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    Snowflake

    Score8.9 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

    Azure SQL Database

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AAzure SQL Database is Microsoft's relational database as a service (DBaaS).

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    SnowflakeAzure SQL Database
    Editions & Modules
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    2 vCORE
    $0.5044
    Per Hour
    6 vCORE
    $1.5131
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    10 vCORE
    $2.52
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    SnowflakeAzure SQL Database
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    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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    SnowflakeAzure SQL Database
    Considered Both Products
    Snowflake Computing
    Chose Snowflake
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose Snowflake
    In my opinion, the other tools have similar and some different features; however, when I ran proof of technologies between Synapse and Snowflake. Snowflake did things better or just had functionality that the other tools did not. One that stuck out at the time was scale up …
    Incentivized
    Chose Snowflake
    Azure and Snowflake compared very similarly, but Snowflake provided more options to integrate and connect with tools/companies that were not partners. It seemed to be a more flexible environment. The barrier for entry on Oracle and Google we just too complicated. In particular, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Snowflake
    We use SQL Azure as well. The internal trial of snowflake went so well, that we did not consider any other solution.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
    Chose Azure SQL Database
    We moved away from Oracle and NoSQL because we had been so reliant on them for the last 25 years, the pricing was too much and we were looking for a way to cut the cord. Snowflake is just too up in the air, feels like it is soon to be just another line item to add to your Azure …
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    Features
    SnowflakeAzure SQL Database
    Database-as-a-Service
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    Snowflake
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    Ratings
    Azure SQL Database
    9.2
    28 Ratings
    Automatic software patching00 Ratings9.026 Ratings
    Database scalability00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    Automated backups00 Ratings10.028 Ratings
    Database security provisions00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings8.027 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment00 Ratings10.023 Ratings
    User Ratings
    SnowflakeAzure SQL Database
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (43 ratings)
    8.0
    (28 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (19 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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