Overview
Snowflake is the central data warehouse used by our customers to access their gaiia data, including accounts, products, and billing information. Its cloud-native architecture ensures scalability, security, and high availability for critical business operations.
This article links essential guides to help you access and query customer data using Snowflake.
Billing & Usage Considerations
Organizations have 50 Snowflake credits included with their gaiia plan by default. For standard analytics and reporting usage, this allocation is generally sufficient. However, if your workflows require extensive, frequent querying or large-scale data processing, you may need additional credits.
Note that Snowflake is an OLAP database meant for long-running analytics and reporting queries. It is not meant to replace a transactional database; using it to make frequent, small queries will lead to poor performance and high credit usage.
If you exceed the 50-credit limit, additional credits will be charged to your account.
If you anticipate needing more than the allocated credits on a regular basis, you have the option to create and manage your own Snowflake instance. In this scenario, you will be responsible for maintaining your Snowflake account, including costs, configurations, and performance tuning.
You can switch from gaiia’s Snowflake service to a self-managed Snowflake account at any time. If you plan to make this transition, please notify us in advance so we can assist with a smooth transition.
To monitor your Snowflake credit usage, navigate to Admin > Cost Management.
Useful Links
From gaiia:
Both your Snowflake Portal and gaiia’s Snowflake Documentation have restricted access. If your organization needs initial access, please contact our support team.
- Your Snowflake Portal
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gaiia's Snowflake Documentation
This documentation covers essential Snowflake operations, such as creating new users, running queries, and managing data.
It also includes an up-to-date breakdown of our Snowflake Schemas.