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dbt Labs x Bilt Rewards, $20K/month saved by cutting data scanned 99%

$20K per month cost savings in BigQuery

Expensive trial-and-error to fast, confident incremental models

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The case study earns its numbers: a specific dollar figure, a specific speed claim, and a 99% data-volume reduction all tied to one named customer. The mechanism is clear enough to replicate: engage a Resident Architect to audit warehouse logs, then redesign incremental models before costs compound. The quote does real work by quantifying the outcome rather than just praising the relationship.

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  • Vendor dbt Labs
  • Customer Bilt Rewards
  • Industry Fintech / Payments
  • Trigger Rapid growth made full-dataset reprocessing costs unsustainable
  • Format Written narrative
  • Structure Challenge-Solution-Results
  • Medium Web page