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Senior Data Scientist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
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Jan 22, 2023
Excellent pricing, fantastic capabilities with online documentation for support
Pros and Cons
  • "When integrating their system into the cloud-based solutions, we were able to increase their efficiency and overall productivity twice compared with their on-premises option."
  • "The initial setup could be improved making it easier to deploy."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case is for data processing and searching the data. It is basically a data warehouse. We use BigQuery to process and store the data and gather the data from BigQuery to build machine learning models.

How has it helped my organization?

When integrating their system into the cloud-based solutions, we were able to increase their efficiency and overall productivity twice compared with their on-premises option.

What is most valuable?

The data warehouse has all the features that are contained in the data warehouse solution.

What needs improvement?

The initial setup could be improved making it easier to deploy.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using BigQuery for the past three years now.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability ranks around a seven or an eight on a scale of one to ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

On a scale of one to ten, the scalability is around an eight.

How are customer service and support?

When it comes to customer support I have found some really good documentation online.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

When comparing with Azure in the past the difference was the price was cheaper. Google and Azure were offering the same features.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is somewhere in the middle between straightforward and complex. You do need some experience or initial skills when setting it up.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is good and there are no additional costs involved.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate BigQuery a nine out of ten on the overall scale.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Integrator
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Machine Learning Enginee at a retailer with 201-500 employees
Real User
Sep 10, 2022
Able to expand with lots of functionality but needs better machine learning capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The setup is simple."
  • "I noticed recently it's more expensive now."

What is our primary use case?

We use BigQuery as a data source.

We mainly use it to do some transformations. Once we collect query data from it, we use other services to do model training or predictions. We don't really utilize all the features provided by BigQuery. We mainly use some basic data transformation options. It also provides some machine learning models.

What is most valuable?

In many functions, it's very similar to Spark Kubernetes. The cluster is good. It'll provide computation capabilities. 

The setup is simple.

It is stable. The performance is good. 

It is a scalable solution. 

We do not find the solution that expensive. 

What needs improvement?

Machine learning could be improved. There are some machine learning models in BigQuery; however, maybe more libraries can be provided. We'd like it extended into the Spark ML library. 

I noticed recently it's more expensive now. I didn't compare them to others, however, and in our team, we don't consider the price of it much.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for several months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. 

I'd rate the overall stability an eight out of ten. It offers a good level of performance. There are billions of accounts. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable. We don't need to worry about scalability issues in our case. For us, it's good enough.

We have millions of customers and thousands of products. 

How are customer service and support?

I've never dealt with technical support. I can't speak to how helpful or responsive they are. We have a bigger team and tend to learn from each other.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I also use Spark, which has similar functions. I've also used Databricks. 

I've used BigQuery for a longer time, however, Databricks is easier when it comes to the setup of a complete solution. With BigQuery, we need to develop an intranet solution and set up services and then put them together.

How was the initial setup?

It is my understanding that the initial setup is very straightforward and simple. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is fine. 

What other advice do I have?

I'd rate the solution seven out of ten. It's a pretty good product overall. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer. Partner
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