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Google Cloud Bigtable

Google Cloud Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service designed for large analytical and operational workloads. It offers consistent sub-10ms latency and seamless scalability, making it ideal for time-series data, IoT, ad tech, fintech, and machine learning applications. Bigtable integrates with popular big data tools like Hadoop, Dataflow, and Dataproc.

Google Cloud Bigtable publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network: Clusters API, Instances API, and Tables API. Tagged areas include Bigtable, Database, Google Cloud, NoSQL, and Wide Column.

The Google Cloud Bigtable catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Cloud Bigtable’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, getting-started guide, documentation, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

63.0/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
3 APIs
BigtableDatabaseGoogle CloudNoSQLWide Column

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 63.0/100 · strong
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 10.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Cloud Bigtable Clusters API

Operations on Bigtable clusters within instances

Google Cloud Bigtable Instances API

Operations on Bigtable instances

Google Cloud Bigtable Tables API

Operations on Bigtable tables

Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Google Cloud Bigtable Context

16 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Cloud Bigtable API Rules

4 rules · 3 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Cloud Bigtable Instance

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Cloud Bigtable Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Cloud Bigtable Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Cloud Bigtable Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Cloud Bigtable Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Cloud Bigtable Agentic Access

10 operations · 5 acting

10 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: google-cloud-bigtable
name: Google Cloud Bigtable
description: Google Cloud Bigtable is a fully managed, scalable NoSQL database service designed for large analytical and operational
  workloads. It offers consistent sub-10ms latency and seamless scalability, making it ideal for time-series data, IoT, ad
  tech, fintech, and machine learning applications. Bigtable integrates with popular big data tools like Hadoop, Dataflow,
  and Dataproc.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-cloud-bigtable.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-cloud-bigtable/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Bigtable
- Database
- Google Cloud
- NoSQL
- Wide Column
apis:
- aid: google-cloud-bigtable:google-cloud-bigtable-clusters-api
  name: Google Cloud Bigtable Clusters API
  description: Operations on Bigtable clusters within instances
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs
  baseURL: https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/v2
  tags:
  - Clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-bigtable-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/admin/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/instance-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-bigtable:google-cloud-bigtable-instances-api
  name: Google Cloud Bigtable Instances API
  description: Operations on Bigtable instances
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs
  baseURL: https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/v2
  tags:
  - Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-bigtable-instances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/admin/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/instance-schema.json
- aid: google-cloud-bigtable:google-cloud-bigtable-tables-api
  name: Google Cloud Bigtable Tables API
  description: Operations on Bigtable tables
  humanURL: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs
  baseURL: https://bigtableadmin.googleapis.com/v2
  tags:
  - Tables
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-cloud-bigtable-tables-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/reference/admin/rest
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/authentication
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/quickstarts
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/instance-schema.json
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/google-cloud-bigtable/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-cloud-bigtable-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-cloud-bigtable-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-cloud-bigtable-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-cloud-bigtable-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-cloud-bigtable-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform
- type: Portal
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/quickstarts
- type: Documentation
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs
- type: Authentication
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/pricing
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://cloud.google.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cloud.google.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/support
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/google-cloud-bigtable-context.jsonld
- type: Integrations
  url: https://cloud.google.com/marketplace
- url: https://docs.cloud.google.com/feeds/bigtable-release-notes.xml
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: Become a Partner
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com