Snowflake is used to create a data lake, and we have a consumer base where we create data. This data is consumed by different consumers and vendors, who have different needs in how they want to use it. We are from the data engineering side, and we put this data from various source systems in this data lake. We put the data into Snowflake and use connectors to connect to the data lake.
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Easy Setup and Fast Performance, but Room for Improvement
What do you like best about the product?
What I like most about Snowflake is its ease of use and quick implementation. It is easy to set up, requires minimal infrastructure management, and offers excellent performance with automatic scaling. Running and managing queries is simple and efficient.
What do you dislike about the product?
One downside of snowflake is the cost, which can increase quickly if usage is not monitored properly. The separation of compute and storage can also make billing a bit confusing for new users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Snowflake helps solve problems related to managing large volumes of data, slow query performance, and data silos across teams. It allows us to store, process, and analyze data in one centralized platform without worrying about infrastructure management. This improves reporting speed, enables faster insights, and helps teams make better data-driven decision while scaling easily as data grows
Powerful API Integrations, But Requires Expert Setup
What do you like best about the product?
API capabilities and connections to other software
What do you dislike about the product?
You need a dedicated team and expertise to implement and use properly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
massive data complexities involving records with thousands of columns
Was fine until the last update
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to interact with our data warehouse.
What do you dislike about the product?
The latest update has been a disaster. Scripts go missing and nothing is intuitive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The ability to interact with all our data sources and have them communicate with one another.
Impressive Data Storage, but Lacks Integrated Infrastructure
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to store large datasets is staggering, and ability access at faster speed is something I like
What do you dislike about the product?
Snowflake being an independent service rather than an add-on to the infrastructure is a feature that's often highlighted.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Snowflake solves the problem
Snowflake an excellent data cloud platform
What do you like best about the product?
Scalability, High Availability , Governance
What do you dislike about the product?
Still needs more flexibility on integrations setup
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing enterprise data in a single platform for data analytics
Snowflake: An Innovate Solution
What do you like best about the product?
Snowflake is really great for managing your infraestructure with the benefit to only pay what you are using on the contrary of many other solutions where you need to pay for the whole package even though you don't use many features. Also really easy to get everything up and running.
What do you dislike about the product?
Snowflake offers impressive scalability, nevertheless it can become expensive for companies with large data volumes and intensive use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main problem it solving for me is the unification of the data storage. This tool consolidates all the data into a single accesible location breaking down silos and making it easy to view and understand the data.
Provides good data ingestion capability, but should include more AI capabilities
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
With Snowflake, we don't need any other ETL tool, which is the primary reason I started liking this tool. In addition to the database, Snowflake also provides ingestion capabilities. Currently, we are only using the database because we already have integrations with the IICS. The solution also provides data engineering capabilities, which we can leverage and utilize in the future.
What needs improvement?
The addition of more AI capabilities in Snowflake would help us more.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Snowflake for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
To the extent I use it, Snowflake is a very stable solution. I did not find any instability with the tool because we primarily use it to create our data lake, and it is available.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Snowflake is a scalable solution. Depending on your needs, you can scale it up or down. I find it quite flexible in terms of scalability. Around 50 users work with Snowflake in my process.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I also used Oracle. Snowflake is easier to handle than other solutions and has many things under one umbrella. I like Snowflake's data ingestion capability the most compared to other RDS and database vendors. In other solutions, you would need to design your integration methods separately. However, if you choose, it's not fake. Data ingestion and data lake creation can be easily achievable with Snowflake.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Oracle is less expensive than Snowflake. Snowflake provides better value at a little higher cost in the Snowflake. RDS is cost-effective but has fewer features than Snowflake.
What other advice do I have?
The solution's integration aspect is good, and all the connectors are in place. I found Snowflake similar to RDS. We use it for both data in motion and data in transit. It looks like the tool handles the data quite securely.
We create ETL patterns. We ingest data from different source systems, and we have to create data pipelines. It would be useful if we could have AI features added to identify what I'm going to do with this data. It would be good if it could look at the data and help me create an automated pipeline instead of me creating a pipeline by myself.
I'm from a retail background. I completed my Oracle DBA training a long time ago, about 18 years ago. I was quite familiar with the Snowflake and relational database concepts since I had already completed the Oracle ops, DBA ops, OCP, and OPA courses. For me, it was a journey similar to when I shifted from Oracle RDS to Snowflake. Although I was quite familiar with most of the concepts, there were some learnings.
Whosoever is in the data field should at least try Snowflake once. They will then realize the best features in the solution and can continue using it.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
Generates metrics efficiently, but the integration process needs enhancement
What is most valuable?
The platform's most valuable features include its ability to effectively summarize and manage large datasets, allowing multiple teams to analyze and generate insights. Its integration with data lakes for business impact analysis, performance metrics, and KPIs is particularly important.
What needs improvement?
Improvement is needed in integrating external tools, such as data catalogs, which can be complicated due to differing formats and usage across departments. The goal is to enhance collaboration and streamline workflows.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product's scalability is crucial for managing petabyte-scale data generated daily across various regions, allowing for efficient data validation and handling.
How was the initial setup?
The primary challenges during the initial setup were the high pricing and uncertainties regarding future costs associated with data usage.
The deployment involved consultation among managers, agreement on on-site requirements, scale calculations, and collaboration with engineers for setup approval.
I rate the process a seven out of ten.
What other advice do I have?
Snowflake is integrated through a complex workflow that involves collecting data on the publisher side, using tools like Airflow and Kafka for batch jobs, and frequently importing data into the product from various sources, including S3 and Data Lakes. It creates a smooth data pipeline.
I rate it a seven out of ten.
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Snowflake conference
What do you like best about the product?
New innovation and application. Meta lot of vendors with different ideas
What do you dislike about the product?
Too many products to absorb. Also overlapping sessions.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Consolidate data from different platforms
Not very flexible at times
What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy and straight forward it is for beginners
What do you dislike about the product?
Wish I could do more inside of snowflake like GitHub prs and would be nice if I permissions would trickle down per schema or databases
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
One stop shop for all data
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