diff --git a/metricflow-semantics/metricflow_semantics/dag/mf_dag.py b/metricflow-semantics/metricflow_semantics/dag/mf_dag.py
index a3a24774a2..7b975d0a28 100644
--- a/metricflow-semantics/metricflow_semantics/dag/mf_dag.py
+++ b/metricflow-semantics/metricflow_semantics/dag/mf_dag.py
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ def visit_node(self, node: DagNode) -> VisitorOutputT:  # noqa: D102
 DagNodeT = TypeVar("DagNodeT", bound="DagNode")
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class DagNode(MetricFlowPrettyFormattable, Generic[DagNodeT], ABC):
-    """A node in a DAG. These should be immutable."""
+    """A node in a DAG. These should be immutable.
+
+    Since there should only be a single instance of a node with a given ID, `eq` can be set to false so that equality
+    operations can be done without comparing the fields. Comparing the fields can be a slow process since the
+    `parent_nodes` field is recursive.
+    """
 
     parent_nodes: Tuple[DagNodeT, ...]
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/dataflow_plan.py b/metricflow/dataflow/dataflow_plan.py
index b986d7b8f6..dd5f1088b9 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/dataflow_plan.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/dataflow_plan.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 NodeSelfT = TypeVar("NodeSelfT", bound="DataflowPlanNode")
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class DataflowPlanNode(DagNode["DataflowPlanNode"], Visitable, ABC):
     """A node in the graph representation of the dataflow.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/add_generated_uuid.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/add_generated_uuid.py
index 6a5a1c2b9f..96df59388d 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/add_generated_uuid.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/add_generated_uuid.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class AddGeneratedUuidColumnNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Adds a UUID column."""
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/aggregate_measures.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/aggregate_measures.py
index 9128f6a0a6..7fa8c153ce 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/aggregate_measures.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/aggregate_measures.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class AggregateMeasuresNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that aggregates the measures by the associated group by elements.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/combine_aggregated_outputs.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/combine_aggregated_outputs.py
index 0f022ec8a2..c1c3ad2e3f 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/combine_aggregated_outputs.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/combine_aggregated_outputs.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class CombineAggregatedOutputsNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Combines metrics from different nodes into a single output."""
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/compute_metrics.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/compute_metrics.py
index 5241d60453..28fb0fd949 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/compute_metrics.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/compute_metrics.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class ComputeMetricsNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that computes metrics from input measures. Dimensions / entities are passed through.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/constrain_time.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/constrain_time.py
index 7ca0ace50b..9694039a44 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/constrain_time.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/constrain_time.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.nodes.aggregate_measures import DataflowPlanNode
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class ConstrainTimeRangeNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Constrains the time range of the input data set.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/filter_elements.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/filter_elements.py
index e38ef4e0c2..9605f58bdd 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/filter_elements.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/filter_elements.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class FilterElementsNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Only passes the listed elements.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_conversion_events.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_conversion_events.py
index ed42661222..cc6530996b 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_conversion_events.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_conversion_events.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class JoinConversionEventsNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Builds a data set containing successful conversion events.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_over_time.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_over_time.py
index b137175472..92087cf97b 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_over_time.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_over_time.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class JoinOverTimeRangeNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that allows for cumulative metric computation by doing a self join across a cumulative date range.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_base.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_base.py
index 2a6b2c458e..50791c580b 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_base.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_base.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def __post_init__(self) -> None:  # noqa: D105
             raise RuntimeError("`join_on_entity` is required unless using CROSS JOIN.")
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class JoinOnEntitiesNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that joins data from other nodes via the entities in the inputs.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_custom_granularity.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_custom_granularity.py
index 6f13f6ece4..2e70b36037 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_custom_granularity.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_custom_granularity.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class JoinToCustomGranularityNode(DataflowPlanNode, ABC):
     """Join parent dataset to time spine dataset to convert time dimension to a custom granularity.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_time_spine.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_time_spine.py
index 00633a0fa0..dfc0f10151 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_time_spine.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/join_to_time_spine.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class JoinToTimeSpineNode(DataflowPlanNode, ABC):
     """Join parent dataset to time spine dataset.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/metric_time_transform.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/metric_time_transform.py
index 47e5df2ffd..5687904d76 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/metric_time_transform.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/metric_time_transform.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class MetricTimeDimensionTransformNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node transforms the input data set so that it contains the metric time dimension and relevant measures.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/min_max.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/min_max.py
index 40fa160739..c7713185f5 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/min_max.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/min_max.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class MinMaxNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Calculate the min and max of a single instance data set."""
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/order_by_limit.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/order_by_limit.py
index 0bb1c77b99..f7cbacdf0c 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/order_by_limit.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/order_by_limit.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class OrderByLimitNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that re-orders the input data with a limit.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/read_sql_source.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/read_sql_source.py
index de1da2f604..57a272dffc 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/read_sql_source.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/read_sql_source.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataset.sql_dataset import SqlDataSet
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class ReadSqlSourceNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A source node where data from an SQL table or SQL query is read and output.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/semi_additive_join.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/semi_additive_join.py
index 3eaff4d88c..1334cde336 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/semi_additive_join.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/semi_additive_join.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SemiAdditiveJoinNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that performs a row filter by aggregating a given non-additive dimension.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/where_filter.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/where_filter.py
index 7b0bef6cda..1152376a1d 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/where_filter.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/where_filter.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.dataflow_plan import DataflowPlanNode, DataflowPlanNodeVisitor
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class WhereConstraintNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """Remove rows using a WHERE clause.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/window_reaggregation_node.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/window_reaggregation_node.py
index 93dbf950ba..3bbe202c9f 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/window_reaggregation_node.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/window_reaggregation_node.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from metricflow.dataflow.nodes.compute_metrics import ComputeMetricsNode
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class WindowReaggregationNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node that re-aggregates metrics using window functions.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_data_table.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_data_table.py
index 39f6eb0fb0..66701d7399 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_data_table.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_data_table.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class WriteToResultDataTableNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node where incoming data gets written to a data_table."""
 
