diff --git a/console/src/components/ShowCreateBlock.tsx b/console/src/components/ShowCreateBlock.tsx
index 74c00f6b2ad8b..095c6106c2ab8 100644
--- a/console/src/components/ShowCreateBlock.tsx
+++ b/console/src/components/ShowCreateBlock.tsx
@@ -79,3 +79,5 @@ export const ShowCreateBlockInner = ({
 
   return <ExpandableCodeBlock text={tryPrettyStr(showCreate.sql, 100)} />;
 };
+
+export default ShowCreateBlock;
diff --git a/console/src/config/AppConfig.ts b/console/src/config/AppConfig.ts
index fd662e9632358..6a67bd0cdd71c 100644
--- a/console/src/config/AppConfig.ts
+++ b/console/src/config/AppConfig.ts
@@ -160,7 +160,15 @@ export class CloudAppConfig implements IBaseAppConfig {
   stackSwitcherEnabled =
     !this.isImpersonating && this.#consoleEnvironment !== "production";
 
-  stripePromise = getStripePromise(this.#consoleEnvironment);
+  // Lazy so the Stripe.js script only loads when the billing route reads
+  // this property; never fetched on cold load for other routes.
+  #stripePromise?: ReturnType<typeof getStripePromise>;
+  get stripePromise() {
+    if (!this.#stripePromise) {
+      this.#stripePromise = getStripePromise(this.#consoleEnvironment);
+    }
+    return this.#stripePromise;
+  }
 
   // Whether query retries are enabled. False for test environments.
   // TODO (password-auth): Remove the possibility of defaultStack being "test". Should be able to figure
diff --git a/console/src/config/apiKeys.ts b/console/src/config/apiKeys.ts
index 653e27cc593fe..7491f05101e3b 100644
--- a/console/src/config/apiKeys.ts
+++ b/console/src/config/apiKeys.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
 // by the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
-import { loadStripe } from "@stripe/stripe-js";
+import type { Stripe } from "@stripe/stripe-js";
 
 export const getLaunchDarklyKey = (consoleEnv: string) => {
   if (consoleEnv === "production") {
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ export const getSegmentApiKey = ({
   return "dGeQYRjmGVsqDI0KIARrAhTvk1BdJJhk";
 };
 
-export const getStripePromise = (consoleEnv: string) => {
-  if (consoleEnv === "production") {
-    // Production key
-    return loadStripe("pk_live_eILilEpJ7DCwmw9I4JHuBLEB001qSrxuw0");
-  }
-
-  // Stripe development key
-  return loadStripe("pk_test_XUB2NGLtbtzx9HQbTKlP1ZCw00FZqUgrXf");
+export const getStripePromise = async (
+  consoleEnv: string,
+): Promise<Stripe | null> => {
+  // Dynamic import keeps @stripe/stripe-js out of the main bundle; combined
+  // with the lazy getter on AppConfig.stripePromise, the Stripe.js script
+  // only loads when the billing route is visited.
+  const { loadStripe } = await import("@stripe/stripe-js");
+  const key =
+    consoleEnv === "production"
+      ? "pk_live_eILilEpJ7DCwmw9I4JHuBLEB001qSrxuw0"
+      : "pk_test_XUB2NGLtbtzx9HQbTKlP1ZCw00FZqUgrXf";
+  return loadStripe(key);
 };
diff --git a/console/src/hooks/useIntercom.ts b/console/src/hooks/useIntercom.ts
index 046627fb48413..620fd2880efc3 100644
--- a/console/src/hooks/useIntercom.ts
+++ b/console/src/hooks/useIntercom.ts
@@ -7,18 +7,34 @@
 // the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
 // by the Apache License, Version 2.0.
 
-import Intercom from "@intercom/messenger-js-sdk";
 import { useEffect } from "react";
 
 import { useIntercomJwt } from "~/api/auth";
 const APP_ID = "r8661p0d";
 
+/**
+ * Loads the Intercom SDK and boots it off the critical path. The SDK module is
+ * dynamically imported (own chunk) and the boot call is scheduled in idle time
+ * so it does not compete with first-paint bandwidth/CPU.
+ */
+function bootIntercomDeferred(config: {
+  app_id: string;
+  intercom_user_jwt?: string;
+}) {
+  const schedule =
+    typeof window.requestIdleCallback === "function"
+      ? (cb: () => void) =>
+          window.requestIdleCallback(cb, { timeout: 3000 })
+      : (cb: () => void) => window.setTimeout(cb, 1000);
+  schedule(async () => {
+    const { default: Intercom } = await import("@intercom/messenger-js-sdk");
+    Intercom(config);
+  });
+}
+
 export function useIntercomAnonymous() {
   useEffect(() => {
-    const anonymousConfig = {
-      app_id: APP_ID,
-    };
-    Intercom(anonymousConfig);
+    bootIntercomDeferred({ app_id: APP_ID });
   }, []);
 }
 
