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Apache Cassandra to BigQuery integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep Apache Cassandra and BigQuery in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect Apache Cassandra and BigQuery

Connect Apache Cassandra and BigQuery with one live, two-way sync: operational rows flow into the warehouse, and computed results flow back where systems can read them fast.

Operational databases and analytical warehouses want the same data at different moments. Analysts want Apache Cassandra's rows in BigQuery, current and joinable, without a change-data-capture pipeline to maintain. Engineers want the outputs of warehouse work, such as aggregates, features, and segments, available in Apache Cassandra where the services that read from it get them at normal query latency.

Stacksync covers both directions with one connection. Tables or collections in Apache Cassandra sync into BigQuery in real time, and result tables in BigQuery sync back into Apache Cassandra, with schema and type mapping between the two systems handled for you.

Common use cases

  • Land CRM and ERP records in BigQuery continuously so dashboards reflect business systems without nightly batch jobs
  • Activate modeled BigQuery tables by syncing computed attributes back into sales and marketing tools
  • Replicate high-volume event or profile tables from Cassandra into a warehouse for analytics that CQL cannot express.
  • Sync customer profile data between Cassandra and a CRM so operational apps and sales tools agree.

Offload heavy reads

Point analytical queries at the synced copy in BigQuery and keep Apache Cassandra focused on its operational workload.

Operational data in the warehouse, minus the pipeline

Rows from Apache Cassandra land in BigQuery as they change, replacing hand-built CDC and batch extract jobs.

Serve warehouse results at database speed

Aggregates or model outputs computed in BigQuery sync into Apache Cassandra, where whatever reads from that database gets them without querying the warehouse.

What you can sync between Apache Cassandra and BigQuery

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

Apache Cassandra objects BigQuery objects
Tables Wide-column tables addressed by partition key, the unit of row-level sync. Partitioned tables Synced like regular tables; partition columns map to target fields.
Partitions and Rows Records located by partition and clustering keys during reads and upserts. Clustered tables Supported; clustering is transparent to the sync.
Materialized Views Server-maintained denormalized views; considered experimental and disabled by default in recent releases. Datasets Organizational container — you pick which dataset’s tables to sync.
Secondary Indexes Optional indexes that allow filtered reads outside the partition key. Projects Connection scope: the service account grants access per project.
User-Defined Types Composite column types that syncs must flatten or map to structured fields. Tables The syncable unit: only tables can be synced per the Stacksync docs.
What ships with Apache Cassandra ⇄ BigQuery

Connect Apache Cassandra and BigQuery for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Apache Cassandra–BigQuery connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in Apache Cassandra or BigQuery instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever Apache Cassandra or BigQuery data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Apache Cassandra or BigQuery record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your Apache Cassandra ⇄ BigQuery sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Apache Cassandra and BigQuery.

How the Apache Cassandra and BigQuery connectors work

Apache Cassandra

Integration surface
CQL over the Cassandra native binary protocol
Authentication
Database credentials (password authenticator); TLS and role-based grants where configured
Change detection
Commit-log based CDC on tables with CDC enabled, or polling using writetime metadata and timestamp columns
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
No API quotas; throughput is governed by cluster capacity and consistency-level choices

BigQuery

Integration surface
GoogleSQL via the BigQuery REST API, client libraries, JDBC/ODBC drivers, and the Storage Read/Write APIs
Authentication
Google Cloud service account: create a dedicated service account, grant roles (BigQuery Data Editor, BigQuery Job User, Cloud Functions Service Agent, Cloud Run Developer, Eventarc Event Receiver
Change detection
Real-time notification service deployed into your Google Cloud project: Eventarc ("a notification service that enables real-time updates to happen") with a Cloud Run "secure portal for real-time notification service in
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Subject to Google Cloud quotas on queries, DML, and streaming; DML is supported but the platform favors append-heavy batch and streaming loads over row-at-a-time writes
BigQuery setup guide
How it works

How to connect Apache Cassandra to BigQuery — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate Apache Cassandra and BigQuery with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    Apache Cassandra connected
    BigQuery connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the Apache Cassandra and BigQuery objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · Apache Cassandra ⇄ BigQuery
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    Apache Cassandra BigQuery
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
FAQ

Apache Cassandra and BigQuery integration FAQ

SECURITY

Security teams love Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

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