--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Google Cloud BigQuery. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Google Cloud BigQuery Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Data Analysis Software](/directory/31077/data-analysis/software) > [Google Cloud BigQuery](/software/1030695/google-cloud-bigquery) # Google Cloud BigQuery Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1030695/google-cloud-bigquery Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1030695/google-cloud-bigquery?page=2) > BigQuery is a serverless, multicloud data warehouse designed to help you turn big data into valuable business. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 35 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Google Cloud BigQuery? BigQuery helps organizations of all sizes break down data silos and get more value out of their data. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 35 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Google ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$2,000.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Free Trial: New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on BigQuery during the first 90 days. Free Usage per Month: All customers get 10 GB storage and up to 1 TB queries free per month, not charged against their credits. General Pricing: BigQuery charges for data storage, streaming inserts, and querying data, but loading and exporting data are free of charge. • Storage: $0.02 per GB, per month and $0.01 per GB, per month for long-term storage • Streaming inserts: $0.01 per 200 MB - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - Ad hoc Analysis - Ad hoc Reporting - Collaboration Tools - Data Aggregation and Publishing - Data Connectors - Data Discovery - Data Import/Export - Data Integration - Data Migration - Data Visualisation - Data Warehousing - Database Support - Deep Learning - ETL - Extract Transfer Load - Forecasting - High Volume Processing - In-Memory Processing - ML Algorithm Library - Model Training - Modeling & Simulation - Multiple Data Sources - Predictive Analytics - Self-service Analytics - Third-Party Integrations - Trend Analysis - Workflow Management ## Integrations (8 total) - Google Ads - Google Analytics 360 - Google Campaign Manager 360 - Google Cloud Bigtable - Google Cloud Compute Engine - Google Data Studio - Looker - Vertex AI ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Data Analysis Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31077/data-analysis/software) ## Related Categories - [Data Analysis Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31077/data-analysis/software) - [Machine Learning Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31103/machine-learning/software) - [Predictive Analytics Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30945/predictive-analytics/software) - [Big Data Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30851/big-data/software) - [Business Intelligence Platform](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/23/business-intelligence/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Learning curve for complex analytics and optimization techniques. > > Google Cloud BigQuery provides fast, scalable, and fully-managed data warehousing, making it easy to analyze large datasets without worrying about infrastructure. Its SQL interface and seamless integration with other Google Cloud services simplify data analysis and dashboard creation. ----- ### "Review of BigQuery Query Execution and Use Cases." — 5.0/5 > **Vaibhav** | *24 December 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is very help full to store large unstructured data and further etl the data and used for analytics. > > **Cons**: For Beginners it is costly. Overall very fast and reliable. > > Free Tier access, query execution on the free tier, connection of Big Query from other market tools and best of the best we can directly connect with Google Sheet. It is very to use and implement into software using data stream to connect with databases as well. ----- ### "Money grab for the most part" — 3.0/5 > **Ryan** | *3 November 2025* | Real Estate | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Decent tool to query unsampled GA4 data, but wouldn't need to use it as much if GA provided unsampled data to begin with. > > **Cons**: Seems to autosave queries these days which isn't a feature I would like to have turned on automatically since I can't review past code. Also cost is high... very high ----- ### "Big query for modernization" — 4.0/5 > **Sudhakar** | *11 February 2026* | Banking | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: This database is integrated with mainframes using BQConhector tool and easy to load data from mainframe to bigquery > > **Cons**: Some times data gets lost while upgrading the database. And not all customers get all the special features. > > It is good tool especially dealing with mainframe data types such as comp and comp 3. The orc file format handling is awesome ----- ### "Worth a try for datawarehousing loads" — 5.0/5 > **Pratik** | *23 December 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Free 1TB compute User friendly web UI Amazing web SQL editor > > **Cons**: I can't find anything wrong with biguery ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1030695/google-cloud-bigquery?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/1030695/google-cloud-bigquery) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | ja | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data