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# Snowflake

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> Snowflake is a cloud-based data platform that enables collaboration, application development, and data analysis.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 96 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses Snowflake?

Snowflake is used by data engineers, analysts, AI developers, app developers, and enterprises across industries like financial services, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and technology.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 96 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support Software | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Snowflake
- **Location**: San Mateo, US
- **Founded**: 2012

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: US$23.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Capacity storage pricing starts at $23/TB/month.&#10;On-demand storage pricing starts at $40/TB/month.&#10;Snowflake pricing is based on the volume of data stored and compute time of use. For more information, please contact Snowflake Inc.
- **Target Audience**: 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- **Supported Languages**: Dutch, English, French, Japanese, Spanish
- **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Japan, United Kingdom, United States

## Features

- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Dashboard Software
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Data Connectors
- Data Discovery Software
- Data Integration
- Data Migration
- Data Security
- Data Synchronization
- Data Visualization Software
- Data Warehousing
- ETL - Extract Transfer Load
- High Volume Processing
- Information Governance
- ML Algorithm Library
- Model Training
- Reporting/Analytics
- Third-Party Integrations
- Workflow Management Software

## Integrations (20 total)

- Alation
- AtScale
- Collibra
- DataRobot
- Dataiku
- Domo
- Fivetran
- HVR
- Immuta
- Informatica Big Data
- Matillion
- Rivery
- Salesforce Platform
- Segment
- Sisense

... and 5 more integrations

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base Software
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat

## Category

- [Database Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/18/database-management/software)

## Related Categories

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- [Data Governance Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30854/data-governance/software)
- [Data Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31003/data-management/software)

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5. [Google Cloud](https://www.capterra.ca/software/170983/google-cloud-platform) — 4.7/5 (2262 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Amazing but costly" — 5.0/5

> **Pratik** | *June 23, 2025* | Financial Services Software | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Snowflake is the data warehousing solution that tops them all. Has an intuitive UX. Amazing access control and wide variety of integrations.
> 
> **Cons**: Although Snowflake does its job very well, it can get expensive. Especially if you are trying to move data from another warehouse.

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### "Robust Data Warehouse of this Era" — 4.0/5

> **Purvesh** | *January 12, 2026* | Financial Services Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: How it is super easy to store, query and analyze massive data without managing hardware is what I like most about Snowflake.&#10;Data sharing and collaboration is another thing that I rank high about Snowflake.
> 
> **Cons**: Even though the learning curve was a bit steep, I am now used to it and currently there hasn’t been any new feature to customize.
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> Data warehousing is the main benefit that I experience when using Snowflake - I am able to analyze structured and unstructured data in one place.

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### "Snowflake data hub" — 5.0/5

> **Harpreet** | *January 16, 2025* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
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> **Pros**: Easy to store your queries and with some guide non te hnical user can easy navigate
> 
> **Cons**: This software js great and i donot think there is any issue

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### "Snowflake is a winner\!" — 5.0/5

> **Brian** | *January 12, 2026* | Computer & Network Security | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I really appreciate the ease of use. In the beginning of my data analyst role, Snowflake was straight forward in understanding
> 
> **Cons**: The only real issue I had was the data return limits but am not entirely sure if that was a Snowflake issue or company threshold.
> 
> I thought it was great. I would definitely recommend to all who are considering it an option. From ease of use to results.

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### "Best data cloud for modern data platforms." — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *December 25, 2024* | Financial Services Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Ease of use, reliability, speed of new feature roll-out, general quality of product.
> 
> **Cons**: Certain use cases are more difficult when it is not part of the "walled garden" approach. Cost can be high if not configured correctly.
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> It is a great modern Data Cloud / Platform product for teams that don't want to spend time managing infrastructure. The SQL-first approach makes the onboarding time and learning curve for the product very very short.

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