# Google BigQuery

> From data warehouse to autonomous data and AI platform

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/google-bigquery
- **Category:** Data Warehouse Software
- **Homepage:** https://cloud.google.com/bigquery
- **Also known as:** google-bigquery
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T16:05:47.921Z

## Vioscale score

**51.5 / 100**, confidence 42% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 8 | 640 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 30 | 1500 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 57.8 | 12 | 693.8 | ✓ |
| integrations | 13.7 | 16 | 219.5 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 22 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 12 | 960 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery). Independently observed._

Hybrid · Free tier

> Hybrid: Free tier (10 GiB storage, 1 TiB queries/mo). On-demand: $6.25/TiB beyond free. Capacity pricing via slots.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| On-demand | Free | ✓ | - |
| Capacity (Slots) | Contact sales | - | - |

### On-demand

Pay per TiB of query data scanned. First 1 TiB per month free.

**Included limits:** queries: 1 TiB/mo, storage: 10 GiB

- Automatic resource allocation
- Up to 2,000 concurrent slots (shared)
- Automatic bursting for smaller queries

### Capacity (Slots) (Contact sales)

Reserve compute capacity in advance using slots (virtual CPUs). Lower cost than on-demand for committed workloads.

- Dedicated capacity allocation
- BigQuery autoscaler support
- Slot commitments with reserved capacity
- Lower effective cost for sustained workloads

## About

BigQuery is Google Cloud's serverless data analytics platform that automates the entire data life cycle from ingestion to AI-driven insights, providing autonomous data and AI capabilities for modern analytics.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- Gemini
- Google Cloud

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Data Warehouse Software. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | - |
| **Architecture** | |
| Architecture | Serverless |
| Compute model | Serverless |
| **Query** | |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific |
| **Interoperability** | |
| Table-format support | Graph, Vector |
| **Scale** | |
| Concurrency scaling | Automatic |
| **Ingestion** | |
| Streaming ingest | ✓ |
| **Data model** | |
| Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT) | First-class |
| **Analytics** | |
| ML / in-DB functions | ✓ |
| **Sharing** | |
| Data sharing / marketplace | - |
| **Query** | |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | ✓ |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | Proprietary |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) | 2026-08-01 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) | 2026-08-01 | 80% (high) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.cloud.google.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

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