How we cut our Dagster Cloud bill by 60% by collapsing our dbt assets (opens in new tab)

If your team is using Dagster Cloud's Solo or Starter tiers, the May 2026 pricing update probably gave you a bit of a shock. By removing the monthly credit allowance and charging for each step-executed asset materialization, workspaces that used to cost $10–$100 a month suddenly spiked into the hundreds or even over a thousand dollars. At Narev, we love the developer experience of Dagster, but our 24/7 schedule was driving up our bill to the point where self-hosting Airflow was starting to lo...