diff --git a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_table.py b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_table.py
index a17c4bd7a7..7a55a5724d 100644
--- a/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_table.py
+++ b/metricflow/dataflow/nodes/write_to_table.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class WriteToResultTableNode(DataflowPlanNode):
     """A node where incoming data gets written to a table.
 
diff --git a/metricflow/sql/sql_exprs.py b/metricflow/sql/sql_exprs.py
index 775e962a8b..62d8e96874 100644
--- a/metricflow/sql/sql_exprs.py
+++ b/metricflow/sql/sql_exprs.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from typing_extensions import override
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True, order=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlExpressionNode(DagNode["SqlExpressionNode"], Visitable, ABC):
     """An SQL expression like my_table.my_column, CONCAT(a, b) or 1 + 1 that evaluates to a value."""
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def visit_generate_uuid_expr(self, node: SqlGenerateUuidExpression) -> VisitorOu
         pass
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlStringExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """An SQL expression in a string format, so it lacks information about the structure.
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def as_string_expression(self) -> Optional[SqlStringExpression]:
         return self
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlStringLiteralExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """A string literal like 'foo'. It shouldn't include delimiters as it should be added during rendering."""
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ class SqlColumnReference:
     column_name: str
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlColumnReferenceExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """An expression that evaluates to the value of a column in one of the sources in the select query.
 
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ def from_table_and_column_names(table_alias: str, column_name: str) -> SqlColumn
         return SqlColumnReferenceExpression.create(SqlColumnReference(table_alias=table_alias, column_name=column_name))
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlColumnAliasReferenceExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """An expression that evaluates to the alias of a column, but is not qualified with a table alias.
 
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class SqlComparison(Enum):  # noqa: D101
     EQUALS = "="
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlComparisonExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """A comparison using >, <, <=, >=, =.
 
