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Review the questions and AI answers behind this Sentiment Audit for Snowflake.
25 questions · 87 answers
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Head of IT/Tech asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for enterprise-scale analytics and AI workloads?
Topic
Overall
+0.45
+0.49
+0.35
+0.33
+0.32
Query Performance
+0.37
+0.50
+0.51
0.00
+0.50
Scalability
+0.64
+0.64
+0.50
+0.61
+0.55
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.53
+0.59
+0.26
+0.50
+0.50
AI And ML Support
+0.18
-0.25
+0.50
0.00
-0.44
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.86
+0.53
+0.71
+0.75
Security Controls
+0.65
+0.73
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+0.64
+0.53
Data Governance
+0.55
+0.68
—
+0.63
+0.54
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.69
+0.69
—
+0.64
+0.50
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
0.00
0.00
—
-0.25
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Open Interoperability
+0.25
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-0.20
-0.17
-0.50
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Head of IT/Tech asked:
How does Snowflake handle cross-cloud data sharing and interoperability with open formats?
Topic
Overall
+0.71
Query Performance
+0.60
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.66
Ease Of Administration
+0.69
Security Controls
+0.68
Data Governance
+0.68
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.76
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.85
Open Interoperability
+0.77
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Head of IT/Tech asked:
Should we choose Snowflake over Microsoft for our enterprise data platform roadmap?
Topic
Overall
+0.54
+0.40
Query Performance
0.00
+0.50
Scalability
+0.75
+0.60
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.52
+0.31
AI And ML Support
—
0.00
Ease Of Administration
+0.89
+0.06
Security Controls
—
+0.06
Data Governance
0.00
+0.06
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.65
+0.93
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.96
+0.94
Open Interoperability
+0.55
+0.50
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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
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Head of IT/Tech asked:
What makes Snowflake better than AWS for managing a fully governed cloud data warehouse?
Topic
Overall
+0.72
+0.63
+0.63
Query Performance
+0.40
0.00
+0.33
Scalability
—
+0.65
+0.59
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.35
+0.48
+0.53
Ease Of Administration
+0.90
+0.89
+0.79
Security Controls
+0.89
+0.78
+0.71
Data Governance
+0.99
+0.89
+0.73
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.93
+0.66
+0.71
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.93
+0.76
+0.63
Open Interoperability
+0.35
+0.60
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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
+0.43
+0.24
+0.31
+0.44
+0.56
Query Performance
+0.69
+0.79
+0.68
+0.66
+0.66
+0.80
Scalability
+0.62
+0.41
+0.49
+0.56
+0.51
+0.68
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.44
+0.38
0.00
+0.32
+0.50
+0.40
AI And ML Support
-0.08
—
-0.30
-0.08
-0.07
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Ease Of Administration
+0.80
+0.81
+0.75
+0.76
+0.57
+0.63
Security Controls
+0.50
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—
—
—
—
Data Governance
+0.60
+0.44
—
—
—
+0.30
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
-0.10
—
0.00
—
—
Open Interoperability
—
+0.25
-0.19
-0.09
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—
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Chief Data Officer / Head of Data & Analytics asked:
When selecting Snowflake, what risks or benefits matter most versus Starburst for open interoperability and vendor lock-in?
Topic
Overall
+0.21
Query Performance
+0.50
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.29
AI And ML Support
+0.50
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
Data Governance
+0.23
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.57
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.10
Open Interoperability
-0.60
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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
+0.23
+0.40
Query Performance
-0.17
0.00
Scalability
+0.50
+0.65
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.12
+0.29
AI And ML Support
+0.50
+0.39
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.66
Security Controls
+0.40
+0.54
Data Governance
+0.54
+0.55
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.57
0.00
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
-0.12
+0.61
Open Interoperability
-0.47
+0.31
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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
+0.26
+0.31
+0.30
+0.58
Query Performance
+0.70
+0.73
+0.66
+0.62
+0.65
+0.75
Scalability
+0.60
+0.57
+0.55
+0.55
+0.56
+0.50
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.53
+0.55
0.00
+0.50
+0.46
+0.43
AI And ML Support
-0.43
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0.00
-0.22
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.63
+0.75
+0.62
+0.73
+0.45
+0.65
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
—
0.00
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
—
0.00
0.00
—
—
Open Interoperability
-0.15
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0.00
0.00
-0.30
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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
+0.25
+0.44
+0.25
+0.26
+0.21
Query Performance
+0.59
+0.71
+0.60
+0.33
+0.48
0.00
Scalability
+0.57
+0.55
+0.21
+0.50
+0.44
+0.14
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.40
-0.06
+0.54
-0.20
+0.46
+0.38
AI And ML Support
-0.40
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+0.36
-0.42
-0.30
-0.03
Ease Of Administration
+0.70
+0.89
+0.74
+0.69
+0.60
+0.43
Security Controls
+0.60
—
+0.50
+0.50
0.00
+0.05
Data Governance
+0.64
—
+0.48
+0.51
+0.40
+0.05
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
+0.65
+0.69
+0.25
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Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.11
-0.35
—
+0.36
+0.46
+0.56
Open Interoperability
-0.52
-0.23
-0.10
-0.46
-0.20
+0.33
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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
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for governed SQL analytics and interactive dashboard performance?
