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No. 8 of 24 ·Data Lakehouse Platforms

Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg

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Two barsScore 6.4

  • Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
  • Open codeNo open-source code on record
  • Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
  • DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg is a web service for managing and analyzing Apache Iceberg tables. It supports SQL analytics, ACID transactions and streaming ingestion, alongside a governance catalog. Its listed support spans both storage models and both table-format categories. Charges are divided among metadata storage, table management and metadata access. Metadata storage includes 1 GiB free per month; additional storage starts at $0.04 per GiB per month. Table management starts at $0.12 per DCU-hour and includes storage optimization, adaptive file sizing, automatic clustering, garbage collection and BigQuery metadata generation. The metadata access allowances are 5,000 free Class A operations and 50,000 free Class B operations per month. Catalog federation metadata refresh includes 0 to 5,001 operations free per account each month. The service is paid overall, with no free plan, and is available on the web. Google was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Who it is for

It suits teams working with Apache Iceberg tables that need SQL analytics, streaming ingestion, transactions and catalog governance. Its storage and metadata charges are listed separately.

What is good

  • Supports SQL analytics and ACID transactions
  • Includes streaming ingestion and a governance catalog
  • 1 GiB metadata storage free per month
  • Table management includes clustering and garbage collection

What to know first

  • No free plan
  • Table management starts at $0.12 per DCU-hour
  • Metadata storage beyond the free tier starts at $0.04 per GiB per month

Verdict

Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg combines table management and analytics capabilities with a governance catalog. It is a paid web service, with listed free allowances for some metadata storage and access operations.

Google Cloud Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg plans and pricing

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Metadata storage free tier Not published Free tier includes 1 GiB of metadata storage per month 1 GiB metadata storage cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026
Metadata storage Not published Starting at $0.04 per GiB per month 1 GiB free metadata storage included cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026
Table management Not published Starting at $0.12 per DCU-hour Automatic table storage optimization · Adaptive file sizing · Automatic clustering · Garbage collection · BigQuery metadata generation cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026
Class A metadata access Not published Above 5,001 operations per month per account 5,000 operations free per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026
Class B metadata access Not published Above 50,001 operations 50,000 operations free per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026
Catalog federation metadata refresh Not published Above 5,001 operations per month per account 0 to 5,001 operations free per month per account cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Compared on data lakehouse platforms

Free plan
No
Storage model
both
SQL analytics
Yes
ACID transactions
Yes
Table format support
both
Streaming ingestion
Yes
Governance catalog
Yes

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