Lakehouse Cost AI Optimization for Databricks

Your Databricks bill, without the waste.

Run one SQL query on your Databricks system tables, load the result, and see where every dollar goes: jobs on expensive clusters, clusters left on all night, warehouses that never stop, untagged spend, with the saving for each fix.

Diagnose and fix by AI: a slow job, data skew, spill, a new lakehouse to plan. AI finds the cause and writes the exact fix for your environment; your team applies it in minutes.

Get the SQL query Use my own export

Your export is checked inside your browser. It is never uploaded. · How it works

Three steps. Five minutes.

1

Run our SQL query

Copy it below and run it in a Databricks SQL warehouse or notebook. It reads system.billing.usage and list_prices: last 60 days, by hour.

2

Load the result

Download the result as CSV and load it here. Optionally add the cluster settings export too.

3

Fix in order of saving

Every finding with its monthly cost and saving. Premium adds the ready-to-run fix for each one.

What it finds

It reads your bill like a Databricks FinOps architect.

Jobs on all-purpose clusters

Scheduled jobs on interactive clusters pay 2–3× more per DBU than on job clusters.

Clusters on 24×7

Interactive clusters busy round the clock, including nights and weekends.

SQL warehouses that never stop

Warehouses running 20+ hours a day, and what auto-stop would save.

Cluster settings

No auto-termination, no autoscaling, old runtimes, clusters outside any policy.

Untagged spend

Money with no team or cost-centre tag, so nobody owns it.

Diagnose and fix by AI

Premium: troubleshoot a slow job (data skew, spill) and get the fix with your own table names, or the SOP for a new lakehouse.

Performance tuning

Queries that spill or read whole tables, small files, queueing warehouses, oversized clusters, job steps getting slower.

Ask AI

Ask why the bill went up. Cluster, job and user names are never sent.

Step 1 · The export

Copy, run, download.

Run in Databricks SQL (or a notebook) by someone who can read the system.billing schema, usually a workspace or account admin. Then download the result as CSV.

1. Billing usage, last 60 days (needed)

    
2. Cluster settings (optional, finds more)

    

Performance reports (optional, for tuning tips)

3. Query performance, last 30 days

    
4. Cluster CPU and memory, last 30 days

    
5. Job steps, last 60 days

    

All queries are read-only SELECTs on the Databricks system tables, which need Unity Catalog. They read cost, settings and timings only: no table contents, no notebooks, no secrets. Literal values in SQL text are masked in report 3.

Privacy and security

Your bill stays yours.

No token, no connection to your workspace, no upload.

No access needed

We never connect to your Databricks account. You run the query and share only its result with this page.

Browser-based

The export is analysed on your own computer. Close the tab and it is gone.

We keep nothing

No copy of your data on QuantumData servers. We keep only your account and licence.

Names masked for AI

Ask AI gets only totals, shares and finding types. Cluster, job, warehouse and user names, and SQL text, are never sent.

Standard · 30 days

$20 / ₹1,999 + GST

🐦 Early bird: the first 10 customers get 40 days.

Every cost finding with its saving, top spenders, spikes, forecast, the top 3 tuning tips, Ask AI and the Excel report. Unlimited exports for 30 days.

Get Standard

Premium · 30 days

$50 / ₹4,999 + GST

🐦 Early bird: the first 10 customers get 40 days.

Everything in Standard, plus:

  • Diagnose and fix by AI: troubleshoot a slow job (data skew, spill, too few tasks) with the fix written for your tables
  • SOP for a new lakehouse or your move from SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Hadoop or Snowflake, as a living checklist
  • Every tuning finding and a ready-to-run fix for every finding
  • Month-on-month comparison and an executive report for your CTO or CFO
Get Premium

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📖 Read Me: how to use this page

Follow these steps from top to bottom. To know more first, open ❓ Know about Lakehouse Cost AI Optimization.

1
Sign in: click Sign In / Sign Up at the top right. Use the same account on one device at a time.
2
Choose your plan: in the QuantumData Customer Access bar, pick Standard ($20 / ₹1,999 + GST) or Premium ($50 / ₹4,999 + GST), then purchase. 30 days, unlimited exports. Go there →
3
Run the SQL: copy the billing query from Step 1, run it in Databricks SQL, and download the result as CSV. Optionally run the cluster settings and the three performance queries too.
4
Load the files: the billing CSV in the first box; all the other CSVs together in the second box (each is recognised for you). New? Click Download a sample export. Go there →
5
Check the columns: they are matched for you. Change any drop-down that is wrong.
6
Click Diagnose My Lakehouse. Start with the Fix first tab: findings in order of saving. Go there →
7
Premium: diagnose and fix by AI: copy the fix for any finding, Troubleshoot a slow job, Plan a new lakehouse (13 questions, then your SOP), and tick steps off in My checklist. Also Month on month and the Executive report.
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Download: the Excel workbook has every finding, top spender, day and spike.
🔒 Everything happens inside your browser. Your export is never uploaded. Savings are estimates at list price: check each change before you apply it.

Lakehouse Cost AI Optimization for Databricks

Spend by product, workspace and day, the month forecast, spikes, and every waste with its saving.

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Your Lakehouse Cost Journey

1. Sign Up / Sign InYour QuantumData customer account.
2. Choose a planStandard $20 / ₹1,999 + GST, or Premium $50 / ₹4,999 + GST. 30 days.
3. Run the SQLBilling usage (and optionally cluster settings) as CSV.
4. LoadColumns matched for you.
5. DiagnoseFindings, savings, forecast.
6. FixPremium: copy the fix scripts.
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AI Lakehouse Cost Intelligence

Saving found—
Spend a month—
This month (forecast)—
Findings—
Untagged spend—
AI Summary
  • Where the money goes: product, workspace, day.
  • Jobs on the wrong clusters, clusters and warehouses on 24×7.
  • The saving for each fix.
Transparent method: Cost = list price from system.billing.list_prices (or DBUs × typical list price if not in the export). A month = cost per day × 30.4. Job on all-purpose: saving 55% (job-cluster DBUs cost about 2–3× less). 24×7 cluster: busy 18+ hours a day; saving = hours above a 10-hour working day. SQL warehouse: busy 20+ hours a day, saving 40% with auto-stop. Fixes on the same cluster are applied one after another, so savings are never counted twice. Spike = a day 1.5× the usual day and well above it.