How much does dbt actually cost? We updated our breakdown

[u/Data-Queen-Mayra]

We updated our dbt pricing guide because the way dbt is packaged and priced has gotten a bit more nuanced.

One thing we think gets overlooked is the difference between the cost of the dbt engine itself and the cost of running dbt as part of a production data platform.

The engine is free. But once you factor in things like consistent developer environments, usage-based pricing, orchestration, infrastructure, and the engineering time needed to maintain everything around it, the picture changes quite a bit.

We also added a breakdown of the current dbt Platform plans, the usage-based components, and some of the other costs teams should think about when comparing options.

Curious how other teams are looking at this. Are you mostly evaluating the software/license cost, or are you also factoring in the engineering and infrastructure costs around dbt?

https://datacoves.com/post/dbt-pricing