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Databend
Company blog · databend.com/blogdataprogramming
Databend is the company blog at databend.com, writing about data and programming. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-14, and you can follow it by feed.
Open-source cloud data warehouse combining SQL analytics, full-text search, and vector AI. 50% cheaper than Snowflake. Provision in 500ms. SOC2 Type 2 certified.
What Hacker News says?
Interesting, I tried query-fast and it's impressive! It would be great to add Databend as a data source—it's a cost-efficient alternative to Snowflake: https://www.databend.com/
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on “Show HN: Query Fast - Lightweight data analytics with AI”Submitted Why Choose Rust as Your Development Language as a story · 5 points
HN discussionCheck out Databend, an open-source alternative to Snowflake with 90%+ product and syntax similarity (almost no migration cost). It’s cost-effective and powerful. GitHub: https://github.com/datafuselabs/databend/issues/13059 Comparison: https://www.databend.com/comparison
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on “Top 5 Snowflake Alternatives for Cost-Effective Data Warehousing”Submitted We Rebuilt Our SQL Parser in Rust: 3.3x Faster with Zero-Copy and Better Errors as a story · 3 points
HN discussionManaging costs with Snowflake's virtual warehouse is more straightforward, allowing you to adjust the warehouse's size and operational status to control expenses. However, optimizing costs for Snowflake's cloud service is more complex. Each SQL query incurs costs for parsing and planning. These costs, less transparent than warehouse expenses, increase as your business and request volume grow, making budgeting and co…
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on “Solutions to manage runaway Snowflake costs?”Submitted Rust for Big Data: How We Built a MPP Query Executor on S3 from Scratch as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Is Big Data Dying? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Diving into the Future: Serverless Data Warehouse Platform Architecture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Deep Dive into Databend UDF, implementing your data solutions with Python, WASM as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Cost of the 1B Row Challenge with Snowflake and Databend as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Data Agent Ready Database: Designing the Next-Gen Enterprise Data Warehouse as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Optimizing Data Warehouse QA with GPT-4 in Databend as a story · 1 points
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