Data warehouses and lakehouses pricing
Data warehouses and lakehouses store and query large analytical datasets, and nearly all of them bill by usage rather than per seat. Snowflake charges $2 to $4 per credit by edition on AWS US East, BigQuery $6.25 per TiB scanned or $0.04 to $0.10 per slot hour, and Redshift Serverless $0.375 per RPU hour. Microsoft Fabric sells capacity at $0.18 per CU hour, while Teradata quotes every deal.
Data warehouses and lakehouses compared
Current list prices as last read from each pricing page.
| Product | Starts at | Top listed plan | Priced by | Free plan | History |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Snowflake | $2 per credit, AWS US East, on-demandStandard, USD per credit, AWS US East, on-demand | $4 per credit, AWS US East, on-demandBusiness Critical | unknown | No | read Sep 2026 |
 Databricks | $0.069 per capacity unit (CU), starting rate, pay as you goOperational Database, per capacity unit (CU), starting rate, pay as you go | $0.40 per DBU, starting rate, pay as you goInteractive workloads | unknown | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Google BigQuery | $0.023 per GiB per month, first 10 GiB free, Iowa (us-central1)Active logical storage, per GiB per month, first 10 GiB free, Iowa (us-central1) | $6.25 per TiB scanned, first 1 TiB per month free, Iowa (us-central1)On-demand | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Amazon Redshift | $0.024 per GB per month, US East (N. Virginia)Managed storage, per GB per month, US East (N. Virginia) | $13.04 per node hour, on-demand, US East (N. Virginia)ra3.16xlarge | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Microsoft Fabric | $0.026 per GB per month, East USOneLake storage, per GB per month, East US | $2,814 per CU per 3 years, East USReserved capacity, 3 years | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 ClickHouse Cloud | $0.21811 per compute unit hour, AWS us-east-1Basic, per compute unit hour, AWS us-east-1 | $0.3903 per compute unit hour, AWS us-east-1Enterprise | unknown | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Teradata VantageCloud | contact sales | contact sales | Contact sales | No | read Nov 2026 |
| Cloudera | $0.009 per CCU per hourCloudera on cloud: Observability Premium, USD per CCU per hour, usage billed monthly or prepaid credits | $0.50 per VPC per hour, plus $5.00 per authorizationCloudera on cloud: Private Link Network | Flat per account | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Starburst | $0.50 per credit, starting pricePro, per credit, starting price | $1 per credit, starting price, sold through salesMission-Critical | unknown | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
 Dremio | $0.20 per DCU (Dremio Compute Unit), pay-as-you-goDremio Cloud, USD per DCU, pay-as-you-go | contact sales | unknown | No | read Nov 2026 |
 Firebolt | $0.92 per node hour, billed per second, US East (N. Virginia)Managed, per node hour, billed per second, US East (N. Virginia) | contact sales | unknown | No | read Nov 2026 |
 MotherDuck | $250 per organization per month plus usage, up to 10 usersBusiness, per organization per month plus usage, up to 10 users | contact sales | Per seat | Yes | read Nov 2026 |
Data warehouses and lakehouses pricing questions
- What does a data warehouse cost?
- Paid plans start at $2 per credit, AWS US East, on-demand for Snowflake (USD per credit, AWS US East, on-demand), $0.069 per capacity unit (CU), starting rate, pay as you go for Databricks (per capacity unit (CU), starting rate, pay as you go), $0.023 per GiB per month, first 10 GiB free, Iowa (us-central1) for Google BigQuery (per GiB per month, first 10 GiB free, Iowa (us-central1)), $0.024 per GB per month, US East (N. Virginia) for Amazon Redshift (per GB per month, US East (N. Virginia)), $0.026 per GB per month, East US for Microsoft Fabric (per GB per month, East US), $0.21811 per compute unit hour, AWS us-east-1 for ClickHouse Cloud (per compute unit hour, AWS us-east-1), $0.009 per CCU per hour for Cloudera (USD per CCU per hour, usage billed monthly or prepaid credits), $0.50 per credit, starting price for Starburst (per credit, starting price), $0.20 per DCU (Dremio Compute Unit), pay-as-you-go for Dremio (USD per DCU, pay-as-you-go), $0.92 per node hour, billed per second, US East (N. Virginia) for Firebolt (per node hour, billed per second, US East (N. Virginia)), $250 per organization per month plus usage, up to 10 users for MotherDuck (per organization per month plus usage, up to 10 users). Prices are as shown on each pricing page when it was last read.
- What is data warehouse pricing based on?
- Google BigQuery and Amazon Redshift and Microsoft Fabric and Cloudera: flat per account. Teradata VantageCloud: contact sales. MotherDuck: per seat.
- Which data warehouses and lakehouses have a free plan?
- Starburst, MotherDuck list a free plan next to the paid tiers.
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