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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** | 97 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 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. On-demand storage pricing starts at $40/TB/month. 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 - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Connectors - Data Discovery - Data Integration - Data Migration - Data Security - Data Synchronization - Data Visualization - Data Warehousing - ETL - Extract Transfer Load - High Volume Processing - Information Governance - ML Algorithm Library - Model Training - Reporting/Analytics - Third-Party Integrations - Workflow Management ## 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 - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Database Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/18/database-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Database Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/18/database-management/software) - [Data Warehouse Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31116/data-warehouse/software) - [Machine Learning Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31103/machine-learning/software) - [Data Governance Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/30854/data-governance/software) - [Data Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.za/directory/31003/data-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I would definitely recommend to all who are considering it an option. From ease of use to results. ----- ### "Amazing but costly" — 5.0/5 > **Pratik** | *23 June 2025* | Financial Services | 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. ----- ### "Fast Queries and Scalable Storage, Minor Access Control Hiccups" — 5.0/5 > **Isla** | *27 June 2026* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of scaling compute independently of storage is fantastic. We've been able to handle much larger datasets than before without massive upfront infrastructure costs. Plus, querying large amounts of data is genuinely fast. Our marketing analytics workflows are so much smoother now. > > **Cons**: Setting up role-based access controls took a bit to figure out, and the documentation could be clearer on some of the finer points. Sometimes it feels like you need to be a security expert just to grant basic permissions. It's not a huge deal, but it's a bit annoying. ----- ### "Robust Data Warehouse of this Era" — 4.0/5 > **Purvesh** | *12 January 2026* | Financial Services | 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. 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. > > Data warehousing is the main benefit that I experience when using Snowflake - I am able to analyze structured and unstructured data in one place. ----- ### "Know More ‘bout Snowflake Prior to Implementation" — 5.0/5 > **Amanda** | *21 December 2025* | Real Estate | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is my second year using Snowflake in the real-estate agency. With Snowflake, I have been able to make informed business decisions by collecting, modeling and visualizing data across a wide array of sources. > > **Cons**: It has a quite learning curve, but the vendor offered free support - the best thing is how the vendor sends free ebooks for customization whenever they incorporate new features > > It has been effective and super easy to model, visualize and share data among teams in my organization at the point of making business decisions. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/148267/snowflake?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.za/software/148267/snowflake) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | ja | | ----- ## Structured Data