Ahana Cloud vs Google Cloud BigLake

Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions

Winner: Ahana Cloud

Ahana Cloud clearly comes out ahead of Google Cloud BigLake on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Ahana Cloud has a free tier; Google Cloud BigLake does not.

Quick Overview

Overview	Ahana CloudManaged Presto service for open data lakehouse analytics on AWS.	Google Cloud BigLakeUnified storage engine for multi-cloud data lakehouse analytics.
Type	saas tool	saas tool
Company	Ahana (an IBM company)	Google Cloud
Free Tier
Has API
Open Source
Trending	Stable	Stable
Industries	Data & AnalyticsDevelopment	Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentLegal & ComplianceHR & RecruitingCybersecurity & InfoSec
Categories	data-engineering	data-engineering
Website	Visit	Visit

Dimension Scores

Winners by Dimension

Overall Winner

Ahana Cloud

Ahana Cloud: 5.8Google Cloud BigLake: 4.2(+1.6 pts)

Free Tier

Ahana Cloud10% weight

Ahana Cloud

7.0

Google Cloud BigLake

2.0

Integrations

Tie10% weight

Ahana Cloud

8.0

Google Cloud BigLake

8.0

Community

Tie5% weight

Ahana Cloud

3.0

Google Cloud BigLake

3.1

Open Source

Tie5% weight

Ahana Cloud

2.0

Google Cloud BigLake

2.0

Pricing Comparison

Ahana Cloud

No pricing data available.

Google Cloud BigLake

BigLake Table Management–

usage based

Automatic table storage optimization (adaptive file sizing, automatic clustering, garbage collection)
BigQuery metadata (CMETA) generation and refresh

BigLake Metadata Storage–

usage based

Metadata stored in the BigLake Metastore

BigLake Metadata Access (Class A Operations)–

usage based

Writes, updates, list, create, and config operations

BigLake Metadata Access (Class B Operations)–

usage based

Reads, get, and delete operations

Frequently asked questions

Is Ahana Cloud or Google Cloud BigLake better?

On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Ahana Cloud comes out ahead overall, though Google Cloud BigLake can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.

Does Ahana Cloud or Google Cloud BigLake have a free tier?

Ahana Cloud offers a free tier; Google Cloud BigLake does not currently list one.

Which is better for free tier, Ahana Cloud or Google Cloud BigLake?

Ahana Cloud scores higher on free tier in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.

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