@@ -28,7 +44,7 @@ export function useIntercom() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (jwt) {
-      Intercom({ app_id: APP_ID, intercom_user_jwt: jwt });
+      bootIntercomDeferred({ app_id: APP_ID, intercom_user_jwt: jwt });
     }
   }, [jwt]);
 }
diff --git a/console/src/platform/maintained-objects/ObjectMetadata.tsx b/console/src/platform/maintained-objects/ObjectMetadata.tsx
index b4b77b474964e..eb9dc77ba36b6 100644
--- a/console/src/platform/maintained-objects/ObjectMetadata.tsx
+++ b/console/src/platform/maintained-objects/ObjectMetadata.tsx
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ import React from "react";
 
 import { ShowCreateObjectType } from "~/api/materialize/showCreate";
 import { LoadingContainer } from "~/components/LoadingContainer";
-import { ShowCreateBlock } from "~/components/ShowCreateBlock";
 import { ObjectColumnsList } from "~/platform/object-explorer/ObjectColumns";
 
 import { MaintainedObjectListItem } from "./queries";
 import { SourceDiagnostics } from "./SourceDiagnostics";
 
+const ShowCreateBlock = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/ShowCreateBlock"),
+);
+
 export interface ObjectMetadataProps {
   item: MaintainedObjectListItem;
 }
diff --git a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/ConnectionDetails.tsx b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/ConnectionDetails.tsx
index 5c46e9abe8bfa..15ea121f2534c 100644
--- a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/ConnectionDetails.tsx
+++ b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/ConnectionDetails.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import { ConnectionDependency } from "~/api/materialize/object-explorer/connecti
 import { ShowCreateObjectType } from "~/api/materialize/showCreate";
 import { AppErrorBoundary } from "~/components/AppErrorBoundary";
 import { LoadingContainer } from "~/components/LoadingContainer";
-import { ShowCreateBlock } from "~/components/ShowCreateBlock";
 import TextLink from "~/components/TextLink";
 import { MainContentContainer } from "~/layouts/BaseLayout";
 import { MaterializeTheme } from "~/theme";
@@ -37,6 +36,10 @@ import { useConnectionDependencies, useObjectDetails } from "./queries";
 import { relativeObjectPath } from "./routerHelpers";
 import { ObjectDetailsParams } from "./useSchemaObjectParams";
 
+const ShowCreateBlock = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/ShowCreateBlock"),
+);
+
 const ConnectionDependencyTable = ({
   connectionDependencies,
 }: {
@@ -126,10 +129,12 @@ export const ConnectionDetailsContent = ({
     <MainContentContainer>
       <ObjectDetailsContainer>
         <ObjectDetailsStrip {...object} />
-        <ShowCreateBlock
-          {...object}
-          objectType={object.type as ShowCreateObjectType}
-        />
+        <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+          <ShowCreateBlock
+            {...object}
+            objectType={object.type as ShowCreateObjectType}
+          />
+        </React.Suspense>
         {connectionDependencies.length > 0 && (
           <ConnectionDependencyTable
             connectionDependencies={connectionDependencies}
diff --git a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SimpleObjectDetailRoutes.tsx b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SimpleObjectDetailRoutes.tsx
index c93baafffb064..15e544d568368 100644
--- a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SimpleObjectDetailRoutes.tsx
+++ b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SimpleObjectDetailRoutes.tsx
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import {
 import { ALLOWED_OBJECT_TYPES } from "~/api/materialize/workflowGraph";
 import { AppErrorBoundary } from "~/components/AppErrorBoundary";
 import { LoadingContainer } from "~/components/LoadingContainer";
-import { ShowCreateBlock } from "~/components/ShowCreateBlock";
-import WorkflowGraph from "~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph";
 import { useFlags } from "~/hooks/useFlags";
 import { MainContentContainer, Tab } from "~/layouts/BaseLayout";
 import { SentryRoutes } from "~/sentry";
@@ -38,6 +36,14 @@ const DataflowVisualizer = React.lazy(
   () => import("~/platform/clusters/DataflowVisualizer"),
 );
 
+const ShowCreateBlock = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/ShowCreateBlock"),
+);
+
+const WorkflowGraph = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph"),
+);
+
 const SIMPLE_OBJECTS_WITH_INDEXES = ["materialized-view", "view", "table"];
 const DATAFLOW_VISUALIZER_OBJECTS = ["materialized-view", "index"];
 
