Reducing BigQuery Costs by 260x

Google introduced flex slots pricing for BigQuery Read about this new pricing model, how to programmatically get slots & assign them to your project

On July 5, 2023, Google will begin migration of existing flat-rate and flex slots to the new BigQuery editions See below for the default

bigquery slot reservation Types of Slots · Usage: By default, BigQuery uses an on-demand pricing model where the system dynamically allocates slots to your queries based

bigquery slot The third cost source of BigQuery is when you query your data With on-demand pricing, Google bills $ per TB — $ per byte —