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Date Published
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Ayala Mansky
Word count
438
Language
English
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None

Summary

Snowflake offers scalable and cost-effective cloud warehousing and analytics solutions, allowing customers to pay based on actual resource usage through a credit system. While this flexibility is beneficial, it requires customers to actively manage resource consumption to optimize costs. To assist with this, Retool has introduced the Snowflake Resource Optimization: Setup & Configuration app, which simplifies resource management by providing a user-friendly interface to monitor and adjust usage metrics without manual command entry. This app allows users to enable features such as auto-suspend for warehouses, manage idle warehouses and users, and modify statement timeouts, all aimed at reducing unnecessary credit consumption. Users can easily access this app through the Retool App Exchange, and even non-Retool customers can try it out with a free trial.