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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
$70.00 1 User Per Month
Snowflake
Star Rating
(665)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansTableau
Star Rating
(3,382)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (42.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$70.00 1 User Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSnowflake vs Tableau
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 Tableau.
- 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 Tableau.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Snowflake
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
Tableau
Creator
$70.00
1 User Per Month
- Includes Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, and one Creator license on Tableau Cloud (SaaS) or Tableau Server (self-hosted).
Free Trial
Snowflake
Free Trial is available
Tableau
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
503
8.7
2,381
Ease of Use
9.0
539
8.3
2,774
Ease of Setup
8.9
324
8.2
1,439
Ease of Admin
8.6
203
8.2
776
Quality of Support
8.7
460
8.3
2,034
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
204
8.5
754
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
473
8.8
2,359
Features by Category
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1717
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1582
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1758
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1358
Not enough data
9.1
1741
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1674
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1705
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1621
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1419
Not enough data
8.2
1507
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1324
|
Verified
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
1280
Not enough data
9.1
1711
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1288
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
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
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1717
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1582
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1758
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1358
Not enough data
9.1
1741
|
Verified
Data Preparation
Not enough data
8.6
860
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
849
|
Verified
Data Modeling and Blending
Not enough data
8.5
886
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
909
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
876
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
426
Not enough data
7.5
453
Agentic AI - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.4
131
Not enough data
7.5
134
Not enough data
7.8
133
Not enough data
7.6
131
Not enough data
7.7
129
Not enough data
7.4
128
Not enough data
7.8
128
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1674
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1705
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1621
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1419
Not enough data
8.2
1507
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1324
|
Verified
Deployment & Integration - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.3
113
Not enough data
8.3
110
Not enough data
8.1
109
Not enough data
8.4
110
Advanced Analytics
Not enough data
7.8
1280
Not enough data
9.1
1711
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1288
Performance & Scalability - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.0
113
Not enough data
8.2
109
Advanced Analytics & Modeling - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
8.1
109
Not enough data
8.0
107
Not enough data
7.8
108
Agentic AI Capabilities - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.6
106
Not enough data
7.7
105
Not enough data
7.8
105
Not enough data
7.7
106
Personalized Intelligence - Analytics Platforms
Not enough data
7.8
108
Not enough data
7.9
109
Not enough data
7.9
107
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
Reports
Not enough data
8.7
1717
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1582
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
1758
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1358
Not enough data
9.1
1741
|
Verified
Self Service
Not enough data
8.5
1674
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1705
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1621
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1419
Not enough data
8.2
1507
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1324
|
Verified
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
Cartography
Not enough data
9.4
26
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.6
27
Not enough data
9.4
27
Analysis
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.2
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.0
27
Reporting
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
9.2
26
Not enough data
9.1
26
Data Source Access
Not enough data
8.6
234
Not enough data
8.8
233
Not enough data
8.3
234
Data Interaction
Not enough data
8.2
234
Not enough data
8.2
236
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.5
236
Not enough data
8.3
234
Not enough data
8.4
231
Not enough data
8.4
233
Not enough data
8.3
229
Data Exporting
Not enough data
8.5
228
Not enough data
8.4
228
Not enough data
8.4
230
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
224
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
61
Not enough data
9.3
62
Basics
Not enough data
9.2
62
Content
Not enough data
8.9
59
Data
Not enough data
9.3
61
Interoperability
Not enough data
8.9
59
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
62
Deployment
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
Not enough data
Deployment
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
Not enough data
Management
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
Operations
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
Management
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
Not enough data
System
9.2
28
Not enough data
Model Development
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.7
27
Not enough data
Model Development
8.7
27
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
8.4
26
Not enough data
Machine/Deep Learning Services
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
Deployment
9.1
29
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
27
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.5
25
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
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
Not enough data
Data Management
9.0
182
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
167
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
169
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
150
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
153
|
Verified
Not enough data
Integration
8.2
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
159
|
Verified
Not enough data
Deployment
7.8
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
9.2
178
|
Verified
Not enough data
Security
8.9
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
176
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
79
Not enough data
8.1
80
Not enough data
Management
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
Not enough data
Maintenance
9.3
85
Not enough data
9.0
84
Not enough data
9.3
85
Not enough data
Security
9.2
85
Not enough data
9.2
88
Not enough data
Storage
9.2
44
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
Availability
9.1
39
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
9.2
41
Not enough data
Performance
9.2
44
Not enough data
Security
9.1
44
Not enough data
9.2
45
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
9.2
38
Not enough data
Support
9.2
36
Not enough data
9.1
35
Not enough data
Centralized computation
9.3
25
Not enough data
Localized computation
9.0
24
Not enough data
Deployment & Integration - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Connectivity & Federation - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Modeling & Metrics - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance Optimization - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Governance - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Advanced Intelligence - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI Enablement - Semantic Layer Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Statistical Tool
Not enough data
8.4
251
Not enough data
8.4
254
Not enough data
8.4
244
Data Analysis
Not enough data
9.0
273
Not enough data
8.9
268
Decision Making
Not enough data
8.7
259
Not enough data
9.4
271
Not enough data
9.1
266
Not enough data
8.7
262
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.0
177
Not enough data
8.0
177
Database
8.9
98
Not enough data
9.3
101
Not enough data
9.3
95
Not enough data
Integrations
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
91
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
Processing
9.3
96
Not enough data
9.1
94
Not enough data
Data Transformation
9.2
86
Not enough data
9.4
86
Not enough data
Connectivity
8.5
78
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
9.1
80
Not enough data
9.1
81
Not enough data
Operations
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
Not enough data
Building Reports
Not enough data
8.3
1003
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
965
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
834
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
844
|
Verified
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
Snowflake and Tableau share no categories
Unique Categories
Tableau is categorized as Analytics Platforms, Location Intelligence, Insurance Analytics, Embedded Business Intelligence, Predictive Analytics, Data Preparation, and Semantic Layer Tools
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Snowflake
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Tableau
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
14.3%
Computer Software
12.9%
Financial Services
10.4%
Marketing and Advertising
4.7%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
53.9%
Information Technology and Services
11.7%
Financial Services
7.1%
Computer Software
7.1%
Hospital & Health Care
4.5%
Marketing and Advertising
4.4%
Other
65.3%
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2 Comments
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2 Comments
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