Compare Druid and Snowflake 
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Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Enterprise (47.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$2 Compute/Hour
Druid
Star Rating
(31)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (57.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(584)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Snowflake excels in Ease of Setup with a score of 8.8, while Druid falls short with a score of 6.4, making Snowflake a more user-friendly option for quick deployment.
- Reviewers mention that Snowflake's Data Replication feature is highly rated at 9.0, providing robust data management capabilities, whereas Druid's score of 8.3 indicates it may not be as reliable in this area.
- G2 users highlight Snowflake's superior Query Language capabilities with a score of 9.3, which allows for more complex queries compared to Druid's score of 8.8, making it a better choice for advanced analytics.
- Users on G2 say that Snowflake's Data Compression feature is rated at 8.8, which helps in efficient storage management, while Druid's score of 8.0 suggests it may not optimize storage as effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Snowflake's Performance Analysis is rated at 8.9, indicating strong performance metrics, while Druid's lower score of 8.7 suggests it may not perform as well under heavy workloads.
- Users report that Snowflake's Quality of Support is rated at 8.6, providing a better support experience compared to Druid's score of 7.9, which may lead to longer resolution times for issues.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Druid
No pricing availableSnowflake
Standard
$2
Compute/Hour
Compute usage is billed on a per-second basis, with a minimum of 60 seconds. You can secure price discounts with pre-purchased Snowflake capacity options.
- Complete SQL Data Warehouse
- Secure Data Sharing across regions / clouds
- Premier Support 24 x 365
Free Trial
Druid
Free Trial is available
Snowflake
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
20
9.1
427
Ease of Use
8.0
20
9.0
461
Ease of Setup
6.4
7
8.8
248
Ease of Admin
6.4
7
8.6
188
Quality of Support
7.9
18
8.6
386
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
5
9.0
189
Product Direction (% positive)
7.3
17
9.1
398
Features by Category
Deployment
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Deployment
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Management
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Operations
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Management
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Generative AI
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System
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Model Development
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Model Development
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Machine/Deep Learning Services
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Machine/Deep Learning Services
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Generative AI
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Data Management
8.3
5
8.9
124
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Verified
8.0
5
8.8
110
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Verified
8.7
5
8.9
120
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Verified
8.7
5
8.1
113
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Verified
Not enough data
8.0
95
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Verified
8.0
5
8.6
99
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Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.0
88
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Verified
7.0
5
8.7
114
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Verified
Not enough data
8.8
105
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Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.5
87
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Verified
8.3
5
9.2
118
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Verified
Performance
8.3
5
9.2
120
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Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.7
111
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Verified
Not enough data
9.0
122
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Verified
Generative AI
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Management
Not enough data
8.8
56
Not enough data
9.0
56
Not enough data
9.3
61
Not enough data
8.7
59
Not enough data
8.9
60
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.2
58
Not enough data
8.8
57
Not enough data
9.3
58
Security
Not enough data
9.1
58
Not enough data
9.1
60
Management
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Support
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Security
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Performance
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Database Features
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Storage
8.8
10
9.1
37
7.8
10
9.1
36
Availability
8.7
9
9.0
32
7.6
9
9.2
30
8.3
10
9.1
34
Performance
8.9
9
9.2
36
Security
8.1
8
9.0
36
9.3
7
9.2
37
8.7
10
8.9
30
8.5
8
9.1
31
Support
8.8
10
9.3
29
9.2
11
9.0
28
Centralized computation
Not enough data
8.9
14
Localized computation
Not enough data
8.6
14
Data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Interaction
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Learning
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Content Generation
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System
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Query latency
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Data latency
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Connectors
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Scale
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Architecture
Not enough data
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Database
8.5
10
8.7
70
8.7
10
9.2
73
8.8
8
9.3
68
Integrations
8.8
8
8.5
51
8.1
9
8.7
55
Platform
8.5
9
9.0
64
8.7
9
9.0
70
8.1
9
8.7
55
Processing
8.6
7
9.2
68
8.7
9
9.0
67
Data Transformation
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
9.0
44
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
8.4
39
Not enough data
8.8
39
Not enough data
8.8
41
Operations
Not enough data
7.9
43
Not enough data
8.8
40
Not enough data
8.6
37
Not enough data
8.3
40
Not enough data
8.3
37
Building Reports
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Platform
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Druid and Snowflake are categorized as Columnar Databases, Data Warehouse, and Big Data Processing and Distribution
Unique Categories
Druid is categorized as Real-time Analytic Database, Time Series Databases, and Relational Databases
Snowflake is categorized as AI Chatbots, Data Clean Room, MLOps Platforms, Big Data Integration Platforms, Big Data Analytics, Database Management Systems (DBMS), and Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Druid
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Snowflake
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
28.6%
Telecommunications
10.7%
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
10.7%
Retail
7.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Other
35.7%
Computer Software
13.6%
Information Technology and Services
12.9%
Financial Services
10.8%
Hospital & Health Care
4.3%
Marketing and Advertising
3.9%
Other
54.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Druid
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
1. Pre-aggregate capability which allows to pre-calculate aggregations and save aggregates in segments. Thus, reduces compute and storage costs. 2. Druid UI (0.14+) which has many improvements and allows creating ingestion_specs via UI 3. REST interface...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
The ability to modify its configuration could cause a serious threat to the security. Creation of personalized protocol also would mean that new bugs will be created. So we will need more debuggers.
Snowflake
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Rijul S.
Verified User in Food Production
Ease of usage Fast in memory querying Fast query response Seamless integration with dbt [data build tool] Easy to learn and understand Easy to implement with existing data engineering pipelines and solutions Support is very fast and effective can be...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Internet
My main disappointment was with their support. We had an issue as soon as we signed a contract and it was about billing which seemed to be pushed off with no urgency and still not completed. Something like this I would have expected to be resolved within...
Verified User in Computer Software
1. Pre-aggregate capability which allows to pre-calculate aggregations and save aggregates in segments. Thus, reduces compute and storage costs. 2. Druid UI (0.14+) which has many improvements and allows creating ingestion_specs via UI 3. REST interface...
Rijul S.
Verified User in Food Production
Ease of usage Fast in memory querying Fast query response Seamless integration with dbt [data build tool] Easy to learn and understand Easy to implement with existing data engineering pipelines and solutions Support is very fast and effective can be...
Verified User in Marketing and Advertising
The ability to modify its configuration could cause a serious threat to the security. Creation of personalized protocol also would mean that new bugs will be created. So we will need more debuggers.
Verified User in Internet
My main disappointment was with their support. We had an issue as soon as we signed a contract and it was about billing which seemed to be pushed off with no urgency and still not completed. Something like this I would have expected to be resolved within...
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