Cloud Bigtable emulator

Google Cloud · checked 14 Nov 2026

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How it plugs in

—Public API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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The emulator is intended for local Bigtable application development and testing, not production deployments.

Pricing

Cloud Bigtable emulatorNo charge stated · Local, in-memory testing · not for production · data does not persist across runsFree

As docs.cloud.google.com lists them, checked 14 Nov 2026.

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Facts

Website: docs.cloud.google.com
Price: Free tier
Free trial: No
Administrative API limit: It does not provide APIs to create or manage instances and clusters.
Client configuration: Clients connect to the running emulator when the BIGTABLE_EMULATOR_HOST environment variable is set.
Client libraries: The emulator can be used with all Cloud Bigtable client libraries.
CLI status: The gcloud Bigtable emulator commands are currently beta and might change without notice.
Compose integration: The emulator can be used in an existing Docker Compose configuration.
Connection security: The emulator does not support a secure connection.
Filter support: The emulator supports all filters except the Sink limiting filter.
HBase shell limitation: The emulator cannot be used in the HBase shell.
In-memory data: Emulator data does not persist between runs.
Issue reporting: Emulator issues are tracked in the google-cloud-go GitHub repository, where users can file bug reports and feature requests.
Java testing: A Java wrapper bundles the built-in emulator and provides a Java interface for writing tests.
Launch options: The two common ways to run the emulator are with the gcloud CLI or Docker.

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