|
  1. Snowflake
    Snowflake • Data Warehouses and Lakehouses
  2. Visibility Audit
  3. Sentiment conversations

Conversations

Review the questions and AI answers behind this Sentiment Audit for Snowflake.
25 questions · 70 answers
Avatar
Head of IT/Tech asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for enterprise-scale analytics and AI workloads?
Topic
Overall
+0.45
+0.40
Query Performance
+0.37
—
Scalability
+0.64
+0.60
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.53
+0.31
AI And ML Support
+0.18
-0.08
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.65
Security Controls
+0.65
+0.44
Data Governance
+0.55
+0.44
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.69
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
0.00
+0.41
Open Interoperability
+0.25
—
Avatar
Head of IT/Tech asked:
What trade-offs should we weigh between Snowflake and Google Cloud for security, TCO, and administration?
Topic
Overall
+0.45
+0.62
+0.53
+0.48
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.55
+0.41
+0.53
+0.50
Ease Of Administration
+0.69
+0.77
+0.28
-0.08
Security Controls
+0.54
+0.63
+0.56
+0.62
Data Governance
-0.30
+0.55
+0.53
+0.62
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.60
—
+0.64
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.65
+0.76
+0.64
+0.71
Avatar
Head of IT/Tech asked:
What makes Snowflake better than AWS for managing a fully governed cloud data warehouse?
Topic
Overall
+0.83
+0.78
Scalability
+0.80
+0.84
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.75
+0.61
Ease Of Administration
+0.92
+0.90
Security Controls
+0.84
+0.74
Data Governance
+0.87
+0.83
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
+0.76
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.83
+0.81
Avatar
Head of IT/Tech asked:
For a head of IT, what factors would favor Snowflake over Starburst in the final selection?
Topic
Overall
+0.35
Query Performance
+0.10
Scalability
+0.48
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.59
Ease Of Administration
+0.90
Security Controls
+0.73
Data Governance
+0.68
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
-0.45
Open Interoperability
-0.20
Avatar
Head of IT/Tech asked:
Should we choose Snowflake over Microsoft for our enterprise data platform roadmap?
Topic
Overall
+0.40
+0.54
Query Performance
+0.50
—
Scalability
+0.60
+0.63
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.31
+0.41
AI And ML Support
0.00
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.06
+0.64
Security Controls
+0.06
+0.20
Data Governance
+0.06
+0.25
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.93
+0.71
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.94
+0.89
Open Interoperability
+0.50
+0.60
Avatar
Chief Data Officer / Head of Data & Analytics asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks on query performance for large enterprise analytics?
Topic
Overall
+0.51
Query Performance
+0.69
Scalability
+0.62
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.44
AI And ML Support
-0.08
Ease Of Administration
+0.80
Security Controls
+0.50
Data Governance
+0.60
Avatar
Chief Data Officer / Head of Data & Analytics asked:
Should a Chief Data Officer choose Snowflake over Databricks for AI readiness, governance, and TCO?
Topic
Overall
+0.05
+0.52
+0.20
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.25
+0.51
+0.43
AI And ML Support
-0.50
+0.40
-0.31
Ease Of Administration
+0.53
—
+0.51
Security Controls
—
—
+0.51
Data Governance
+0.54
+0.65
+0.50
Data Sharing And Monetization
0.00
—
—
Open Interoperability
0.00
—
-0.42
Avatar
Chief Data Officer / Head of Data & Analytics asked:
What trade-offs should a Chief Data Officer weigh between Snowflake and AWS before deciding on a data platform?
Topic
Overall
+0.48
+0.52
Scalability
—
+0.53
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.29
+0.28
AI And ML Support
—
0.00
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.73
Security Controls
—
+0.38
Data Governance
+0.54
+0.56
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
+0.76
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.39
+0.85
Open Interoperability
+0.50
+0.60
Avatar
Data Platform/Engineering Leader (influencer) asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for elastic query performance and streaming workloads?
