Case Study: Dealer Trade Network achieves 60X faster analytics with Firebolt

How Dealer Trade Network delivered 60 X faster analytics

Dealer Trade Network (DTN), which operates the largest dealer-to-dealer car trading network in the US, faced performance challenges with its previous analytics platform. They needed to provide timely, granular reporting on a year's worth of vehicle data to proactively identify trades, but their system struggled with query times and analyzing data beyond a 30-day retention window. At the recommendation of a consulting partner, they engaged Firebolt to evaluate its data warehouse solution.

Firebolt's implementation, which leveraged its indexing and aggregating capabilities, resulted in query times that were 60 times faster. A specific reporting aggregation that previously took over an hour was reduced to just two minutes. This performance improvement enabled DTN to create new daily, dealer-specific reports, opening new revenue streams. Internally, enhanced analytics helped their sales and marketing teams, with one campaign driving double the revenue of previous efforts.

Dealer Trade Network

Daniel Delgado

Chief Technology Officer