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I have no Snowflake experience, but some limited BigQuery experience. And it's very easy for a small company to get to $100k/year bills without massive data.
by KingOfCoders 4y ago
I have no Snowflake experience, but some limited BigQuery experience. And it's very easy for a small company to get to $100k/year bills without massive data.
- dominotw 4y agothey should switch to flat rate billing capped at slots they are willing to pay for.
- tootie 4y agoAnytime your cloud spend with a single vendor starts to get out of hand, you just call and negotiate. If you make a multi-year commitment, they'll apply a substantial discount. Also, $100k/yr is still cheap compared to the cost of developers. Not just in terms of actual price tag, but risk management because a SaaS won't quit for a better offer.
- dotopotoro 4y agoSo you dont need developers when you use SaaS?
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoIf you need to hire 1 more developer at $100k to help maintain your data warehouse or pay $100k for Snowflake or BQ, its a no-brainer to use SaaS. Also humans cost more than their salary: Recruiting, management, benefits, attrition, vacation, the risk that they are just not capable. A human will also cost you more year over year (raises, promotions, etc), SaaS will typically cost you less year over year (optimizations, negotiations, competition, etc).
- mejakethomas 4y agoCompletely agree. Currently staring at 700k+ BigQuery costs annually and accomplished MUCH more with Snowflake at the same price.