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BigQuery pricing in Santiago

In Santiago (southamerica-west1), BigQuery charges $8.94 for each TiB a query scans on demand, or $0.057, $0.0855 and $0.1425 a slot-hour on Standard, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Logical storage costs $0.03289 a GiB a month, and $0.02288 once it is long-term.

BigQuery · southamerica-west1

Queries, on demand and on slots

On demand
$8.94
A TiB scanned, the first a month free
Standard
$0.057
A slot-hour, pay as you go
Enterprise
$0.0855
A slot-hour, pay as you go
Enterprise Plus
$0.1425
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$0.057NoneNone$41.61
Enterprise$0.0855$0.0684$0.0513$62.42
Enterprise Plus$0.1425$0.114$0.0855$104

Storage and loading

Billed byActive, a GiBLong-term, a GiB
LogicalUncompressed bytes; time travel and fail-safe included$0.03289$0.02288
PhysicalCompressed bytes, plus time travel and fail-safe at the active rate$0.06$0.03
Batch load
$0
On the shared slot pool
Storage Write API
$0.03575
A GiB, the first 2 TiB a month free
Streaming inserts
$0.0143
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 Santiago?
On demand, $8.94 for each TiB a query scans in Santiago (southamerica-west1), after the first TiB a month, which is free. Scanning 20 TiB a month costs $170.
How much does a BigQuery slot cost in Santiago?
Pay as you go, a slot-hour costs $0.057 on Standard, $0.0855 on Enterprise and $0.1425 on Enterprise Plus. On Enterprise, a slot committed for 1 year costs $0.0684 an hour (20 percent off) and for 3 years $0.0513 (40 percent off).
Is on-demand or capacity pricing cheaper in Santiago?
For 100 slots busy 6 hours a day on 22 days, Standard costs $752 a month, the same as scanning 85.18 TiB on demand. Queries that scan less cost less on demand; more, and slots cost less.
How much does BigQuery storage cost in Santiago?
Logical storage costs $0.03289 a GiB a month, and $0.02288 for data not modified for 90 days. Physical storage costs $0.06 and $0.03, 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 Santiago?
The Storage Write API costs $0.03575 a GiB after the first 2 TiB a month, and legacy streaming inserts $0.0143 a 200 MiB, counting each row as at least 1 KB. Batch loading is free.
Can I buy BigQuery spend-based commitments in Santiago?
Yes. A spend-based commitment of a dollar amount an hour takes 10 percent off slot-hours for 1 year and 20 percent for 3, in every edition. Slot commitments, on Enterprise and Enterprise Plus, take off 20 percent and 40 percent.
Is Santiago one of the cheapest BigQuery locations?
No. A TiB on demand costs $8.94 in Santiago (southamerica-west1), 43 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.