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> I’m a little sad to see them embrace magic “insert unit” pricing, instead of taking the approach Altinity uses where you are renting an instance size that you
by hodgesrm 4y ago
> I’m a little sad to see them embrace magic “insert unit” pricing, instead of taking the approach Altinity uses where you are renting an instance size that you can compare apples-to-apples with running your own cluster on ec2.
Thanks for this comment. We'll be publishing a blog at Altinity to compare both models. My view is that they both have their place. The BigQuery pricing model is great for testing or systems that don't have constant load. The Altinity model is good for SaaS systems that run constantly and need the ability to bound costs to ensure margins.
Having a selection of vendors that offer different economics seems better for users than everyone competing for margin on the same operational model.
Disclaimer: I'm CEO of Altinity.