Posts Tagged ‘Analytical Performance’

The Processing Paradox: Why Row-Based ETL Pricing Ignores How Analytics Actually Works

Modern ETL pricing models often charge based on row counts, which fundamentally misaligns with how analytical systems actually process data—via columnar methods focused on compute efficiency and performance. This disconnect not only creates technical debt and unpredictable costs but also diverts engineering resources away from optimisation and innovation toward managing arbitrary billing constraints.