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cost Intermediate 9 lessons 4h 05m

Cloud Data Platform Cost Optimization

Tear down the bill in the right order - idle compute first, then query efficiency, then storage hygiene - so the number actually moves.

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A cloud data platform bill that keeps climbing is rarely one problem. It is idle compute, inefficient queries, and neglected storage stacked on top of each other. Most teams fix them in the wrong order and wonder why the number never moves.

This course walks the bill from the top: kill idle compute first because it is the fastest win, then query efficiency, then storage hygiene. You will leave able to explain every large line on the bill and defend the trade-offs.

Who this is for

Engineers and leads who own a cloud data platform bill and want a repeatable method rather than a one-off cleanup.

What you need

Access to your data platform with permission to view usage and billing, and enough access to read cluster and job configuration.

Curriculum

01

Where the money actually goes

  • Reading the bill line by line Free preview 15m
  • The right order to fix cost in 12m
02

Compute

  • Idle and all-purpose clusters running around the clock 16m
  • Job clusters, auto-termination, and spot with fallback 18m
  • Vectorized engines and autoscaling where they pay for themselves 17m
03

Query efficiency

  • Finding the queries that dominate spend 14m
  • Fixes that hold after you leave 15m
04

Storage hygiene

  • Delta maintenance and small-file cleanup 16m
  • Retention, vacuum, and the cost of keeping everything 13m