Topic
Overall
+0.31
+0.65
+0.31
+0.30
+0.58
Query Performance
+0.70
+0.73
+0.62
+0.65
+0.75
Scalability
+0.60
+0.57
+0.55
+0.56
+0.50
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.53
+0.55
+0.50
+0.46
+0.43
AI And ML Support
-0.43
—
-0.22
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.63
+0.75
+0.73
+0.45
+0.65
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
0.00
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
—
0.00
—
—
Open Interoperability
-0.15
—
0.00
-0.30
—
Avatar
Data Platform/Engineering Leader (influencer) asked:
What should I weigh when choosing Snowflake versus Databricks for a modern data platform architecture?
Topic
Overall
+0.30
+0.44
+0.26
+0.21
Query Performance
+0.59
+0.60
+0.48
0.00
Scalability
+0.57
+0.21
+0.44
+0.14
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.40
+0.54
+0.46
+0.38
AI And ML Support
-0.40
+0.36
-0.30
-0.03
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.74
+0.60
+0.43
Security Controls
+0.60
+0.50
0.00
+0.05
Data Governance
+0.64
+0.48
+0.40
+0.05
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
+0.65
+0.25
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.11
—
+0.46
+0.56
Open Interoperability
-0.52
-0.10
-0.20
+0.33
Avatar
Data Platform/Engineering Leader (influencer) asked:
How does Snowflake's TCO compare with Microsoft and AWS for storage, compute, and managed operations?
Topic
Overall
+0.48
+0.67
+0.70
+0.71
Scalability
—
—
+0.60
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.48
+0.51
+0.68
+0.68
Ease Of Administration
+0.48
+0.69
+0.83
+0.80
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
+0.80
—
+0.66
Avatar
Data Platform/Engineering Leader (influencer) asked:
What are Snowflake's strengths and gaps for data sharing, governance, and open interoperability versus Starburst?
Topic
Overall
+0.13
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.52
Ease Of Administration
+0.58
Security Controls
+0.64
Data Governance
+0.60
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.66
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
-0.50
Open Interoperability
-0.52
Avatar
Data Platform/Engineering Leader (influencer) asked:
For a platform standard, when is Snowflake the better choice than Google Cloud or Starburst on migration and integration?
Topic
Overall
+0.67
Query Performance
+0.50
Scalability
+0.70
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.57
Ease Of Administration
+0.76
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.68
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.90
Open Interoperability
+0.58
Avatar
Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for governed SQL analytics and interactive dashboard performance?
Topic
Overall
+0.76
+0.74
+0.37
Query Performance
+0.80
+0.77
+0.55
Scalability
+0.80
+0.73
—
AI And ML Support
—
—
0.00
Ease Of Administration
+0.68
+0.85
+0.60
Security Controls
+0.81
+0.69
—
Data Governance
+0.85
+0.66
+0.71
Open Interoperability
+0.60
—
0.00
Avatar
Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
What trade-offs should I consider when choosing Snowflake versus Microsoft for enterprise BI and analytics governance?
Topic
Overall
+0.49
+0.38
+0.59
Query Performance
+0.75
—
—
Scalability
—
+0.50
+0.60
Total Cost Of Ownership
—
-0.26
—
Ease Of Administration
—
+0.47
+0.50
Security Controls
+0.65
+0.55
—
Data Governance
-0.21
+0.59
+0.59
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.70
+0.61
+0.63
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
+0.66
+0.73
Open Interoperability
+0.54
-0.05
+0.51
Avatar
Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
When would Snowflake be the better choice than Starburst for self-service analytics and consistent metrics?
Topic
Overall
+0.71
Query Performance
+0.56
Ease Of Administration
+0.77
Security Controls
+0.65
Data Governance
+0.85
Avatar
Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
How should I decide on Snowflake if my team needs fast, governed analytics with low admin overhead?
Topic
Overall
+0.60
Query Performance
+0.66
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.06
Ease Of Administration
+0.80
Security Controls
+0.69
Data Governance
+0.79
Avatar
Data Science/AI Leader asked:
What trade-offs matter most between Snowflake and Google Cloud for cross-cloud flexibility and total cost of ownership?
