Azure Synapse Analytics vs BigQuery
Head-to-head comparison · Analytics
At a glance
- BigQuery has the lower starting price — $0.0100 per GB/month vs $0.0562 per GB/month.
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Azure Synapse Analytics
Microsoft Azure
Azure Synapse Analytics merges enterprise SQL data warehousing with big data processing, letting you query diverse systems from a single platform. It handles large-scale analytics workloads, aiming to speed up insight ge…
CATEGORY
Analytics
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
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BigQuery
Google Cloud Platform
BigQuery runs on Google Cloud as a serverless analytics engine that handles the full data lifecycle, from ingestion to AI-driven insights. It processes massive datasets without requiring you to manage underlying infrastr…
CATEGORY
Analytics
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AZURE SYNAPSE ANALYTICS
Dedicated SQL Pool
$1.20/hour
On-Demand
$113.25/hour
On-Demand
$0.2900/hour
On-Demand
$0.8090/hour
On-Demand
$37.75/hour
On-Demand
$1.66/hour
On-Demand
$7.55/hour
On-Demand
$0.1500/hour
BIGQUERY
Active Storage
$0.0200/GB/month
Enterprise Edition
$0.0600/slot-hour
Enterprise Plus
$0.1000/slot-hour
Free Tier
Free/month
Long-term Storage
$0.0100/GB/month
On-Demand Analysis
$6.25/TB
Standard Edition
$0.0400/slot-hour
Storage (Active)
$0.0200/GB/month