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    IBM watsonx.data

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AWatsonx.data is presented as an open, hybrid and governed data store that makes it possible for enterprises to scale analytics and AI with a fit-for-purpose data store, built on an open lakehouse architecture, supported by querying, governance and open data formats to access and share data.N/A

    Snowflake

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe Snowflake Cloud Data Platform is the eponymous data warehouse with, from the company in San Mateo, a cloud and SQL based DW that aims to allow users to unify, integrate, analyze, and share previously siloed data in secure, governed, and compliant ways. With it, users can securely access the Data Cloud to share live data with customers and business partners, and connect with other organizations doing business as data consumers, data providers, and data service providers.N/A
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    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
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    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
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    IBM
    Chose IBM watsonx.data
    IBM watsonx.data stacks up against Snowflake very well. It come in at a less expensive price. Also, you can run IBM watsonx.data on any cloud. or on prem.. Much more flexible.
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    Chose IBM watsonx.data
    IBM watsonx.data provides the hybrid and cloud based deployment thus giving flexibilty to the clients to have control over their data. Many financial institutions prefer to keep their data on-premise and this capability is provided by IBM watsonx.data. It provide capbility to …
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    Chose IBM watsonx.data
    IBM watsonx.data integrates well with other IBM services used in our deployment and provides enterprise grade security which is critical for our regulated business
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Key User Insights
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
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    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Amazon Redshift
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Business Data Cloud
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Amazon Redshift
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (44 ratings)
    9.0
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    8.7
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    Availability
    8.2
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    Performance
    8.2
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    9.9
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    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    8.2
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    Configurability
    8.2
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    Ease of integration
    8.3
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    8.3
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    User Testimonials
    IBM watsonx.dataSnowflake
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Real-time transaction processing (both reads and writes) is where DataStax Enterprise shines. It's very fast with linear scalability should more resources be needed. Additional nodes are added very easily. DataStax Enterprise on its own (without Solr or Spark enabled) isn't well suited for long complicated reports. The data model doesn't support joining multiple tables together which is common in BI reporting.
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    Snowflake Computing
    Snowflake is well suited when you have to store your data and you want easy scalability and increase or decrease the storage per your requirement. You can also control the computing cost, and if your computing cost is less than or equal to 10% of your storage cost, then you don't have to pay for computing, which makes it cost-effective as well.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Datastax Cassandra provides high availability and good performance for a database. It is built on top of open source Apache Cassandra so you can always somewhat understand the internal functioning and why.
    • Datastax Cassandra is fairly simple to start using, you can install/setup your cluster and be productive in 1 day.
    • Datastax Cassandra provides a lot of good detailed documentation, and when starting, the detailed free videos on the Datastax site and documentation are very helpful.
    • Datastax Enterprise Edition of Cassandra provides more tools, good support, and quick response SLA for enterprise business support.
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    Snowflake Computing
    • Snowflake scales appropriately allowing you to manage expense for peak and off peak times for pulling and data retrieval and data centric processing jobs
    • Snowflake offers a marketplace solution that allows you to sell and subscribe to different data sources
    • Snowflake manages concurrency better in our trials than other premium competitors
    • Snowflake has little to no setup and ramp up time
    • Snowflake offers online training for various employee types
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    Cons
    IBM
    • I seen the connectivity of s3 buckets on aws it is only user based authentication if it can used as role based it would be help as part of security constraint
    • Mrap connections are more flexible, But using the presto and it helps a lot
    • If the customization can be happened on the IBM watsonx.data side like connectivity and other things
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    Snowflake Computing
    • Add constraints for views and not just for tables
    • Do not force customers to renew for same or higher amount to avoid loosing unused credits. Already paid credits should not expire (at least within a reasonable time frame), independent of renewal deal size.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    As an open source technology Cassandra can be readily used with or without any commercial support. DataStax provides value-added services and features, and in the end it is up to individual situations to strike a balance between the desirability of such support/service versus the associated cost.
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    Snowflake Computing
    SnowFlake is very cost effective and we also like the fact we can stop, start and spin up additional processing engines as we need to. We also like the fact that it's easy to connect our SQL IDEs to Snowflake and write our queries in the environment that we are used to
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    Usability
    IBM
    DataStax has a good community built around it and has amazing scalability options. Though the initial setup is a bit costly, in the long run, it makes up for it. It also has powerful monitoring tools and a clean UI.
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    Snowflake Computing
    Because the fact that you can query tons of data in a few seconds is incredible, it also gives you a lot of functions to format and transform data right in your query, which is ideal when building data models in BI tools like Power BI, it is available as a connector in the most used BI tools worldwide.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    good recovery features
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Performance
    IBM
    scalable product
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    We have had a few situations where we caused an outage or something has gone wrong and we are able to get a support person to offer live help within minutes. The escalation process is excellent - the best I've seen - and the support team is incredibly strong. Outside of emergencies, the team is very helpful with general questions and working through data model exercises and the subscription I believe still comes with some hours to help get the data model reviewed.
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    Snowflake Computing
    We have had terrific experiences with Snowflake support. They have drilled into queries and given us tremendous detail and helpful answers. In one case they even figured out how a particular product was interacting with Snowflake, via its queries, and gave us detail to go back to that product's vendor because the Snowflake support team identified a fault in its operation. We got it solved without lots of back-and-forth or finger-pointing because the Snowflake team gave such detailed information.
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    Online Training
    IBM
    easy to follow documentation, support is there when needed
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    use saas service
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    Cognos Analytics wont be able to have any assets without the connectivity to IBM watsonx.data lakehouse. In our environment, IBM watsonx.data serves as the primary data source for all of our assets within our Cognos Analytics environment. IBM watsonx.data also incorporates the ability to run and verify SQL schema right within the management console.
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    Snowflake Computing
    I have had the experience of using one more database management system at my previous workplace. What Snowflake provides is better user-friendly consoles, suggestions while writing a query, ease of access to connect to various BI platforms to analyze, [and a] more robust system to store a large amount of data. All these functionalities give the better edge to Snowflake.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    IBM Cognos offers exceptional scalability, making it a strong solution for organizations with growing business intelligence and reporting needs. Numerous Fortune 500 companies rely on IBM Cognos to manage complex reporting environments, support large user populations, and scale their analytics capabilities as their businesses grow.
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    Snowflake Computing
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • It has saved us a huge cost by offloading data-warehouse which are comparatively expensive.
    • Provides a single source of data to train AI models so we don't need to rely on multiple sources, saving infra/license costs.
    • Prevents data duplication as multiple engines can use the same data bucket for the search.
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    Snowflake Computing
    • With separate compute and storage feature, the queries get executed quickly and it improves our overall productivity.
    • Earlier we were using a different product for analytical purposes, but with Snowflake's in-built analytical feature we are now able to save money.
    • Snowflake is cost efficient, features like auto suspend for compute resources helped to control the costs.
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