@@ -86,10 +92,12 @@ export const SimpleObjectDetailsContent = ({
           sourceType={object?.sourceType}
         />
         {canShowCreate && (
-          <ShowCreateBlock
-            {...databaseObject}
-            objectType={databaseObject.type as ShowCreateObjectType}
-          />
+          <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+            <ShowCreateBlock
+              {...databaseObject}
+              objectType={databaseObject.type as ShowCreateObjectType}
+            />
+          </React.Suspense>
         )}
       </ObjectDetailsContainer>
     </MainContentContainer>
@@ -194,7 +202,11 @@ export const SimpleObjectDetailRoutes = () => {
         {shouldShowWorkflowGraph && (
           <Route
             path="workflow"
-            element={<WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />}
+            element={
+              <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+                <WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />
+              </React.Suspense>
+            }
           />
         )}
         {shouldShowIndexes && (
diff --git a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SinkDetailRoutes.tsx b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SinkDetailRoutes.tsx
index dade863ff6ed4..4e7b7f9d135d3 100644
--- a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SinkDetailRoutes.tsx
+++ b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SinkDetailRoutes.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import { Navigate, Outlet, Route, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 
 import { AppErrorBoundary } from "~/components/AppErrorBoundary";
 import { LoadingContainer } from "~/components/LoadingContainer";
-import WorkflowGraph from "~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph";
 import { Tab } from "~/layouts/BaseLayout";
 import { useSinkList } from "~/platform/sinks/queries";
 import SinkErrors from "~/platform/sinks/SinkErrors";
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ import { SimpleObjectDetailsContainer } from "./SimpleObjectDetailRoutes";
 import { useSchemaObjectParams } from "./useSchemaObjectParams";
 import { useToastIfObjectNotExtant } from "./useToastIfObjectNotExtant";
 
+const WorkflowGraph = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph"),
+);
+
 const WORKFLOW_TAB = {
   label: "Workflow",
   href: `../workflow`,
@@ -120,7 +123,11 @@ export const SinkDetailRoutes = () => {
         <Route path="errors" element={<SinkErrorsContainer />} />
         <Route
           path="workflow"
-          element={<WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />}
+          element={
+            <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+              <WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />
+            </React.Suspense>
+          }
         />
         <Route path="*" element={<Navigate to="../.." replace />} />
       </Route>
diff --git a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SourceDetailRoutes.tsx b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SourceDetailRoutes.tsx
index 874628fd4d27b..e847800a6dc5e 100644
--- a/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SourceDetailRoutes.tsx
+++ b/console/src/platform/object-explorer/SourceDetailRoutes.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { Navigate, Outlet, Route, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Source } from "~/api/materialize/source/sourceList";
 import { AppErrorBoundary } from "~/components/AppErrorBoundary";
 import { LoadingContainer } from "~/components/LoadingContainer";
-import WorkflowGraph from "~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph";
 import { Tab } from "~/layouts/BaseLayout";
 import { useSourcesList } from "~/platform/sources/queries";
 import SourceErrors from "~/platform/sources/SourceErrors";
@@ -29,6 +28,10 @@ import { SimpleObjectDetailsContainer } from "./SimpleObjectDetailRoutes";
 import { useSchemaObjectParams } from "./useSchemaObjectParams";
 import { useToastIfObjectNotExtant } from "./useToastIfObjectNotExtant";
 
+const WorkflowGraph = React.lazy(
+  () => import("~/components/WorkflowGraph/WorkflowGraph"),
+);
+
 export const SourceOverviewContainer = () => {
   return (
     <AppErrorBoundary message="An error occurred loading object details.">
@@ -173,7 +176,11 @@ export const SourceDetailRoutes = () => {
             <Route path="columns" element={<ObjectColumns />} />
             <Route
               path="workflow"
-              element={<WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />}
+              element={
+                <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+                  <WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />
+                </React.Suspense>
+              }
             />
           </>
         ) : (
@@ -183,7 +190,11 @@ export const SourceDetailRoutes = () => {
             <Route path="columns" element={<ObjectColumns />} />
             <Route
               path="workflow"
-              element={<WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />}
+              element={
+                <React.Suspense fallback={<LoadingContainer />}>
+                  <WorkflowGraph focusedObjectId={id} />
+                </React.Suspense>
+              }
             />
             <Route path="errors" element={<SourceErrorsContainer />} />
             <Route path="tables" element={<SourceTablesContainer />} />