Is BigQuery an SQL database?

Is BigQuery same as SQL?

Google BigQuery is a cloud-based Architecture and provides exceptional performance as it can auto-scale up and down based on the data load and performs data analysis efficiently. On the other hand, SQL Server is based on client-server architecture and has fixed performance throughout unless the user scales it manually.

Is BigQuery a SQL or NoSQL?

BigQuery is a business intelligence/OLAP (online analytical processing) system. Bigtable is a NoSQL database service. BigQuery is more of a hybrid; it uses SQL dialects and is based on Google's internal column-based data processing technology, "Dremel.”

What is BigQuery SQL called?

Google BigQuery Standard SQL is the most frequently used SQL dialect for querying data stored in Google BigQuery. It follows the SQL 2011 standard and also supports nested queries and repeated data. It offers a few additional data types and has a strict grammar syntax.

Is BigQuery same as MySQL?

BigQuery is not a transactional database Transactional database is just a fancy term for database like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB etc that we use store and access data in live production.