Topic
Overall
+0.76
+0.72
+0.74
+0.37
+0.16
+0.69
Query Performance
+0.80
+0.68
+0.77
+0.55
+0.32
+0.76
Scalability
+0.80
—
+0.73
—
—
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
—
—
—
—
0.00
—
AI And ML Support
—
—
—
0.00
0.00
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Ease Of Administration
+0.68
+0.73
+0.85
+0.60
+0.37
+0.64
Security Controls
+0.81
+0.66
+0.69
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0.00
+0.64
Data Governance
+0.85
+0.81
+0.66
+0.71
+0.28
+0.73
Open Interoperability
+0.60
—
—
0.00
—
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
How does Snowflake handle data quality, semantic consistency, and self-service BI better than AWS?
Topic
Overall
+0.75
+0.68
+0.60
Query Performance
+0.70
+0.45
+0.50
Scalability
—
+0.58
+0.40
Ease Of Administration
+0.75
+0.81
+0.71
Security Controls
—
—
+0.63
Data Governance
+0.89
+0.86
+0.88
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
+0.69
Open Interoperability
+0.65
—
+0.40
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
What makes Snowflake easier for analysts to use than Google Cloud for governed exploratory analytics?
Topic
Overall
+0.66
+0.80
+0.60
+0.70
+0.63
+0.77
Query Performance
+0.53
+0.76
+0.45
+0.56
+0.68
+0.71
Scalability
—
+0.70
+0.50
+0.63
—
+0.65
Total Cost Of Ownership
—
—
+0.47
—
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.67
+0.89
+0.69
+0.78
+0.68
+0.80
Security Controls
+0.68
+0.79
+0.74
+0.71
+0.54
+0.81
Data Governance
+0.79
+0.87
+0.84
+0.84
+0.61
+0.87
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
+0.68
—
—
Open Interoperability
+0.66
—
+0.50
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—
—
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
What trade-offs should I consider when choosing Snowflake versus Microsoft for enterprise BI and analytics governance?
Topic
Overall
+0.53
+0.49
+0.48
+0.34
Query Performance
+0.79
+0.75
+0.33
+0.64
Scalability
+0.67
—
+0.53
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.50
—
+0.50
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.60
—
+0.23
-0.27
Security Controls
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+0.65
+0.53
+0.55
Data Governance
+0.27
-0.21
+0.54
+0.42
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.79
+0.70
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—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.55
—
+0.64
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Open Interoperability
+0.04
+0.54
+0.56
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
When would Snowflake be the better choice than Starburst for self-service analytics and consistent metrics?
Topic
Overall
+0.62
+0.71
+0.44
+0.70
+0.23
+0.56
Query Performance
+0.60
+0.56
+0.23
+0.51
0.00
+0.58
Scalability
+0.60
—
+0.60
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—
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.40
—
—
—
—
—
AI And ML Support
—
—
+0.54
—
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.66
+0.77
+0.80
+0.76
+0.67
+0.52
Security Controls
+0.65
+0.65
—
+0.64
—
+0.50
Data Governance
+0.93
+0.85
+0.79
+0.88
+0.76
+0.63
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
—
+0.50
—
—
—
Open Interoperability
+0.50
—
-0.40
—
-0.50
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Analytics/BI Leader (influencer) asked:
How should I decide on Snowflake if my team needs fast, governed analytics with low admin overhead?
Topic
Overall
+0.53
+0.70
+0.36
+0.52
+0.60
+0.70
Query Performance
+0.71
+0.79
+0.73
+0.50
+0.66
+0.80
Scalability
+0.80
+0.70
+0.88
+0.60
—
+0.80
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.29
—
-0.12
-0.06
+0.06
—
AI And ML Support
—
—
-0.61
—
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.83
+0.89
+0.97
+0.95
+0.80
+0.90
Security Controls
+0.80
+0.79
+0.78
+0.68
+0.69
+0.73
Data Governance
+0.78
+0.83
+0.86
+0.85
+0.79
+0.77
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
+0.57
—
+0.60
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
—
-0.60
—
—
—
Open Interoperability
+0.10
+0.23
—
+0.10
—
+0.31
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Data Science/AI Leader asked:
What are Snowflake's strengths versus AWS for performance, scaling, and managed operations at production AI workloads?