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ def from_aggregation_type(aggregation_type: AggregationType) -> SqlFunction:
             assert_values_exhausted(aggregation_type)
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlFunctionExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Denotes a function expression in SQL."""
 
@@ -723,7 +724,7 @@ def build_expression_from_aggregation_type(
             return SqlAggregateFunctionExpression.from_aggregation_type(aggregation_type, sql_column_expression)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlAggregateFunctionExpression(SqlFunctionExpression):
     """An aggregate function expression like SUM(1).
 
@@ -857,7 +858,7 @@ def from_aggregation_parameters(agg_params: MeasureAggregationParameters) -> Sql
         )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlPercentileExpression(SqlFunctionExpression):
     """A percentile aggregation expression.
 
@@ -984,7 +985,7 @@ def suffix(self) -> str:
         return " ".join(result)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlWindowFunctionExpression(SqlFunctionExpression):
     """A window function expression like SUM(foo) OVER bar.
 
@@ -1101,7 +1102,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlNullExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Represents NULL."""
 
@@ -1151,7 +1152,7 @@ class SqlLogicalOperator(Enum):
     OR = "OR"
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlLogicalExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """A logical expression like "a AND b AND c"."""
 
@@ -1203,7 +1204,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self.operator == other.operator and self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlIsNullExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """An IS NULL expression like "foo IS NULL"."""
 
@@ -1248,7 +1249,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlSubtractTimeIntervalExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Represents an interval subtraction from a given timestamp.
 
@@ -1313,7 +1314,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self.count == other.count and self.granularity == other.granularity and self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlCastToTimestampExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Cast to the timestamp type like CAST('2020-01-01' AS TIMESTAMP)."""
 
@@ -1360,7 +1361,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlDateTruncExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Apply a date trunc to a column like CAST('2020-01-01' AS TIMESTAMP)."""
 
@@ -1411,7 +1412,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self.time_granularity == other.time_granularity and self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlExtractExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Extract a date part from a time expression.
 
@@ -1470,7 +1471,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self.date_part == other.date_part and self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlRatioComputationExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Node for expressing Ratio metrics to allow for appropriate casting to float/double in each engine.
 
@@ -1535,7 +1536,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlBetweenExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """A BETWEEN clause like `column BETWEEN val1 AND val2`.
 
@@ -1600,7 +1601,7 @@ def matches(self, other: SqlExpressionNode) -> bool:  # noqa: D102
         return self._parents_match(other)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlGenerateUuidExpression(SqlExpressionNode):
     """Renders a SQL to generate a random UUID, which is non-deterministic."""
 
diff --git a/metricflow/sql/sql_plan.py b/metricflow/sql/sql_plan.py
index ea4a61756b..52a7390429 100644
--- a/metricflow/sql/sql_plan.py
+++ b/metricflow/sql/sql_plan.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlQueryPlanNode(DagNode["SqlQueryPlanNode"], ABC):
     """Modeling a SQL query plan like a data flow plan as well.
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class SqlOrderByDescription:  # noqa: D101
     desc: bool
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlSelectStatementNode(SqlQueryPlanNode):
     """Represents an SQL Select statement.
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def description(self) -> str:
         return self._description
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlTableNode(SqlQueryPlanNode):
     """An SQL table that can go in the FROM clause or the JOIN clause."""
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def as_select_node(self) -> Optional[SqlSelectStatementNode]:  # noqa: D102
         return None
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlSelectQueryFromClauseNode(SqlQueryPlanNode):
     """An SQL select query that can go in the FROM clause.
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def as_select_node(self) -> Optional[SqlSelectStatementNode]:  # noqa: D102
         return None
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlCreateTableAsNode(SqlQueryPlanNode):
     """An SQL node representing a CREATE TABLE AS statement.
 
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ def render_node(self) -> SqlQueryPlanNode:  # noqa: D102
         return self._render_node
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False)
 class SqlCteNode(SqlQueryPlanNode):
     """Represents a single common table expression."""