What type of database is Google BigQuery?

What kind of database is BigQuery?

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.”

Is Google BigQuery a relational database?

You need to understand that BigQuery cannot be used to substitute a relational database, and it is oriented on running analytical queries, not for simple CRUD operations and queries. In this article, I will try to compare using Postgres (my favorite relational database) and BigQuery for real-world use case scenarios.

Is BigQuery a SQL or NoSQL?

To summarise, the primary differences between Bigtable and BigQuery are as follows: Bigtable is a mutable data NoSQL database service that is best suited for OLTP use cases. On the other hand, BigQuery is an immutable SQL data warehouse suitable for OLAP applications like business intelligence and analytics.

Is BigQuery a database?

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.