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Azure Managed Redis

Azure

A managed Redis service for applications that need fast data structure access.

Caching & in-memory

Azure SQL Database

Azure

A managed SQL Server-based database service with database-level deployment choices.

Relational databases

Azure SQL Managed Instance

Azure

A managed SQL instance with a broad set of SQL Server instance-level capabilities.

Relational databases

Azure Stream Analytics

Azure

Managed stream processing for continuous queries over incoming events.

Pipelines & streaming

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure

An Azure analytics workspace with SQL, Spark, and data integration capabilities.

Analytics & warehouses

BigQuery

Google Cloud

A managed analytical platform for SQL over large datasets with distinct compute and storage cost drivers.

Analytics & warehouses

Bigtable

Google Cloud

A managed wide-column database where row-key design shapes access and performance.

NoSQL databases

ClickHouse

Analytical database

A column-oriented database for analytical queries over large datasets.

Analytics & warehouses

Cloud Composer

Google Cloud

Managed Apache Airflow environments for orchestrating data workflows.

Pipelines & streaming

Cloud Data Fusion

Google Cloud

Managed data integration with visual pipeline authoring.

Pipelines & streaming

Cloud SQL

Google Cloud

Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server with Google Cloud operating and connectivity options.

Relational databases

Cloud Storage

Google Cloud

Object storage for analytical datasets, application files, exports, and backups.

Lakehouses & formats

CockroachDB

Distributed SQL database

A distributed SQL database that combines relational access with distributed storage.

Distributed SQL

Couchbase

Document database

A distributed document and key-value platform with SQL-style querying.

NoSQL databases

Database Migration Service

Google Cloud

Managed migration workflows for supported relational database sources and Google Cloud targets.

Pipelines & streaming

Databricks

Data platform

A managed platform for data engineering, lakehouse analytics, and machine learning.

Lakehouses & formats

Dataflow

Google Cloud

Managed execution of Apache Beam pipelines for batch and streaming data.

Pipelines & streaming

Dataplex

Google Cloud

Google Cloud capabilities for cataloging, understanding, and governing analytical data.

Governance & BI
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