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Snowflake

Snowflake

8.8 /10
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Snowflake
8.8 /10

What is Snowflake?

Snowflake’s cloud data platform supports a multi-cloud strategy, including a cross-cloud approach to mix and match clouds as you see fit. Snowflake is available globally on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform. With a common and interchangeable code base, Snowflake delivers advantages such as global data replication, which means you can move your data to any cloud in any region, without having to re-code your applications or learn new skills.

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Awards & Recognition

Snowflake won the following awards in the Analytical Data Store category

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Snowflake?

0% Negative
5% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Helps Innovate
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Data Management

86

Workload Management and Monitoring

84

Distributed Processing

83

Data Security

82

Data Integration

82

Metadata Management

80

Platform Administration

79

Real Time Capabilities

79

Analytics and Data Science Tools

77

Data Visualization

75

Analytics and Reporting

75

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Ease of Implementation

85

Ease of Data Integration

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

83

Business Value Created

83

Quality of Features

82

Ease of IT Administration

82

Ease of Customization

81

Vendor Support

80

Breadth of Features

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

80

Availability and Quality of Training

79

Snowflake Reviews

Roshni R.

  • Role: Consultant
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Snowflake is an all-in-one data platform.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Snowflake from other similar products?

Snowflake offered excellent scalability as well as reliable data security. It has storage capabilities that make it stand out from the rest of the pack. All of the tabs on which I had my attention were intuitively organized, to my delight. It was simple to scale because the virtual warehouse and compute resources are separate. Because it adheres to the SQL dialect, it was simple to write queries.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Snowflake has a simple user interface and is easy to operate. It has been observed that we have made significant improvements in our ability to deliver large-scale data analyses. Snowflake is software that is constantly evolving, and we can interface with it using various tools. In most workloads, it is dependable and reasonably fast; it also offers cost control due to the separation of computing and storage. In addition, the tool role hierarchy provides flexibility while maintaining a hierarchy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Snowflake is not cost-effective because it charges for the time a warehouse is on and used for analysis or any other purpose. Unstructured data capability had been on my wish list due to the limited and semi-structured data available. Even the setup is more complicated than the actual use.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Snowflake—go for it! It can be an incredible experience when you move your data to the cloud! Consider all of their options and technologies before making a decision.

Pros

  • Inspires Innovation
  • Saves Time
  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product

Vijaya S.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Great Data Warehousing tool in the market

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Snowflake from other similar products?

The breadth of features this tool offers like data sharing, data cloning.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with Multiple and different ETL partner connect

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike about it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Just go for it blindly if your concern is about finding a data warehousing solution. You'll not be disappointed

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Engineering
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2022

Reasonable feature

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Unique Features
  • Client Friendly Policies

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