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BigQuery pricing in Doha

In Doha (me-central1), BigQuery charges $7.59 for each TiB a query scans on demand, or $0.049, $0.0735 and $0.1225 a slot-hour on Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Logical storage costs $0.02645 a GiB a month, and $0.0184 once it is long-term.

BigQuery · me-central1

Queries, on demand and on slots

On demand
$7.59
A TiB scanned, the first a month free
Standard
$0.049
A slot-hour, pay as you go
Enterprise
$0.0735
A slot-hour, pay as you go
Enterprise Plus
$0.1225
A slot-hour, pay as you go

A slot-hour under each commitment

Slot commitments are for Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, from 50 slots in steps of 50, billed every hour of the term. A slot all month is 730 slot-hours.

EditionPay as you go1 year3 yearsA slot a month
Standard$0.049NoneNone$35.77
Enterprise$0.0735$0.0588$0.0441$53.65
Enterprise Plus$0.1225$0.098$0.0735$89.42

Storage and loading

Billed byActive, a GiBLong-term, a GiB
LogicalUncompressed bytes; time travel and fail-safe included$0.02645$0.0184
PhysicalCompressed bytes, plus time travel and fail-safe at the active rate$0.046$0.023
Batch load
$0
On the shared slot pool
Storage Write API
$0.03075
A GiB, the first 2 TiB a month free
Streaming inserts
$0.01215
A 200 MiB, each row at least 1 KB

Every location

A TiB on demand, cheapest first.

Work it out

Questions

How much does BigQuery cost per TiB in Doha?
On demand, $7.59 for each TiB a query scans in Doha (me-central1), after the first TiB a month, which is free. Scanning 20 TiB a month costs $144.
How much does a BigQuery slot cost in Doha?
Pay as you go, a slot-hour costs $0.049 on Standard, $0.0735 on Enterprise and $0.1225 on Enterprise Plus. On Enterprise, a slot committed for 1 year costs $0.0588 an hour (20 percent off) and for 3 years $0.0441 (40 percent off).
Is on-demand or capacity pricing cheaper in Doha?
For 100 slots busy 6 hours a day on 22 days, Standard costs $647 a month, the same as scanning 86.18 TiB on demand. Queries that scan less cost less on demand; more, and slots cost less.
How much does BigQuery storage cost in Doha?
Logical storage costs $0.02645 a GiB a month, and $0.0184 for data not modified for 90 days. Physical storage costs $0.046 and $0.023, for the compressed bytes plus those kept for time travel and fail-safe. The first 10 GiB a month are free.
How much does BigQuery streaming cost in Doha?
The Storage Write API costs $0.03075 a GiB after the first 2 TiB a month, and legacy streaming inserts $0.01215 a 200 MiB, counting each row as at least 1 KB. Batch loading is free.
Can I buy BigQuery spend-based commitments in Doha?
No. Google's price list gives no spend-based commitment for Doha (me-central1). Slot commitments, on Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, still take 20 percent off for 1 year and 40 percent for 3.
Is Doha one of the cheapest BigQuery locations?
No. A TiB on demand costs $7.59 in Doha (me-central1), 22 percent more than the $6.25 of the cheapest locations, such as the US multi-region, the EU multi-region, Alabama (us-east7) and 7 more. A dataset's location is set when it is made, so choose it before loading data.