Hourly, Automatic Warehouse Size and Generation Right-Sizing
SmartPulse
Stop paying peak-hour prices for off-peak workloads.
Most Snowflake warehouses run at one fixed size, all day, every day – sized for your busiest hour, even though that load only shows up a few times a week. SmartPulse turns each warehouse’s real usage pattern into an hourly plan that finds the right balance between cost and performance, within the preferences and limits you set – and in some cases can even pair the right size with the right generation to deliver both at once: lower cost and faster queries, together.
Seemore SmartPulse in Action
Save Money, Warehouse by Warehouse
SmartPulse turns idle capacity into real savings by matching every warehouse to what it actually needs, hour by hour.
- Downsizes automatically through quiet hours and scales back up for recurring peaks – no capacity paid for and left unused
- Recommends the right warehouse generation (Gen1 or Gen2) alongside size, so the extra cost of Gen2 is only ever taken on when it pays for itself – sometimes even letting a smaller, cheaper warehouse outperform a larger one
- Reports savings warehouse by warehouse, so the impact on your Snowflake bill is always visible, not assumed
Save Time, Backed by Data
Skip the hours of digging through query history – SmartPulse does the analysis and hands you a decision, not a spreadsheet.
- Learns each warehouse’s real usage pattern automatically, with no manual analysis required
- Turns that analysis straight into a ready-to-approve schedule, so sizing decisions take minutes instead of a research project
- Keeps the schedule current as usage evolves, so it never goes stale between reviews
Peace of Mind, Even When Load Spikes
Unplanned spikes stop being a fire drill. Burst Protector watches every warehouse in real time and reacts before anyone has to.
- Scales a warehouse up automatically the moment load spikes beyond what was planned – before users feel any slowdown
- Scales back down on its own once load normalizes, so nothing is left running oversized by accident
- Runs continuously in the background, so no one has to be watching a dashboard to catch it
Stay in Control, Every Step of the Way
SmartPulse works with your judgment, not around it – every lever stays in your hands.
- You approve every schedule before it goes live, and can adjust it any time
- Set an optional SLO as a guardrail – a performance ceiling SmartPulse will never recommend crossing
- Choose Cost or Performance mode per warehouse, so you set the trade-off, not the algorithm
- Track everything in real time through live monitoring and cost-and-performance alerts, and use Live Tuning to make a point-in-time change yourself whenever you need one
