# Bigtable documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/overview) Bigtable is a low-latency NoSQL database service for machine learning, operational
analytics, and user-facing operations. It's a wide-column, key-value store that can scale to
billions of rows and thousands of columns. With Bigtable, you can replicate your
data to regions across the world for high availability and data resiliency.

[Go to the Bigtable product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable)


Not sure what database option is right for you? Learn more about our
[database services](https://cloud.google.com/products/databases/).

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Guides

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  [Quickstart: Create an instance and write data with the
  cbt CLI](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/create-instance-write-data-cbt-cli)

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  [Quickstart: Create and update counters](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/create-update-counters)

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  [Schema design best practices](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/schema-design)

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  [Create and manage tables](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/managing-tables)

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  [Create and manage backups](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/managing-backups)

### Reference

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  [Cloud Bigtable service APIs](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/service-apis-overview)

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  [Cloud Bigtable client libraries](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/libraries)

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  [GoogleSQL reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/sql/googlesql-reference-overview)

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  [cbt CLI
  reference](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/cbt-reference)

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  [cbt CLI
  overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/cbt-overview)

### Resources

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/pricing)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/quotas)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/release-notes)

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  [Get support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/support/getting-support)

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  [Bigtable locations](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/locations)

## Related resources

Training and tutorials Use cases Code samples Explore self-paced training, use cases, reference architectures, and code samples with examples of how to use and connect Google Cloud services. Codelab Training and tutorials

### [Introduction to Bigtable (Java)](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/cloud-bigtable-intro-java/index.html)


Work through a codelab that teaches you how to avoid common schema design mistakes, import data, read your data, and then use it to generate a heatmap that shows New York City bus data.


Tutorial Training and tutorials

### [Manage Bigtable on Google Cloud](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/214)


Learn how to how to create an instance, design a schema, and
perform administrative tasks in Bigtable.


Tutorial Training and tutorials

### [Benchmarking Bigtable with PerfKit Benchmarker](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/PerfKitBenchmarker/tree/master/tutorials/bigtable_walkthrough)


Run YCSB benchmarks against Bigtable.


Use case Use cases

### [Bigtable for Cassandra users](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/cloud-bigtable-for-cassandra-users)


Learn the differences between Bigtable and Apache Cassandra.

Migration Cassandra Apache

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Use case Use cases

### [Credit card fraud detection](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/java-docs-samples/tree/main/bigtable/use-cases/fraudDetection)


Look at a sample application that uses Bigtable as a feature store to deliver a fraud-detection use case.

Fraud detection Bigtable Dataflow

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Code sample Code Samples

### [Java hello world](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/samples-java-hello-world)


Create a hello world application using the client library for Java.


Code sample Code Samples

### [Go hello world](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/samples-go-hello)


Try a hello world example written in Go.


Code sample Code Samples

### [C# hello world](https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/samples-c-sharp-hello)


Get started with .NET on Bigtable.


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