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Product Information on Google BigQuery

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Google BigQuery?

Google BigQuery is a cloud-based data warehouse software that enables users to store, analyze, and manage large datasets using SQL. The software supports fast querying and real-time analysis of structured and semi-structured data across scalable infrastructure. It integrates with various data analytics and business intelligence tools, offers built-in machine learning capabilities, and features automated performance optimization. BigQuery enables businesses to process and analyze large volumes of data to support decision making, data reporting, and predictive analytics. The software addresses challenges related to handling and processing extensive datasets within organizations without the need for traditional on-premises infrastructure.

Google BigQuery Pricing

Google BigQuery is a software that uses a pay-as-you-go pricing model based on data storage, streaming inserts, and the amount of data processed by queries. The software offers on-demand pricing where charges apply for each query run, and a flat-rate pricing option that allows purchasing dedicated resources. Storage charges apply separately for active and long-term data, and additional costs may be incurred for data streaming and data transfer.

Overall experience with Google BigQuery

DATA ENGINEER
<50M USD, Media
FAVORABLE

“BigQuery BigBusiness BigResults”

5.0
Mar 27, 2026
A great data warehouse product for collating and manipulating data that you can easily feed into other systems. Constantly evolving with new features and has Gemini now built into it. Gives you direct access to cloud storage and scheduled queries can be set up to manage and synchronise the movement of data and files. There is a wealth of documentation and help files and of course Gemini to help people get up to speed and make the most of the product.
Senior Director of Data and Cloud
50M - 250M USD, Media
CRITICAL

“New Spend Control Features Improve BigQuery, But Support Issues Remain”

3.0
Aug 26, 2025
BigQuery is a powerful tool but support is inconsistent. They have caught up in the competitive marketplace dramatically in the last few years.

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4.5
Market Presence: Cloud Database Management Systems, Data and Analytics Governance Platforms

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Googlers is a company that creates products intended to create opportunities for an extensive audience, regardless of their location across the globe. The company values diverse perspectives, imaginations and non-conformity to predefined norms and impossibilities. The goal is to build products while incorporating uniqueness of each individual involved in this process, aiming to make their products accessible and useful to all.

Company Details

Updated 11th November 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1998
Head office location
Mountain View, CA, United States
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
www.google.com

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Google BigQuery Likes & Dislikes

Like

If you know a bit of SQL it is fairly quick and easy to dive in and get started. BigQuery SQL does not vary too much from other forms so it is easy to pick up if you have prior knowledge of other SQL syntaxes.

Like

The most compelling feature is data delivery from other google products - Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager most of all. The new-ish features for controlling spend are strong.

Like

Out-of-the-box partitioning is very good, it allows terabyte scanning queries to run in minutes instead of hours, as is done by competitors. The interface is very clean and understandable, with easy SQL table creation from text files and parquet files. Preview version of tables are also very helpful.

Dislike

You need to be very wise to how costs are processed when queries are run or it is easy to incur unexpected charges, especially if you have large datasets with bad table partitioning

Dislike

Working with google support is sometimes very frustruting

Dislike

I believe that the cost is higher than for on premise services. It's also very cluttered with a lot of options, so I find it complicated to use for easy querying. It lacks some of the analytics for each column, something out of the box.

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  • DATA ENGINEER
    <50M USD
    Media
    Review Source

    BigQuery BigBusiness BigResults

    5.0
    Mar 27, 2026
    A great data warehouse product for collating and manipulating data that you can easily feed into other systems. Constantly evolving with new features and has Gemini now built into it. Gives you direct access to cloud storage and scheduled queries can be set up to manage and synchronise the movement of data and files. There is a wealth of documentation and help files and of course Gemini to help people get up to speed and make the most of the product.
  • Data Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    Software
    Review Source

    BigQuery Enables Fast Terabyte-Scale Queries and Simple File-Based Table Creation

    5.0
    Feb 20, 2026
    BigQuery is the next step in database management. It's a product that stands out among its competitors because of very smart partitioning possibilities and a possibility to easily link it with other Google services.
  • Product Manager
    50M-1B USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    Scalability and Low Latency in Google BigQuery Highlighted by 15 Million Customer Records

    5.0
    Mar 4, 2026
    Absolutely mindblown with the kind of scale that someone can expect in Google BigQuery. Currently we have data for close to 15M customers and whenever we query for some analysis and time taken to consume it is absolutely nil.
  • Data Engineer
    50M-1B USD
    Retail
    Review Source

    BigQuery Praised for Performance Yet Criticized for Complexity and High Pricing

    5.0
    Sep 25, 2025
    BigQuery is an outstanding cloud data warehouse solution.Its serverless architecture eliminates infrastructure management, while auto-scaling ensures performance even at massive query load.
  • DATA ANALYTICAL ENGINEER
    1B-10B USD
    Travel and Hospitality
    Review Source

    Google BigQuery Offers Seamless Experience With Rapid Support and Timely Feature Releases

    4.0
    Aug 27, 2025
    Google BigQuery is exceptional. We use this enterprise wide, it is seamless, and has a good user experience. I am fascinated with the theme of Google. Sticking to white makes it so good. To cap it off, the support we get from the Google team is truly exceptional
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4.5

(394 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

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4 Star
43%
3 Star
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.4

Planning & Transition

4.4

Delivery & Execution

4.3

Integration & Deployment

4.6

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.6

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