contractual obligation and renew your\ncontracts to include the new editions SKUs, so you can\noptimize your total cost of ownership and get access to new capabilities that\nare only offered in editions.\n\nPricing\n-------\n\nFor information about Spanner editions pricing, see\n[Spanner pricing](/spanner/pricing).\n\nFrequently asked questions\n--------------------------\n\n**What are the changes if I'm using a Spanner free trial instance?**\n: If you're using a free trial instance, it will default to the\n Enterprise edition when you [upgrade it to a paid instance](/spanner/docs/free-trial-quickstart#upgrade).\n Once in Enterprise edition, you can upgrade the instance to the\n Enterprise Plus edition, or contact support to downgrade to the\n Standard edition.\n\n**Can I upgrade my instance?**\n: Yes, you can [upgrade your instance](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances#upgrade-edition)\n to the Enterprise edition or Enterprise Plus edition.\n There is no data migration involved when you change the edition of your\n instance. The edition upgrade takes approximately 10 minutes to complete\n with zero downtime.\n\n**Can I downgrade my instance?**\n: Yes, you can [downgrade your instance](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances#downgrade-edition)\n to a lower-tier edition. You must stop using the higher-tier edition\n features in order to downgrade. There is no data migration involved when you\n change the edition of your instance. The edition downgrade takes\n approximately 10 minutes to complete with zero downtime.\n\n**Will granular instances continue to be supported with editions?**\n: Yes, granular instances is supported in all Spanner editions. The\n minimum compute capacity you can set is 100 processing units or one node\n (1000 processing units).\n\n**Will my instance undergo data migration when it upgrades to editions?**\n: No, your instance doesn't undergo data migration when it upgrades to\n editions. This is a configuration change.\n\n**How do I stop using Enterprise edition or\nEnterprise Plus edition features in order to downgrade my instance's\nedition?**\n\n- Enterprise edition and Enterprise Plus edition features:\n\n - Custom read-only replicas: [Move your instance](/spanner/docs/move-instance) to a regional instance configuration or [delete your instance](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances#delete-instance).\n - Spanner Graph: [Delete all property graph schemas](/spanner/docs/graph/create-update-drop-schema#drop-property-graph-schema) in your instance.\n - Full-text search: [Delete all search indexes](/spanner/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#drop-search-index) in your instance.\n - Vector search: Stop using all [KNN](/spanner/docs/find-k-nearest-neighbors) and [ANN](/spanner/docs/find-approximate-nearest-neighbors) distance functions, and [delete all vector indexes](/spanner/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#drop-vector-index) in your instance.\n - Managed autoscaler: Change your instance from using the managed autoscaler to [use manual scaling](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances#remove-managed-autoscaler).\n- Enterprise Plus edition only features:\n\n - Dual-region and multi-region instance configurations: [Move your instance](/spanner/docs/move-instance) to a regional instance configuration or [delete your instance](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances#delete-instance).\n - Geo-partitioning: [Delete all partitions](/spanner/docs/create-manage-partitions#delete-partition) in your instance.\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n- Learn how to [create and manage your instances](/spanner/docs/create-manage-instances)."]]
