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SELECT is joining DoiT to scale our mission of eliminating data platform waste
By Ian Whitestone & Niall WoodwardJan 6, 20263 min read

SELECT is joining DoiT to scale our mission of eliminating data platform waste

We're incredibly excited to share that we are officially joining the DoiT team to scale our mission of eliminating data platform waste. Learn more about the why behind the acquisition and what this means going forward.

Snowflake BUILD 2025 Recap
By Jeff SkoldbergNov 20, 20257 min read

Snowflake BUILD 2025 Recap

Jeff walks us through all the major announcements from Snowflake BUILD 2025 - a virtual conference geared towards builders.

A Beginner's Guide to Snowpark Container Services: Understanding the Building Blocks and Pricing
By Jeff SkoldbergNov 14, 202510 min read

A Beginner's Guide to Snowpark Container Services: Understanding the Building Blocks and Pricing

Jeff explains the concepts of Compute Pools, Services, And Image Repositories which are the building blocks of Snowpark Container Services

Snowflake Cloud Services: Pricing and Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergNov 14, 20256 min read

Snowflake Cloud Services: Pricing and Monitoring

Jeff walks through how the Cloud Services layer in Snowflake is billed and how you can keep an eye on the spend.

Snowflake Data Transfer Pricing and Egress Cost Optimizer
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 21, 20256 min read

Snowflake Data Transfer Pricing and Egress Cost Optimizer

In this article, Jeff explains what you're actually paying for with Snowflake data transfer costs, which operations incur egress fees, and practical strategies to optimize your spend across regions and cloud platforms. We'll look at how Egress Cost Optimizer works in Snowflake.

Monitoring Snowflake AI Costs: The Complete Series
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 19, 20255 min read

Monitoring Snowflake AI Costs: The Complete Series

Jeff walks us through every Snowflake Cortex AI service, how to use it, how it is billed, how to monitor costs, and best practices.

Snowflake Document AI: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 9, 20258 min read

Snowflake Document AI: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring

In this article we'll take a deep dive into how Snowflake Document AI works, how it is priced, how to monitor the costs, as well as best practices when using this feature.

Snowflake Cortex Search: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 9, 20257 min read

Snowflake Cortex Search: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring

In this article we'll take a deep dive into how Cortex Search works, how it is priced, how to monitor the costs, as well as best practices when using this feature.

Snowflake Cortex AI SQL: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 9, 20257 min read

Snowflake Cortex AI SQL: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring

In this article we'll take a deep dive into how Cortex AISQL works, how it is priced, how to monitor the costs, as well as best practices when using this feature.

Snowflake Cortex Analyst: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 9, 20257 min read

Snowflake Cortex Analyst: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring

In this article we'll take a deep dive into how Cortex Analyst works, how it is priced, how to monitor the costs, as well as best practices when using this feature.

Snowflake Intelligence: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring
By Jeff SkoldbergOct 9, 202510 min read

Snowflake Intelligence: Overview, Pricing & Cost Monitoring

Snowflake Intelligence is a new app for non-technical business users to chat with data. In this article we'll take a deep dive into how Snowflake Intelligence works, how it is priced, how to monitor the costs, as well as best practices when using this feature.