Topic
Overall
+0.23
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.30
AI And ML Support
-0.15
Ease Of Administration
+0.30
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.81
Open Interoperability
+0.50
Avatar
Data Science/AI Leader asked:
Should I choose Snowflake over Microsoft for an enterprise AI data platform with strong governance and secure sharing?
Topic
Overall
+0.75
AI And ML Support
+0.69
Security Controls
+0.69
Data Governance
+0.66
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.99
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.94
Open Interoperability
+0.55
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
How does Snowflake compare with AWS on predictable pricing and total cost of ownership for enterprise data workloads?
Topic
Overall
+0.60
+0.60
+0.74
+0.54
+0.60
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.68
+0.53
+0.78
+0.54
+0.59
Ease Of Administration
+0.64
+0.68
+0.75
—
+0.61
Data Governance
+0.48
—
+0.68
—
—
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
What makes Snowflake better than Microsoft and Google Cloud for governed cross-cloud analytics and data sharing?
Topic
Overall
+0.78
+0.67
+0.70
Scalability
—
+0.50
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.69
+0.53
+0.57
Ease Of Administration
+0.53
+0.64
+0.52
Security Controls
+0.77
+0.50
+0.69
Data Governance
+0.88
+0.75
+0.71
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.85
+0.88
+0.83
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.93
+0.94
+0.96
Open Interoperability
—
+0.60
+0.64
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
What trade-offs should finance and procurement weigh when choosing Snowflake over Databricks for long-term ROI?
Topic
Overall
+0.25
+0.34
+0.35
+0.26
+0.30
+0.35
Query Performance
—
—
—
—
0.00
—
Scalability
—
—
—
—
+0.05
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.60
+0.79
+0.75
+0.63
+0.69
+0.66
AI And ML Support
-0.27
-0.40
-0.49
-0.10
-0.14
-0.40
Ease Of Administration
+0.68
+0.88
+0.83
+0.71
+0.71
+0.54
Security Controls
—
+0.50
+0.57
—
—
—
Data Governance
+0.39
+0.59
+0.59
+0.45
+0.50
+0.49
Data Sharing And Monetization
-0.17
—
+0.62
—
—
+0.48
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
0.00
—
-0.15
—
—
Open Interoperability
—
0.00
-0.45
0.00
—
—
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
Which factors make Snowflake the best fit versus AWS or Starburst for predictable spend and lower admin effort?
Topic
Overall
+0.76
+0.93
+0.80
+0.53
+0.84
+0.85
Query Performance
—
—
+0.55
—
—
—
Scalability
—
—
+0.82
—
—
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.86
+0.93
+0.89
+0.81
+0.76
+0.80
Ease Of Administration
+0.92
+0.93
+0.96
+0.90
+0.91
+0.91
Security Controls
—
—
—
+0.55
—
—
Data Governance
+0.50
—
—
+0.57
—
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
—
—
-0.20
—
—
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Databricks on contract risk, scalability, and TCO?
Topic
Overall
+0.45
+0.29
+0.60
+0.68
+0.12
Query Performance
—
—
—
—
-0.08
Scalability
+0.59
+0.76
+0.75
+0.75
+0.73
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.10
+0.46
+0.38
+0.61
+0.63
AI And ML Support
—
-0.50
—
—
-0.07
Ease Of Administration
+0.65
—
—
—
0.00
Security Controls
—
—
—
—
0.00
Data Governance
—
—
+0.60
—
0.00
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
—
0.00
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
+0.69
+0.66
—
0.00
Open Interoperability
—
+0.04
—
—
0.00
Avatar
Finance/Procurement asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks on query performance and operational overhead for finance teams?
Topic
Overall
+0.55
+0.44
+0.67
Query Performance
+0.68
+0.79
+0.68
Scalability
—
0.00
+0.56
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.60
+0.60
+0.66
AI And ML Support
0.00
-0.05
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.91
+0.89
+0.80