Item: Snowflake
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Snowflake

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Snowflake daily, where all of our data is stored. It is straightforward to use and gives you a lot of flexibility to import your tables for custom analysis; it also provides more advanced functions, such as LISTAGG, which is not available on other cloud platforms.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Fast Query.
Reliable
Simple to Use.
Dark Mode.

Cons

Python files.
Import Python files from notebooks.
When pinning a table, the pinned items should always be visible.

Return on Investment

ROI
Communication.
Monitor Activities.

Usability

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.

Alternatives Considered

Azure SQL Database

We needed scalability and a new way of organizing our data; Snowflake allowed us to have a clearer view of our data warehouses and schemas. Snowflake is also way superior in terms of speed and quick insights from the raw data you query, which is very valuable to us.

Key Insights

Do you think Snowflake delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Snowflake's feature set?

Yes

Did Snowflake live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Snowflake go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Snowflake again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Microsoft Power BI, Savant Labs, Looker Studio

Likelihood to Recommend

If you need a quick query, snowflake is the way to go. It's super simple and scalable; we were struggling before with Azure, and with Snowflake, everything runs smoothly, and we have more control over our schemas and warehouses. Snowflake, in my opinion, is the next step when you want to scale your business and manage data. If your company is still small, there may be cheaper options.

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