Bigtable is a low-latency NoSQL database service for machine learning, operational
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Learn how to how to create an instance, design a schema, and
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It's a wide-column, key-value store that can scale to\nbillions of rows and thousands of columns. With Bigtable, you can replicate your\ndata to regions across the world for high availability and data resiliency.\n\n\nNot sure what database option is right for you? Learn more about our\n[database services](/products/databases).\n\n[Learn more](/bigtable/docs/overview)\n[Get started for free](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) \n\n#### Start your proof of concept with $300 in free credit\n\n- Get access to Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking\n- Free monthly usage of popular products, including AI APIs and BigQuery\n- No automatic charges, no commitment \n[View free product offers](/free/docs/free-cloud-features#free-tier) \n\n#### Keep exploring with 20+ always-free products\n\n\nAccess 20+ free products for common use cases, including AI APIs, VMs, data warehouses,\nand more.\n\nDocumentation resources\n-----------------------\n\nFind quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues. \nformat_list_numbered\n\n### Guides\n\n-\n\n [Quickstart: Create an instance and write data with the\n cbt CLI](/bigtable/docs/create-instance-write-data-cbt-cli)\n\n-\n\n [Quickstart: Create and update counters](/bigtable/docs/create-update-counters)\n\n-\n\n [Schema design best practices](/bigtable/docs/schema-design)\n\n-\n\n [Create and manage tables](/bigtable/docs/managing-tables)\n\n-\n\n [Create and manage backups](/bigtable/docs/managing-backups)\n\nfind_in_page\n\n### Reference\n\n-\n\n [Cloud Bigtable service APIs](/bigtable/docs/reference/service-apis-overview)\n\n-\n\n [Cloud Bigtable client libraries](/bigtable/docs/reference/libraries)\n\n-\n\n [GoogleSQL reference](/bigtable/docs/reference/sql/googlesql-reference-overview)\n\n-\n\n [cbt CLI\n reference](/bigtable/docs/cbt-reference)\n\n-\n\n [cbt CLI\n overview](/bigtable/docs/cbt-overview)\n\ninfo\n\n### Resources\n\n-\n\n [Pricing](/bigtable/pricing)\n\n-\n\n [Quotas and limits](/bigtable/quotas)\n\n-\n\n [Release notes](/bigtable/docs/release-notes)\n\n-\n\n [Get support](/bigtable/docs/support/getting-support)\n\n-\n\n [Bigtable locations](/bigtable/docs/locations)\n\nRelated resources\n-----------------\n\nTraining and tutorials \nUse cases \nCode samples \nExplore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Training \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Introduction to Bigtable (Java)\n\n\nWork through a codelab that teaches you how to avoid common schema design mistakes, import data, read your data, and then use it to generate a heatmap that shows New York City bus data.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-bigtable-intro-java/index.html) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Manage Bigtable on Google Cloud\n\n\nLearn how to how to create an instance, design a schema, and\nperform administrative tasks in Bigtable.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/214) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Benchmarking Bigtable with PerfKit Benchmarker\n\n\nRun YCSB benchmarks against Bigtable.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/tree/master/tutorials/bigtable_walkthrough) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Bigtable for Cassandra users\n\n\nLearn the differences between Bigtable and Apache Cassandra.\n\nMigration Cassandra Apache\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/bigtable/docs/cloud-bigtable-for-cassandra-users) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Credit card fraud detection\n\n\nLook at a sample application that uses Bigtable as a feature store to deliver a fraud-detection use case.\n\nFraud detection Bigtable Dataflow\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/main/bigtable/use-cases/fraudDetection) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Java hello world\n\n\nCreate a hello world application using the client library for Java.\n\n\n[Get started](/bigtable/docs/samples-java-hello-world) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### Go hello world\n\n\nTry a hello world example written in Go.\n\n\n[Get started](/bigtable/docs/samples-go-hello) \nCode sample \nCode Samples\n\n### C# hello world\n\n\nGet started with .NET on Bigtable.\n\n\n[Get started](/bigtable/docs/samples-c-sharp-hello)\n\nRelated videos\n--------------"]]
