Cost Strategy in GCP
This chapter will cover one of the most frequently asked questions from stakeholders – how much does a solution cost running in GCP? Each GCP service has different pricing mechanisms. In this chapter, we will look at what valuable information you will need to calculate the GCP costs.
On top of that, we will have a section dedicated to BigQuery. We will discuss the difference between two options for the BigQuery pricing models – on-demand and editions. Finally, we will revisit the two important features in BigQuery: partitioned tables and clustered tables. Understanding these features can optimize a lot of your future costs in BigQuery.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- Estimating the cost of your end-to-end data solution in GCP
- Tips to optimize BigQuery using partitioned and clustered tables