Hardcharger · DuckDB 2.0 over Warp SQL
Cut Your Warehouse Bill in Half
Our engineers migrate your expensive warehouse workloads to Hardcharger in a 30-day sprint. Cut the in-scope compute bill by at least 50% against an agreed baseline, or you don’t pay for the sprint.
- 42.4 s
- 22 queries · 1 TB derived from TPC-H
- $0.09
- AWS compute per measured run
- Apache-2.0
- Every feature included
Hardcharger 2.0.0 on DuckDB 2.0.0. Compute only; storage and managed services are additional. Results vary by workload.
The Half-Bill Guarantee
1. We baseline your bill
Send us last month’s Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift or Postgres invoice. We agree in writing on the workloads in scope and your current compute run-rate.
2. We migrate you in 30 days
A named senior engineer works alongside your team to move those workloads onto Hardcharger — self-hosted in your cloud or managed by us.
3. Your bill drops 50%+
We measure the new run-rate against the baseline. If it isn’t at least 50% lower, you don’t pay for the sprint — and we keep tuning free.
The Half-Bill Guarantee: for the workloads we migrate together, we cut their compute run-rate by at least 50% versus a baseline we set with you in writing — or we keep tuning free until we do, and if we still can’t, you don’t pay for the sprint.
We staff every sprint with a named senior solutions engineer, so we cap guaranteed sprints at 6 per quarter.
Everything your Sprint includes
The senior-engineer work that gets you live — delivered in one fixed 30-day engagement.
Reproducible Benchmark on Your Data
Kills: "Your numbers won’t hold up on our workload"
$12,000Same-Day Launch Onboarding
Kills: "This’ll stall us for weeks"
$8,000Migration & Optimization Audit
Kills: "We don’t know what’ll break"
$12,000Priority Support (4-hr SLA, named engineer, 1yr)
Kills: "Open source means we’re on our own"
$15,000Query Tuning Playbook + Benchmark Harness
Kills: "How do we sustain it after you leave"
$3,000Architecture & Governance Review
Kills: "Will it pass security/compliance"
$5,000Total value
$55,000
Why Hardcharger costs a fraction of a cloud warehouse
The same queries, the same SQL — without the credit-metered markup.
Single-VM compute, not per-credit pricing
Warehouses bill by credit/DBU/slot and mark compute up heavily. Hardcharger runs the same analytic SQL on one right-sized VM with DuckDB + Arrow — pennies of raw compute per query.
Right-sized, not always-on overprovisioning
No idle warehouses or auto-suspend roulette. You run the capacity you need, and scale concurrency horizontally by adding nodes behind Kubernetes.
Open formats — no lock-in tax
Apache-2.0 core and open table formats (Parquet, Iceberg, DuckLake). You stop paying the premium that comes with proprietary storage and egress.
Drop-in, low switching cost
Hardcharger uses Warp SQL over HTTP, with native ADBC, JDBC and JavaScript clients. Use dbt-hardcharger for dbt and the Hardcharger MCP server for AI assistants. Check SQL dialect differences and client compatibility when migrating.
Trusted in Production
GizmoData customers share their experience with our team and earlier GizmoSQL deployments.
As a startup building a decision-grade AI platform for strategic planning, we process analytical workloads that demand both performance and reliability. After evaluating our options, we chose GizmoSQL to run our DuckLake compute engine in production. What sets GizmoSQL apart is the partnership. When we came to Phil with enterprise requirements—token authentication, enhanced logging, and query timeout support—he worked closely with us to deliver them. His responsiveness has been equally impressive. Whether fielding questions or shipping fixes for issues we’ve encountered, Phil consistently delivers with quick turnarounds. That kind of support is invaluable for a fast-moving team. Since partnering with GizmoData, we’ve gone live in production with one of our primary customers. GizmoSQL has become a critical part of our infrastructure, and we look forward to continuing the partnership.
GizmoSQL fits right into our stack — performant, flexible, and reliable. It’s a key piece of how we deliver unified observability at Randoli.
Cutting your warehouse bill — FAQ
How does Hardcharger cut my Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery bill?
Our 1 TB workload derived from TPC-H ran all 22 queries in 42.4 seconds for $0.09 of AWS compute on one machine with Hardcharger 2.0.0. Infrastructure, storage and managed-service costs vary; measure your own workloads.
Is the savings actually guaranteed?
Yes — the Half-Bill Guarantee. Our engineers migrate your in-scope workloads and cut their compute run-rate by at least 50% versus a baseline we set with you in writing, or you don’t pay for the migration sprint.
Do I have to rip out my current tools?
Hardcharger uses Warp SQL over HTTP, with native ADBC, JDBC and JavaScript clients. Use dbt-hardcharger for dbt and the Hardcharger MCP server for AI assistants. Check SQL dialect differences and client compatibility when migrating.
Can I keep my data in my own cloud?
Yes. Self-host Hardcharger in your own cloud so your data and your keys never leave your infrastructure, or let GizmoData host it for you. Same engine either way.
What does Hardcharger cost?
Hardcharger is Apache-2.0 with every feature included: access control, SSO, audit logging and the web UI. There are no editions, license keys or per-vCPU software fees. You pay for your infrastructure and any optional managed services or support. The Migration Sprint is a separately priced service with the Half-Bill Guarantee.
See your savings on your own data
Send us last month’s invoice and a senior engineer maps your savings in 5 business days — free, no commitment.