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Launch HN: Baselit (YC W23) – Automatically Reduce Snowflake Costs

May 08, 2024 - news.ycombinator.com
Baselit is a tool that optimizes Snowflake costs by automating warehouse optimization. Snowflake, a widely used data warehouse, allows users to optimize costs by minimizing the compute needed to process data. Baselit was developed in response to user concerns about Snowflake costs and the time-consuming process of manually looking for cost-cutting opportunities. The tool has two key components: automated agents that reduce warehouse idle time through cache and cluster optimization, and an Autoscaler that allows users to create custom scaling policies for multi-cluster warehouses.

In addition to these features, Baselit also offers a dbt optimization feature that automatically selects the right warehouse size, a "cost lineage", spend views by teams/roles/users, and automatic recommendations from scanning Snowflake metadata. Users can estimate their potential savings by running a SQL query on their Snowflake. Although Baselit is not yet self-serve due to the need for access to Snowflake metadata, users can book a live demo to learn more about its features.

Key takeaways:

  • Baselit is a tool that automatically optimizes Snowflake costs, offering warehouse and query optimization.
  • It features automated agents that reduce warehouse idle time through cache and cluster optimization.
  • Baselit also includes an Autoscaler that allows users to create custom scaling policies for multi-cluster warehouses based on SLAs.
  • Other features include a dbt optimization feature, a 'cost lineage', spend views by teams/roles/users, and automatic recommendations from scanning Snowflake metadata.
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