--- title: Cut Database Costs by 60% Using These 10 SQL Tricks description: Learn 10 practical SQL optimization techniques to reduce database costs by up to 60%. Covers smart indexing strategies, query optimization, table partitioning,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cut-database-costs-by-60-using-these-10-sql-tricks-b0udi8uvr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cut Database Costs by 60% Using These 10 SQL Tricks | daily.dev og:description: Learn 10 practical SQL optimization techniques to reduce database costs by up to 60%. Covers smart indexing strategies, query optimization, table partitioning,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cut-database-costs-by-60-using-these-10-sql-tricks-b0udi8uvr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/b0udi8UVr.png og:image:alt: Cut Database Costs by 60% Using These 10 SQL Tricks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cut Database Costs by 60% Using These 10 SQL Tricks **[Panda Coder](https://daily.dev/sources/cioqzuzgsm)** · [@hokleng](https://daily.dev/hokleng) · 28 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn 10 practical SQL optimization techniques to reduce database costs by up to 60%. Covers smart indexing strategies, query optimization, table partitioning, data archiving, proper data types, and maintenance practices. Includes real-world examples using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server, plus a case study showing how these techniques reduced AWS RDS bills at a SaaS startup by improving query performance 3-5x and cutting CPU usage by 40%. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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