Apache HBase vs Google Cloud Bigtable

Apache HBase plans

• Apache HBaseFree

Google Cloud Bigtable plans

• Enterprise$0.65 a month
• Enterprise Plus$0.85 a month
• Data BoostFree
• Standard backup storage$0.03 a month
• HDD storage$0.03 a month
• Hot backup storage$0.12 a month

Pick Apache HBase if…

HBase suits teams building large-scale applications that need consistent, real-time reads and writes, particularly for the listed telemetry, logging, analytics, and research workloads. It is for operators prepared to self-host and configure security and manage a distributed system.

Pick Google Cloud Bigtable if…

Bigtable may fit teams handling larger low-latency workloads for machine learning, analytics, or user-facing applications. Its multi-region setup and database migration options may also suit teams with those needs.