[jeffwask]

Yeah...100%. It's expensive til you try running a data warehouse yourself and have to hire in to support it.

Like any other service there are scale points where it no longer makes sense but for most smaller orgs it's still a bargain over DIY

[nojito]

We did a cost analysis and found databricks and BQ to be cheaper than a similar snowflake build out.

I think people are falling into a trap of not considering costs because “it takes care of everything”.

[dominotw]

> cost analysis and found databricks and BQ to be cheaper than a similar snowflake build out.

Wouldn't this mean snowflake has priced their product not competitively. Why would they do that if its so obvious that everyone would just save money from switching to DB.

> I think people are falling into a trap

This is their product strategy? to take advantage of gullible businesses falling into their trap.

Surely building a whole business around customers falling into trap has to backfire at some point.