Topic
Overall
+0.50
+0.29
+0.58
+0.54
+0.32
+0.53
Query Performance
+0.59
+0.56
+0.69
+0.71
+0.14
+0.53
Scalability
+0.70
+0.63
+0.82
+0.79
+0.50
+0.57
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.50
0.00
+0.64
—
+0.50
+0.48
AI And ML Support
+0.79
+0.68
+0.76
+0.64
+0.51
+0.57
Ease Of Administration
+0.81
+0.75
+0.76
+0.88
+0.59
+0.57
Security Controls
0.00
+0.51
+0.75
+0.49
—
+0.49
Data Governance
+0.60
+0.45
+0.81
+0.63
+0.52
+0.50
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
-0.50
0.00
-0.34
-0.50
—
Open Interoperability
0.00
-0.50
0.00
—
—
—
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Data Science/AI Leader asked:
When deciding on Snowflake, how do I weigh open interoperability, data productization, and production ML reliability?
Topic
Overall
+0.49
+0.49
+0.18
Query Performance
+0.18
0.00
0.00
Scalability
+0.55
+0.40
0.00
Total Cost Of Ownership
-0.29
+0.40
+0.60
AI And ML Support
+0.86
+0.59
+0.60
Ease Of Administration
+0.60
+0.60
—
Security Controls
+0.66
+0.62
+0.20
Data Governance
—
+0.79
+0.52
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.73
+0.76
—
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
—
+0.53
-0.15
Open Interoperability
+0.61
+0.22
-0.35
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Data Science/AI Leader asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks for unified AI/ML pipelines and vector search on shared data?
Topic
Overall
+0.40
+0.35
Query Performance
+0.40
0.00
Scalability
+0.35
+0.30
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.22
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AI And ML Support
+0.65
+0.61
Ease Of Administration
+0.52
+0.48
Security Controls
+0.40
+0.50
Data Governance
+0.48
+0.70
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.76
+0.05
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
+0.02
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Open Interoperability
+0.21
+0.18
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Enterprise Architect (influencer) asked:
What trade-offs would push us to pick Snowflake instead of Starburst for data sharing and federation?
Topic
Overall
+0.41
+0.29
Query Performance
+0.50
0.00
Scalability
+0.68
—
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.50
+0.50
Ease Of Administration
+0.76
+0.71
Security Controls
+0.54
+0.61
Data Governance
—
+0.75
Data Sharing And Monetization
+0.90
+0.90
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
-0.12
-0.60
Open Interoperability
-0.47
-0.52
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Finance/Procurement asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Databricks on query performance and operational overhead for finance teams?
Topic
Overall
+0.43
+0.55
+0.44
+0.45
+0.71
+0.67
Query Performance
+0.56
+0.68
+0.79
+0.66
+0.73
+0.68
Scalability
+0.56
—
0.00
—
—
+0.56
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.66
+0.60
+0.60
+0.50
+0.61
+0.66
AI And ML Support
-0.37
0.00
-0.05
-0.15
—
—
Ease Of Administration
+0.73
+0.91
+0.89
+0.81
+0.81
+0.80
Data Governance
—
—
—
+0.44
—
—
Data Sharing And Monetization
—
—
—
+0.46
—
—
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Finance/Procurement asked:
Which factors make Snowflake the best fit versus AWS or Starburst for predictable spend and lower admin effort?
Topic
Overall
+0.80
Query Performance
+0.55
Scalability
+0.82
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.89
Ease Of Administration
+0.96
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Finance/Procurement asked:
What trade-offs should finance and procurement weigh when choosing Snowflake over Databricks for long-term ROI?
Topic
Overall
+0.30
Query Performance
0.00
Scalability
+0.05
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.69
AI And ML Support
-0.14
Ease Of Administration
+0.71
Data Governance
+0.50
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Finance/Procurement asked:
How does Snowflake compare with Microsoft, Google Cloud, and Databricks on contract risk, scalability, and TCO?
Topic
Overall
+0.12
Query Performance
-0.08
Scalability
+0.73
Total Cost Of Ownership
+0.63
AI And ML Support
-0.07
Ease Of Administration
0.00
Security Controls
0.00
Data Governance
0.00
Data Sharing And Monetization
0.00
Cross-Cloud Flexibility
0.00
Open Interoperability
0.00