Your BigQuery bill is a query-shape problem. We cut one 72% in three weeks.

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A client cut BigQuery spend by 72% in three weeks.
They found the biggest savings by identifying high-cost queries in INFORMATION_SCHEMA, then partitioning and clustering tables.
Replacing SELECT * with explicit columns reduced bytes scanned and improved latency.
Unused scheduled queries and dashboard refresh jobs were disabled to stop wasteful recurring costs.
