diff --git a/cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/common.hpp b/cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/common.hpp
index 3be6cf1fa1..5d2cece12a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/common.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/common.hpp
@@ -308,6 +308,15 @@ using standard_dataset_owning_storage =
 template <typename ViewT, typename DataT, typename IdxT>
 using standard_dataset_view_storage = dense_row_major_dataset_view_storage<ViewT, DataT, IdxT>;
 
+template <typename T, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+using dense_owning_vector = std::conditional_t<Accessor::is_device_accessible,
+                                               raft::device_vector<T, IdxT>,
+                                               raft::host_vector<T, IdxT>>;
+
+template <typename T, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+using dense_view_vector = std::conditional_t<Accessor::is_device_accessible,
+                                             raft::device_vector_view<T, IdxT>,
+                                             raft::host_vector_view<T, IdxT>>;
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // VPQ compressed
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -776,6 +785,7 @@ enum class dataset_view_kind {
   standard,
   vpq_f16,
   vpq_f32,
+  bbq,
 };
 
 /** Primary template returns `unknown` so traits safely return `false` for non-dataset-view types.
diff --git a/cpp/include/cuvs/preprocessing/quantize/bbq.hpp b/cpp/include/cuvs/preprocessing/quantize/bbq.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c06ed8b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/include/cuvs/preprocessing/quantize/bbq.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,317 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cuvs/core/export.hpp>
+#include <cuvs/distance/distance.hpp>
+#include <cuvs/neighbors/common.hpp>
+
+#include <raft/core/device_mdspan.hpp>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace CUVS_EXPORT cuvs {
+
+namespace preprocessing::quantize::bbq {
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup bbq Better Binary Quantization utilities
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Layout of BBQ quantized codes in each dataset row.
+ */
+enum class bbq_code_layout {
+  single_bit, /** Each dimension is quantized to a single bit and packed into bytes. Reflects
+               * OptimizedScalarQuantizer.packAsBinary. */
+  dibit,      /** Each dimension is quantized to 2 bits (dibit) and transposed for bitwise operations.
+               * Same principle as transpose_half_byte, but for 2 bits.
+               * Reflects OptimizedScalarQuantizer.transposeDibit. */
+  transpose_half_byte, /** Each dimension is quantized to 4 bits, optimized for bitwise operations.
+                        * Reflects OptimizedScalarQuantizer.transposeHalfByte. the first bit of
+                        * every dimension is in the first set dimensions bits, or (dimensions/8)
+                        * bytes. The second, third, and fourth bits are in the second, third, and
+                        * fourth set of dimensions bits, respectively. Format used for queries. */
+  packed_nibble, /** Each dimension is quantized to 4 bits, two values are packed into each output
+                  * byte. Reflects OffHeapScalarQuantizedVectorValues.packNibbles. */
+  seven_bit,     /** Each dimension is quantized to 7 bits and treated as a signed value. */
+  unsigned_byte, /** Each dimension is quantized to 8 bits and treated as an unsigned value. */
+
+};
+
+/** Owning structure for BBQ quantizer data. */
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct bbq_quantizer {
+  template <typename T, typename IdT, typename Acc>
+  using dense_owning_matrix = cuvs::neighbors::detail::dense_owning_matrix<T, IdT, Acc>;
+  template <typename T, typename IdT, typename Acc>
+  using dense_owning_vector = cuvs::neighbors::detail::dense_owning_vector<T, IdT, Acc>;
+  dense_owning_matrix<uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor> codes;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> lower_intervals;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> upper_intervals;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> additional_corrections;
+  dense_owning_vector<int32_t, IdxT, Accessor> quantized_component_sums;
+  dense_owning_vector<DataT, IdxT, Accessor> centroid;
+
+  uint32_t bits{};
+  bbq_code_layout layout{bbq_code_layout::single_bit};
+  cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric{cuvs::distance::DistanceType::L2Expanded};
+  float centroid_norm_sq{};
+
+  bbq_quantizer(dense_owning_matrix<uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor>&& codes,
+                dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>&& lower_intervals,
+                dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>&& upper_intervals,
+                dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>&& additional_corrections,
+                dense_owning_vector<int32_t, IdxT, Accessor>&& quantized_component_sums,
+                dense_owning_vector<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>&& centroid,
+                uint32_t bits,
+                bbq_code_layout layout,
+                cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric,
+                float centroid_norm_sq) noexcept
+    : codes{std::move(codes)},
+      lower_intervals{std::move(lower_intervals)},
+      upper_intervals{std::move(upper_intervals)},
+      additional_corrections{std::move(additional_corrections)},
+      quantized_component_sums{std::move(quantized_component_sums)},
+      centroid{std::move(centroid)},
+      bits{bits},
+      layout{layout},
+      metric{metric},
+      centroid_norm_sq{centroid_norm_sq}
+  {
+    const auto n_rows = static_cast<int64_t>(codes.extent(0));
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(bits >= 1 && bits <= 8, "BBQ bits must be in [1, 8].");
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(codes.extent(1) == static_cast<int64_t>(encoded_row_length()),
+                 "BBQ code row length does not match dim, bits, and layout.");
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(lower_intervals.extent(0) == n_rows && upper_intervals.extent(0) == n_rows &&
+                   additional_corrections.extent(0) == n_rows &&
+                   quantized_component_sums.extent(0) == n_rows,
+                 "Every BBQ correction array must contain one value per row.");
+  }
+
+  [[nodiscard]] auto n_rows() const noexcept -> IdxT { return codes.extent(0); }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto dim() const noexcept -> uint32_t
+  {
+    return static_cast<uint32_t>(centroid.extent(0));
+  }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto encoded_row_length() const noexcept -> uint32_t
+  {
+    auto const d = dim();
+    switch (layout) {
+      case bbq_code_layout::single_bit: return (d * bits + 7) / 8;
+      case bbq_code_layout::dibit: return bits * ((d + 7) / 8);
+      case bbq_code_layout::packed_nibble: return (d + 1) / 2;
+      case bbq_code_layout::seven_bit: return d;
+      case bbq_code_layout::unsigned_byte: return d;
+      case bbq_code_layout::transpose_half_byte: return 4 * ((d + 7) / 8);
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+};
+
+/** View structure for BBQ quantizer data. */
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct bbq_quantizer_view {
+  using owning_accessor =
+    cuvs::neighbors::detail::dataset_owning_accessor_for_view<DataT, Accessor>;
+  using owning_storage = bbq_quantizer<DataT, IdxT, owning_accessor>;
+  template <typename T, typename IdT, typename Acc>
+  using dense_view_matrix = cuvs::neighbors::detail::dense_view_matrix<T, IdT, Acc>;
+  template <typename T, typename IdT, typename Acc>
+  using dense_view_vector = cuvs::neighbors::detail::dense_view_vector<T, IdT, Acc>;
+  dense_view_matrix<const uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor> codes;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> lower_intervals;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> upper_intervals;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> additional_corrections;
+  dense_view_vector<const int32_t, IdxT, Accessor> quantized_component_sums;
+  dense_view_vector<const DataT, IdxT, Accessor> centroid;
+
+  uint32_t bits{};
+  bbq_code_layout layout{bbq_code_layout::single_bit};
+  cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric{cuvs::distance::DistanceType::L2Expanded};
+  float centroid_norm_sq{};
+
+  bbq_quantizer_view(const owning_storage& quantizer) noexcept
+    : codes{quantizer.codes.view()},
+      lower_intervals{quantizer.lower_intervals.view()},
+      upper_intervals{quantizer.upper_intervals.view()},
+      additional_corrections{quantizer.additional_corrections.view()},
+      quantized_component_sums{quantizer.quantized_component_sums.view()},
+      centroid{quantizer.centroid.view()},
+      bits{quantizer.bits},
+      layout{quantizer.layout},
+      metric{quantizer.metric},
+      centroid_norm_sq{quantizer.centroid_norm_sq}
+  {
+  }
+
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto n_rows() const noexcept -> IdxT { return codes.extent(0); }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto dim() const noexcept -> uint32_t
+  {
+    return static_cast<uint32_t>(centroid.extent(0));
+  }
+};
+
+/** @} */  // end of bbq group
+
+}  // namespace preprocessing::quantize::bbq
+
+namespace neighbors {
+struct bbq_dataset_container {
+  template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+  using owning_storage = cuvs::preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_quantizer<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>;
+  template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+  using view_storage =
+    cuvs::preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_quantizer_view<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>;
+};
+
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct dataset<bbq_dataset_container, DataT, IdxT, Accessor> {
+  using owning_storage_type = bbq_dataset_container::owning_storage<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>;
+  std::vector<owning_storage_type> quantizers;
+
+  dataset(owning_storage_type&& quantizer) noexcept { add_quantizer(std::move(quantizer)); }
+  [[nodiscard]] auto as_dataset_view() const noexcept
+    -> dataset_view<bbq_dataset_container,
+                    DataT,
+                    IdxT,
+                    detail::dataset_view_accessor_for_owning<DataT, Accessor>>
+  {
+    return dataset_view<bbq_dataset_container,
+                        DataT,
+                        IdxT,
+                        detail::dataset_view_accessor_for_owning<DataT, Accessor>>{quantizers};
+  }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto n_rows() const noexcept -> IdxT
+  {
+    return quantizers.size() > 0 ? quantizers[0].n_rows() : 0;
+  }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto dim() const noexcept -> uint32_t
+  {
+    return quantizers.size() > 0 ? quantizers[0].dim() : 0;
+  }
+
+  void add_quantizer(owning_storage_type&& quantizer)
+  {
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(!has_bit_and_layout(quantizer.bits, quantizer.layout),
+                 "Quantizer already exists with bits and layout.");
+    this->quantizers.push_back(std::move(quantizer));
+  }
+  bool has_bit_and_layout(uint32_t bits,
+                          cuvs::preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_code_layout layout) const noexcept
+  {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < quantizers.size(); i++) {
+      if (quantizers[i].bits == bits && quantizers[i].layout == layout) { return true; }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct dataset_view<bbq_dataset_container, DataT, IdxT, Accessor> {
+  using owning_storage_type = bbq_dataset_container::
+    owning_storage<DataT, IdxT, detail::dataset_owning_accessor_for_view<DataT, Accessor>>;
+  using view_storage_type = bbq_dataset_container::view_storage<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>;
+  std::vector<view_storage_type> quantizers;
+
+  dataset_view(const std::vector<owning_storage_type>& quantizers) noexcept
+  {
+    for (const auto& quantizer : quantizers) {
+      add_quantizer(quantizer);
+    }
+  }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto n_rows() const noexcept -> IdxT
+  {
+    return quantizers.size() > 0 ? quantizers[0].n_rows() : 0;
+  }
+  [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto dim() const noexcept -> uint32_t
+  {
+    return quantizers.size() > 0 ? quantizers[0].dim() : 0;
+  }
+
+  void add_quantizer(view_storage_type quantizer)
+  {
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(!has_bit_and_layout(quantizer.bits, quantizer.layout),
+                 "Quantizer already exists with bits and layout.");
+    this->quantizers.push_back(quantizer);
+  }
+  void add_quantizer(const owning_storage_type& quantizer)
+  {
+    RAFT_EXPECTS(!has_bit_and_layout(quantizer.bits, quantizer.layout),
+                 "Quantizer already exists with bits and layout.");
+    this->quantizers.push_back(view_storage_type(quantizer));
+  }
+  bool has_bit_and_layout(uint32_t bits,
+                          cuvs::preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_code_layout layout) const noexcept
+  {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < quantizers.size(); i++) {
+      if (quantizers[i].bits == bits && quantizers[i].layout == layout) { return true; }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+  view_storage_type get_quantizer(uint32_t bits,
+                                  cuvs::preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_code_layout layout) const
+  {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < quantizers.size(); i++) {
+      if (quantizers[i].bits == bits && quantizers[i].layout == layout) { return quantizers[i]; }
+    }
+    throw std::runtime_error("No quantizer found with bits and layout.");
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename IdxT>
+using device_bbq_dataset =
+  dataset<bbq_dataset_container, float, IdxT, detail::device_owning_accessor<float>>;
+
+template <typename IdxT>
+using device_bbq_dataset_view =
+  dataset_view<bbq_dataset_container, float, IdxT, detail::device_view_accessor<float>>;
+
+template <typename IdxT>
+using host_bbq_dataset =
+  dataset<bbq_dataset_container, float, IdxT, detail::host_owning_accessor<float>>;
+
+template <typename IdxT>
+using host_bbq_dataset_view =
+  dataset_view<bbq_dataset_container, float, IdxT, detail::host_view_accessor<float>>;
+
+template <typename IdxT>
+struct owning_dataset_for_view<device_bbq_dataset_view<IdxT>> {
+  using type = device_bbq_dataset<IdxT>;
+};
+
+template <typename DatasetT>
+struct is_bbq_dataset : std::false_type {};
+
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct is_bbq_dataset<dataset<bbq_dataset_container, DataT, IdxT, Accessor>> : std::true_type {};
+
+template <typename DatasetT>
+inline constexpr bool is_bbq_dataset_v = is_bbq_dataset<DatasetT>::value;
+
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct dataset_view_kind_of<dataset<bbq_dataset_container, DataT, IdxT, Accessor>> {
+  static constexpr dataset_view_kind value = dataset_view_kind::bbq;
+};
+template <typename V>
+inline constexpr bool is_device_bbq_dataset_view_v =
+  dataset_view_kind_v<V> == dataset_view_kind::bbq && dataset_view_is_device_accessible_v<V>;
+
+template <typename V>
+inline constexpr bool is_host_bbq_dataset_view_v =
+  dataset_view_kind_v<V> == dataset_view_kind::bbq && !dataset_view_is_device_accessible_v<V>;
+
+template <typename V>
+inline constexpr bool is_bbq_dataset_view_v =
+  is_device_bbq_dataset_view_v<V> || is_host_bbq_dataset_view_v<V>;
+
+}  // namespace neighbors
+
+}  // namespace CUVS_EXPORT cuvs
diff --git a/fern/docs.yml b/fern/docs.yml
index 2aafaea69e..0256a9db87 100644
--- a/fern/docs.yml
+++ b/fern/docs.yml
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ navigation:
             path: "./pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-tiered-index.md"
           - page: "Neighbors Vamana"
             path: "./pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-neighbors-vamana.md"
+          - page: "Preprocessing Quantize Bbq"
+            path: "./pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq.md"
           - page: "Preprocessing Quantize Binary"
             path: "./pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-binary.md"
           - page: "Preprocessing PCA"
diff --git a/fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq.md b/fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad26a9422d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fern/pages/cpp_api/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq.md
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+---
+slug: api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq
+---
+
+# Bbq
+
+_Source header: `cuvs/preprocessing/quantize/bbq.hpp`_
+
+## Better Binary Quantization utilities
+
+<a id="preprocessing-quantize-bbq-bbq-code-layout"></a>
+### preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_code_layout
+
+Layout of BBQ quantized codes in each dataset row.
+
+```cpp
+enum class bbq_code_layout {
+  single_bit,
+  dibit,
+  transpose_half_byte,
+  packed_nibble,
+  seven_bit,
+  unsigned_byte
+};
+```
+
+**Values**
+
+| Name | Value |
+| --- | --- |
+| `single_bit` | `` |
+| `dibit` | `` |
+| `transpose_half_byte` | `` |
+| `packed_nibble` | `` |
+| `seven_bit` | `` |
+| `unsigned_byte` | `` |
+
+<a id="preprocessing-quantize-bbq-bbq-quantizer"></a>
+### preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_quantizer
+
+Owning structure for BBQ quantizer data.
+
+```cpp
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct bbq_quantizer {
+  dense_owning_matrix<uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor> codes;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> lower_intervals;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> upper_intervals;
+  dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor> additional_corrections;
+  dense_owning_vector<int32_t, IdxT, Accessor> quantized_component_sums;
+  dense_owning_vector<DataT, IdxT, Accessor> centroid;
+  uint32_t bits;
+  bbq_code_layout layout;
+  cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric;
+  float centroid_norm_sq;
+};
+```
+
+**Fields**
+
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `codes` | `dense_owning_matrix<uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `lower_intervals` | `dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `upper_intervals` | `dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `additional_corrections` | `dense_owning_vector<float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `quantized_component_sums` | `dense_owning_vector<int32_t, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `centroid` | `dense_owning_vector<DataT, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `bits` | `uint32_t` |  |
+| `layout` | [`bbq_code_layout`](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq#preprocessing-quantize-bbq-bbq-code-layout) |  |
+| `metric` | [`cuvs::distance::DistanceType`](/api-reference/cpp-api-distance-distance#distance-distancetype) |  |
+| `centroid_norm_sq` | `float` |  |
+
+<a id="preprocessing-quantize-bbq-bbq-quantizer-view"></a>
+### preprocessing::quantize::bbq::bbq_quantizer_view
+
+View structure for BBQ quantizer data.
+
+```cpp
+template <typename DataT, typename IdxT, typename Accessor>
+struct bbq_quantizer_view {
+  dense_view_matrix<const uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor> codes;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> lower_intervals;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> upper_intervals;
+  dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor> additional_corrections;
+  dense_view_vector<const int32_t, IdxT, Accessor> quantized_component_sums;
+  dense_view_vector<const DataT, IdxT, Accessor> centroid;
+  uint32_t bits;
+  bbq_code_layout layout;
+  cuvs::distance::DistanceType metric;
+  float centroid_norm_sq;
+};
+```
+
+**Fields**
+
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `codes` | `dense_view_matrix<const uint8_t, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `lower_intervals` | `dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `upper_intervals` | `dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `additional_corrections` | `dense_view_vector<const float, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `quantized_component_sums` | `dense_view_vector<const int32_t, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `centroid` | `dense_view_vector<const DataT, IdxT, Accessor>` |  |
+| `bits` | `uint32_t` |  |
+| `layout` | [`bbq_code_layout`](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq#preprocessing-quantize-bbq-bbq-code-layout) |  |
+| `metric` | [`cuvs::distance::DistanceType`](/api-reference/cpp-api-distance-distance#distance-distancetype) |  |
+| `centroid_norm_sq` | `float` |  |
diff --git a/fern/pages/cpp_api/index.md b/fern/pages/cpp_api/index.md
index d5904b5db4..8a348ce0f1 100644
--- a/fern/pages/cpp_api/index.md
+++ b/fern/pages/cpp_api/index.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ These pages are generated from the documented public headers in the cuVS source
 
 ## Preprocessing
 
+- [BBQ](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-bbq)
 - [Binary](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-binary)
 - [PCA](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-pca)
 - [PQ](/api-reference/cpp-api-preprocessing-quantize-pq)