# Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery

![Works with BigQuery badge](https://docs.cloud.google.com/static/bigquery/images/gc-bigquery-ready.png)

Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery recognizes partner solutions
that have met a core set of requirements to ensure the best possible integration
between the partner product and BigQuery. Validated partner
products enable existing and prospective customers to discover and use proven
partner products. Now BigQuery customers can save time on
evaluating new tools, and focus on building solutions using partner products
that have been proven through a rigorous validation process to work optimally
with BigQuery.

## How does Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery work?

Our BigQuery Validation Program lets partners validate
their integrations with BigQuery to ensure the best possible
customer experience. Our BigQuery Validation Program has three
phases:

- **Evaluate:** A Google team runs a series of data integration tests in a
  sandboxed production environment and compares results against best practices and
  performance benchmarks.

- **Enhance:** We take the results of the Evaluate phase and work with our
  partners to fill in the gaps, if any.

- **Enable:** Together with our partners, we refine existing documentation
  to make sure our mutual customers have everything they need to successfully
  implement a solution using our integrated products.

## Scope of the program and partner benefits

When partners sign up for this initiative, Google Cloud teams test the
quality of their BigQuery integration. Partners can then work on
addressing any identified gaps or areas for improvement. Once the partner
integration is validated, we recognize the partner with the designation
***Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery***.

The program benefits partners by providing a comprehensive review of their
software at no charge to them to ensure that they are following
BigQuery best practices and identifying areas for improvement.

The following is a list of the benefits offered to participating ISVs :

1. Increased customer confidence in partner solutions validated to work with BigQuery.
2. Partner Badging and ***Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery*** designation.
3. Priority placement and recognition on the Google Cloud [BigQuery Partner Page](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery#section-13).
4. Support for additional GTM activities that are in addition to those available through the standard Google Cloud Partner Network program. These additional benefits include joint blogs, PR, workshops, webinars and more.
5. Access to Google Cloud Partner Engineering and BigQuery Product teams for joint roadmap development and quarterly exclusive feature release previews.
6. Support for creating best practice guides, solution briefs and joint reference architecture.

## How are partners selected for validation?

Partners that are interested in program participation need to meet the
following minimum criteria:

- Partner product includes a production-quality BigQuery integration.
- At least 5 customers using partner product in production with BigQuery.
- 1 public customer case study.

Based on validation resource availability, the Google Cloud Partner team
will coordinate with you to schedule your validation.

## Become a Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery partner

Eligible Google Cloud partners can participate in the Google Cloud
Ready - BigQuery initiative to qualify and promote their
solutions by meeting the
[requirements](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-overview#requirements) based on how the partner product is categorized.
Categories include:

- [BI, ML, \& Advanced Analytics](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#bi-ml-analytics)
- [Connectors \& Developer Tools](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#connectors-developer-tools)
- [Data Governance, Security, \& MDM](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#data-governance-mdm)
- [Data Quality, Observability, \& FinOps](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#data-quality-observability)
- [ETL \& Data Integration](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners#etl-data-integration)

Each category requires successful completion of category-specific integration
and interoperability testing.

If you are already a Google Cloud Partner and are interested in
participating in this program, please contact your Partner Manager, apply directly from the
[Google Cloud Ready page](https://www.partneradvantage.goog/GCPPRM/s/google-cloud-ready-framework),
or by filling out this
[form](https://forms.gle/HecFemUBqxyiAwAU6).
If you are not already a Google Cloud Partner, you can start the
application process by completing our
[enrollment form](https://partners.cloud.google.com/enrollment/).
If you have any questions related to the program,
[Contact us](mailto:google_cloud_ready_bq@google.com).

## Partner Center

Many BigQuery partners in Google Cloud Ready appear in
BigQuery. To see a listing of Google Cloud Ready partners,
do the following:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the **Partner Center** page.

   [Go to Partner Center](https://console.cloud.google.com/bigquery/partner-center)

   A list of partners is displayed in their respective categories.
2. To find a specific partner listing, enter a name into the **Search** box and
   press **Enter**.

3. To see partner's details, including integrations steps and billing
   information, select a listing. If the partner is also available on the
   Google Cloud Marketplace, they are indicated by a Cloud Marketplace
   tag.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Third-party software is not supported by Cloud Customer Care when it has been identified that BigQuery is working as intended.

## What's next

- See the list of [Google Cloud Ready - BigQuery Partners](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-ready-partners).
- View the [BigQuery Partner page](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery#section-13).