Is Google Cloud BigQuery still cheaper for heavy analytical queries than AWS Athena once you factor in storage egress fees and partition scanning?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Is Google Cloud BigQuery still cheaper for heavy analytical queries than AWS Athena once you factor in storage egress fees and partition scanning?
5 real searches · 1 real-search pass
2026 Google BigQuery pricing on-demand query pricing storage egress data transfer officialGoogle ↗
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2026 Amazon Athena pricing per TB scanned S3 data transfer same region officialGoogle ↗
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Google Cloud network pricing BigQuery data egress same region cross region internet officialGoogle ↗
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site:aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing Athena $5 per TB scanned partitioned data S3 same region data transfer pricing 2026Google ↗
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site:docs.aws.amazon.com Athena pricing data scanned compression columnar partitioning S3 data transfer same regionGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (5)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 5 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT5 real searches · gpt-6
2026 Google BigQuery pricing on-demand query pricing storage egress data transfer official Google ↗
2026 Amazon Athena pricing per TB scanned S3 data transfer same region official Google ↗
Google Cloud network pricing BigQuery data egress same region cross region internet official Google ↗
site:aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing Athena $5 per TB scanned partitioned data S3 same region data transfer pricing 2026 Google ↗
site:docs.aws.amazon.com Athena pricing data scanned compression columnar partitioning S3 data transfer same region Google ↗
- BigQuery · cloud.google.com
- Amazon Athena Pricing · aws.amazon.com
- Optimize data · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Use columnar storage formats · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Amazon Athena FAQs – Serverless Interactive Query Service · aws.amazon.com
- Optimize data · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Query across regions · docs.aws.amazon.com
- Cost optimization in analytics services · docs.aws.amazon.com
Queries
5 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Google BigQuery pricing on-demand query pricing storage egress data transfer official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
2026 Amazon Athena pricing per TB scanned S3 data transfer same region official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Cloud network pricing BigQuery data egress same region cross region internet official OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
site:aws.amazon.com/athena/pricing Athena $5 per TB scanned partitioned data S3 same region data transfer pricing 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
site:docs.aws.amazon.com Athena pricing data scanned compression columnar partitioning S3 data transfer same region OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |