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title: "Discussion on \"Snowflake Clustering: \nWhen It Saves Money, \nWhen It Costs You\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Snowflake Clustering: \nWhen It Saves Money, \nWhen It Costs You\". Clustering is the most misunderstood cost lever in Snowflake. Teams enable it because it sounds like optimization. They rarely check whether it actually is."
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# [Snowflake Clustering: When It Saves Money, When It Costs You](https://datanarratives.hashnode.dev/snowflake-clustering-cost-roi-cardinality-multi-column?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Clustering is the most misunderstood cost lever in Snowflake. Teams enable it because it sounds like optimization. They rarely check whether it actually is.

Jul 4 · 14 min read · datanarratives.hashnode.dev  
Updated Jul 27  
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