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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (78.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$2 Compute/Hour
Informatica PowerCenter
Star Rating
(88)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (78.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Informatica PowerCenterSnowflake
Star Rating
(680)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
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Browse all 4 pricing plansInformatica PowerCenter 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.
- Reviewers felt that Snowflake meets the needs of their business better than Informatica PowerCenter.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Snowflake is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Snowflake over Informatica PowerCenter.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Informatica PowerCenter
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
Informatica PowerCenter
No trial information availableSnowflake
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
68
9.1
515
Ease of Use
8.1
68
9.0
551
Ease of Setup
7.5
36
8.9
336
Ease of Admin
7.9
33
8.6
210
Quality of Support
8.5
64
8.7
471
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.1
32
9.0
212
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
62
9.2
486
Features by Category
Administration
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.2
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Federation
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
Transformation
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
Management
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.2
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.8
18
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
Functionality
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
System
Not enough data
9.2
28
Model Development
Not enough data
9.1
28
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
8.2
28
Not enough data
8.7
28
Model Development
Not enough data
8.7
27
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
8.5
28
Not enough data
8.3
28
Not enough data
8.3
27
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.5
24
Deployment
Not enough data
9.1
30
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.2
29
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
14
Not enough data
8.2
13
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
186
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
153
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
157
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
144
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
161
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.7
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
182
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.3
187
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.9
171
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
180
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
80
Not enough data
8.1
81
Management
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.4
91
Not enough data
9.0
88
Not enough data
9.1
89
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.3
87
Not enough data
9.0
85
Not enough data
9.3
88
Security
Not enough data
9.2
86
Not enough data
9.3
89
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
98
Not enough data
9.3
101
Not enough data
9.3
95
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
96
Not enough data
9.1
94
Data Transformation
Not enough data
9.2
87
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
76
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
Informatica PowerCenter and Snowflake share no categories
Unique Categories
Informatica PowerCenter is categorized as Data Virtualization, On-Premise Data Integration, Data Mapping, and ETL Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Informatica PowerCenter
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
35.9%
Insurance
7.7%
Financial Services
6.4%
Banking
6.4%
Computer Software
5.1%
Other
38.5%
Information Technology and Services
14.7%
Computer Software
12.8%
Financial Services
10.4%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
53.9%
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Discussions
Informatica PowerCenter 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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