Free data warehouse stack
Load, model and query analytics data: a warehouse, a transformation layer and somewhere to explore it.
Updated 20h ago
4 roles4 with no end date1 of 4 need no card
01 Warehouse
Stores tables and runs the SQL.
Google Cloud
Google Cloud Free Tier1 TiB BigQuery + e2-micro
CardNo end date
- BigQuery1 TiB queries, 10 GiB storage / month
- Compute Engine1 e2-micro VM in us-west1, us-central1 or us-east1
- Cloud Run2 million requests / month
Swap Warehouse
02 Transformations
Versioned SQL models on top of raw data.
dbt Labs
dbt Developer plan3,000 models a month
Card ?No end date
- Seats1 developer
- Model builds3,000 successful / month
- Projects1
03 Notebook
Ad-hoc analysis and charts.
Google
Google ColabFree GPUs and TPUs
No cardNo end date
- HardwareGPUs and TPUs, not guaranteed
- LimitsFluctuate with demand
- PriorityInteractive use first
Swap Notebook
04 Raw file landing
A bucket for the files you load.
Cloudflare
R2 free tier10 GB, zero egress fees
Card ?No end date
- Storage10 GB-month / month
- Class A ops1 million / month
- Class B ops10 million / month
Swap Raw file landing
Limits side by side
Warehouse
Google Cloud Free Tier
BigQuery1 TiB queries, 10 GiB storage / monthCompute Engine1 e2-micro VM in us-west1, us-central1 or us-east1Cloud Run2 million requests / monthCloud Storage5 GB-months (US regions)Firestore1 GiB, 50,000 reads / dayPub/Sub10 GiB of messages / monthSign up
Transformations
dbt Labs dbt Developer plan
Notebook
Google Colab
HardwareGPUs and TPUs, not guaranteedLimitsFluctuate with demandPriorityInteractive use firstSign up
Raw file landing
Cloudflare R2 free tier
Storage10 GB-month / monthClass A ops1 million / monthClass B ops10 million / monthEgressFreeSign up
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