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> I do find the pricing for queries a tad opaque and difficult to estimate

BigQuery just introduced flat-rate pricing for this exact reason: https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/pricing#flat_rate_pricing

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You're still dealing with query slots though -- which remains difficult to estimate. As far as I know the only way to figure that out is to actually run the query and then check how many slots it used. Am I wrong? I'm certainly not a BigQuery expert.

If you're downvoting do you mind leaving a comment on why I'm wrong? I'm interested in knowing more. The documentation for BigQuery doesn't really explain how slots are allocated and what they're capable of.

Best part is that what you get for a slot can and does change over time.

Yeah, this is a great move. That said, again, here's the philosophical difference: with BQ, you need to "Contact your sales representative if you are interested in flat-rate pricing". There's nothing wrong with this, but it reflects their philosophy that compute should be something pay-per-use, not pay-to-procure.

Again, I expect this "talk to sales" part to change in the future as BQ matures, but I imagine this kind of CIO friendly thinking to be new (if not de-prioritized) at Google.

Umm, you didn't even opine on anything. Why would it matter where you work to anyone? All this "disclosing" is annoying.

Disclosures: I don't disclose things when it makes no sense to.

When you promote, or generally talk about a product, it is good manner to disclose your affiliation to it.

Don't shit on people for being polite.

Edit: That said, it works a lot better on reddit with flairs.

When you promote, or generally talk about a product, it is good manner to disclose your affiliation to it.

Nonsense. In what way does this help the reader? Facts are facts, whether they come from a Google employee or a clown. He/she didn't share an opinion that needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

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