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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon Athena

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data directly in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. With a few clicks in the AWS Management Console, customers can point Athena at their data stored in S3 and begin using standard SQL to run ad-hoc queries and get results in seconds. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to setup or manage, and customers pay only for the queries they run. You can use Athena to process logs, perform ad-hoc analysis, and run…

    $5

    per TB of Data Scanned

    Google BigQuery

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGoogle's BigQuery is part of the Google Cloud Platform, a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) supporting the querying and rapid analysis of enterprise data.

    $6.25

    per TiB (after the 1st 1 TiB per month, which is free)

    Pricing
    Amazon AthenaGoogle BigQuery
    Editions & Modules
    Price per Query
    $5.00
    per TB of Data Scanned
    Standard edition
    $0.04 / slot hour
    Enterprise edition
    $0.06 / slot hour
    Enterprise Plus edition
    $0.10 / slot hour
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon AthenaGoogle BigQuery
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon AthenaGoogle BigQuery
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon Athena
    - Super Cost-Effective - Well integrated with the AWS ecosystem - Easy setup with multiple formats.
    Incentivized
    Google
    Chose Google BigQuery
    Compared to every other analytics DB solution I've used, Google BigQuery was by far the easiest to set up and maintain, and scale.
    The price was also much lower for our use case (internal data analysis).
    Incentivized
    Chose Google BigQuery
    There are some areas in which this product is better while there are some in which others do better. It's not like Google BigQuery surpasses them in every metric. For a holistic view, I will say we use this because of - scalability, performance, ease of use, and seamless …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google BigQuery
    BigQuery has a simpler and more intuitive user experience (as is the case with most of its products) compared to AWS, which has a more technical and complex profile, so it was the first tool we used. It's still my go-to option for handling SQL queries, though it doesn't detract …
    Incentivized
    Chose Google BigQuery
    We based our analysis primarily on [BigQuery vs. Redshift vs. Athena] and BigQuery proved to be the best solution for us.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon AthenaGoogle BigQuery
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Amazon Athena and Google BigQuery
    Feature
    Amazon Athena
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    Google BigQuery
    8.4
    71 Ratings
    Automatic software patching8.22 Ratings8.017 Ratings
    Database scalability9.03 Ratings9.270 Ratings
    Automated backups7.73 Ratings8.524 Ratings
    Database security provisions9.22 Ratings8.664 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics8.04 Ratings8.066 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment9.22 Ratings8.013 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon AthenaGoogle BigQuery
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (71 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (10 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)