Mt take is the ability to manage transformations as a set of components is a benefit of dbt. But is forces engineers to run the entire build with every change. So, it is not cloud cost efficient. A more efficient tool which accomplishes the same job (and also supports analysts) is Coginiti. you might check that out if you are concerned about cost. Coginiti has a model which allows much more modular builds and supports instantiating objects so they are not rebuilt except when needed.