When creating proofs of concept or small personal projects that are hosted primarily in GCP, with non-relational data models, this is the NoSQL managed database I usually pair them with.

This is our primary database, though most of our actual data is stored in static storage. This database houses the metadata necessary for indexing and finding static data.

worked with a client that used datastore as their backend database. helped plan out their schema and architecture. loved the speed and simplicity.

If you need a document-based database with geo-redundancy (imagine AU-HU distance), this is the way to go.

We store our data in this store.