Cloud data warehouse Category leader

Google BigQuery

Serverless data warehouse on Google Cloud

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BigQuery is Google Cloud's serverless data warehouse that runs ANSI-standard SQL, with storage and compute that scale independently. It includes BigQuery ML, Python notebooks in BigQuery Studio, and row- and column-level governance. A free usage tier and sandbox are available.

  • SQL querying
  • Separate storage and compute
  • Pay-per-use pricing (not listed)
  • Semi-structured data support (not listed)
  • Secure data sharing (not listed)
  • Fine-grained access control

Also includes

  • BI tool connectors
  • Materialized views
  • Streaming ingestion
  • In-database machine learning
  • Python and notebook support
  • Open table formats
  • Free tier or trial credits

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Key features

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