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777 reviews tracked

The Bottom Line

Entry price

From $2/mo

Biggest pro

Elastic scaling

Biggest con

Costs can spike

TL;DR - Snowflake

  • Cloud data warehouse platform
  • Separates storage and compute
  • Industry-leading for analytics
Pricing: Paid only
Best for: Enterprises & pros
4.6/5 across review platforms

What is Snowflake?

Editorial review
Snowflake is a cloud data platform for data warehousing, data lakes, and data sharing. Separate compute and storage scale independently. Near-zero maintenance with automatic optimization. Secure data sharing without moving data. Multi-cloud support across AWS, Azure, and GCP. The data cloud that unifies your organization's data.

Available on: Web

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Elastic scaling
  • Multi-cloud
  • Easy to use

Cons

  • Costs can spike
  • Vendor lock-in

Ratings Across the Web

4.6(777 reviews)

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Key Features

Data warehouseData lakeData sharingMarketplaceML featuresZero-copy cloning

Pricing Plans

Free Trial

Standard

$2/per credit

  • Full SQL support
  • Secure data sharing
  • 24/7 support

Enterprise

$3/per credit

  • Everything in Standard
  • Multi-cluster warehouse
  • 90-day time travel

Business Critical

$4/per credit

  • Everything in Enterprise
  • HIPAA/PCI compliance
  • Enhanced security

Reviews

4.6/5

Across 777 verified user reviews on G2, Capterra

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How does Snowflake pricing work?

Pay-per-use based on compute and storage.

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