When scaling Snowflake, teams often hit a critical crossroads: keep costs predictable or aggressively expand their analytics capabilities. ChargeAfter, a leader in embedded lending solutions, didn’t want to choose. They wanted both.
Here’s how they achieved it with Yuki.
About ChargeAfter
ChargeAfter is the leading embedded lending platform for point-of-sale financing, connecting merchants to a network of lenders. Its dynamic matching engine streamlines credit distribution and enables merchants to offer personalized financing options at every point of sale, driving higher approvals, increased sales, and stronger customer satisfaction.
The Challenge: Unlocking Snowflake Growth Without Cost Anxiety
ChargeAfter’s rapid growth increased the strategic importance of Snowflake but costs were rising unpredictably. To confidently scale and expand their analytics capabilities, their data team needed a way to automate Snowflake cost management and optimization without creating manual overhead or slowing down innovation.
Core challenges:
- Rising and unpredictable Snowflake expenses
- Manual optimization stealing valuable engineering hours
- Limited freedom to scale Snowflake workloads without budget uncertainty
ChargeAfter realized they needed more than basic optimization, they needed a strategic partner to accelerate their Snowflake adoption.
Accelerating Snowflake ROI with Yuki
ChargeAfter partnered with Yuki for automated, real-time Snowflake optimization. With Yuki in place, ChargeAfter didn’t just cut costs – they confidently accelerated their Snowflake adoption. Here’s how Yuki empowered ChargeAfter’s growth:
Expanded Workloads Without Budget Anxiety
Yuki dynamically scaled Snowflake warehouses, providing ChargeAfter the freedom to confidently onboard new workloads and drive deeper analytics without fear of runaway spending.
Predictable, Real-Time Cost Management
ChargeAfter gained real-time insights and dynamic forecasting, aligning Snowflake costs tightly with actual usage patterns, eliminating budget surprises, and allowing the team to innovate freely.
Zero Manual Effort, Maximum Strategic Impact
Yuki’s automatic warehouse optimization removed manual tuning entirely, freeing the data team’s engineering resources to focus exclusively on strategic projects and innovative Snowflake use cases.
“Yuki just works, delivering savings and peace of mind for scaling our Snowflake environment. Even after optimizing everything internally, Yuki provided value we simply couldn’t unlock on our own, empowering us to confidently grow without overspending.”
Hanan Ben Shitrit, Head of Data, ChargeAfter
Why Snowflake Teams Scale Faster with Yuki
ChargeAfter’s story is proof that Snowflake teams thrive when paired with Yuki. Here’s why:
- Dynamic Warehouse Optimization:
Yuki automatically optimizes Snowflake warehouse sizing and query placement in real time, supporting more ambitious analytics workloads without overspending. - Enterprise-Grade Security & Compliance:
Fully private deployment ensures no data ever leaves ChargeAfter’s cloud environment, aligning tightly with Snowflake’s security standards. - Real-Time Budget Forecasting:
Accurate cost forecasting aligns Snowflake spend to actual business needs, giving data teams the confidence to rapidly innovate without worrying about unexpected bills.
From Optimization to Innovation: Strategic Results
With Yuki in their stack, ChargeAfter quickly realized the benefits:
- 20% cost savings achieved within weeks of deployment
- Zero manual warehouse tuning, freeing engineering resources completely
- Accelerated adoption of new Snowflake use cases, driving deeper analytics and faster business growth
Quote from Yuki’s CTO, Amir Peres:
“Working closely with Hanan and the ChargeAfter team has been incredible. Their ability to confidently scale and push more Snowflake use cases while keeping costs fully controlled is exactly why we built Yuki. Our partnership with Snowflake users is about enabling growth without friction, delivering predictable efficiency, and empowering innovation at scale.”
Get the Full Story
ChargeAfter’s experience illustrates why Snowflake and Yuki are better together. Discover how your team can unlock similar results. Download the full ChargeAfter Case Study.
