Google BigQuery · FinOps Profile

Google Bigquery Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for BigQuery: separate compute (on-demand TB-scanned or capacity slot-hours) and storage (active vs long-term, logical vs physical) meters, billed continuously through Google Cloud Billing. Detailed export to BigQuery itself is the canonical visibility surface.

Google Bigquery Finops is the FinOps profile for Google BigQuery on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 8 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Data Warehouse, Analytics, Google Cloud, SQL, and FinOps.

Category: Data Warehouse / Analytics Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
Data WarehouseAnalyticsGoogle CloudSQLFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Google LLC
ProviderName
Google Cloud
PublisherName
Google LLC
ServiceCategory
Database / Data Warehouse
ServiceName
BigQuery

Meters

query_bytes_processed
Unit: TB
Bytes processed by on-demand SQL queries
slot_hours
Unit: slot-hour
Slot-hours consumed under a capacity reservation (Standard/Enterprise/Enterprise Plus)
active_storage
Unit: GB-month
Active table storage (modified within 90 days) - logical or physical
long_term_storage
Unit: GB-month
Long-term table storage (unmodified 90+ days)
streaming_inserts
Unit: GB
Bytes ingested via legacy streaming insert API
storage_write_api
Unit: GB
Bytes ingested via Storage Write API
storage_read_api
Unit: GB
Bytes read via Storage Read API
bi_engine_capacity
Unit: GB-month
BI Engine reserved memory

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