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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.5% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$2 Compute/Hour
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Star Rating
(89)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Kinesis Data StreamsSnowflake
Star Rating
(664)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansAmazon Kinesis Data Streams vs Snowflake
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Snowflake easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Snowflake overall.
- Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Snowflake both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Snowflake provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Snowflake over Amazon Kinesis Data Streams.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
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
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
No trial information availableSnowflake
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
52
9.1
500
Ease of Use
8.3
52
9.0
536
Ease of Setup
8.6
19
8.9
321
Ease of Admin
8.4
18
8.6
202
Quality of Support
8.7
47
8.7
457
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
18
9.0
203
Product Direction (% positive)
8.1
43
9.2
470
Features by Category
Data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.1
17
Not enough data
8.7
18
Not enough data
9.4
18
Not enough data
Analytics
8.9
12
Not enough data
Deployment
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Deployment
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Operations
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
System
Not enough data
9.2
28
Model Development
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.7
27
Model Development
Not enough data
8.7
27
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
8.4
26
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.5
24
Deployment
Not enough data
9.1
28
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.5
25
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
181
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
166
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
150
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
153
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
159
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
172
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
176
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.9
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
176
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
79
Not enough data
8.1
80
Management
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
9.2
83
Not enough data
9.5
88
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
9.1
87
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
9.0
84
Not enough data
9.3
85
Security
Not enough data
9.2
85
Not enough data
9.2
87
Storage
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
9.2
44
Availability
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
9.2
41
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
44
Security
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
9.2
45
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
9.2
38
Support
Not enough data
9.2
36
Not enough data
9.1
35
Centralized computation
Not enough data
9.3
25
Localized computation
Not enough data
9.0
24
Database
Not enough data
8.9
97
Not enough data
9.3
100
Not enough data
9.3
94
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.7
81
Platform
Not enough data
9.1
91
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
81
Processing
Not enough data
9.3
95
Not enough data
9.1
94
Data Transformation
Not enough data
9.2
86
Not enough data
9.4
86
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
9.1
80
Not enough data
9.1
81
Operations
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
9.2
79
Not enough data
8.9
75
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.7
77
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Snowflake share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams is categorized as Event Stream Processing and Stream Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
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
Information Technology and Services
15.0%
Computer Software
15.0%
Financial Services
12.5%
Consumer Services
5.0%
Banking
5.0%
Other
47.5%
Information Technology and Services
13.9%
Computer Software
12.9%
Financial Services
10.5%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.8%
Other
54.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams has no discussions with answers
What's the best way to manage change data capture in Snowflake?
4 Comments
VT
Please go through this link: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/streams
You might get a pertinent response from it.
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which is best snowflake or My sql
2 Comments
LH
Depends on your needs. MySQL is open source/free. It or Postgres (another open source db) is good for pretty much any normal need. You can install on...Read more
Snowflake - how to connect to Snowflake using NodeJS
2 Comments
DW
Does this help? https://www.ameexusa.com/blogs/connecting-node-js-snowflakeRead more
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