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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (78.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
Free Trial
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 plansTiger Data
Star Rating
(33)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (78.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Learn more about Tiger DataSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Snowflake excels in its cloud deployment capabilities, with a G2 rating of 9.2 for cloud deployment, while Timescale's on-premise deployment received a lower score of 7.5, indicating that Snowflake may be a better choice for organizations prioritizing cloud solutions.
- Reviewers mention that Timescale offers a free trial, making it more accessible for small businesses, while Snowflake's entry-level price starts at $2 Compute/Hour, which may be a barrier for smaller organizations looking to test the software.
- G2 users highlight that Timescale has a perfect score of 10.0 for quality of support, suggesting that users may experience superior customer service compared to Snowflake, which has a score of 8.6 in this area.
- Users on G2 report that Snowflake's data management features, particularly its data replication (9.0) and query language (9.3), are highly rated, indicating robust capabilities for handling complex data tasks, while Timescale's ratings in these areas are slightly lower.
- Reviewers say that Snowflake's performance analysis (8.9) and integrated cache (9.2) contribute to lower query latency, making it a strong option for users who require fast data retrieval, whereas Timescale's performance metrics are not as highly rated.
- Users report that Timescale shines in its data lake integration (8.8) and real-time data collection (8.7), making it a compelling choice for organizations focused on time-series data, while Snowflake's strengths lie more in its overall data analytics capabilities.
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
Tiger Data
Free
Free Trial
30 day free trial. No credit card required.
- Create a fully-managed Timescale instance in 30 seconds.
- Ingest data at petabyte-scale with rock-solid reliability
- Analyze data using advanced time-series capabilities
Free Trial
Snowflake
Free Trial is available
Tiger Data
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.1
503
9.3
27
Ease of Use
9.0
539
9.0
27
Ease of Setup
8.9
324
8.5
17
Ease of Admin
8.6
203
8.7
10
Quality of Support
8.7
460
9.5
24
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
204
9.3
10
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
473
9.1
27
Features by Category
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
8.7
5
9.0
86
Not enough data
9.1
87
8.3
5
Maintenance
9.3
85
Not enough data
9.0
84
8.3
5
9.3
85
8.3
5
Security
9.2
85
Not enough data
9.2
88
8.7
5
Management
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Support
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.6
6
Security
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
7
Performance
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Database Features
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
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
Data Indexing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Filters
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Query latency
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data latency
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Connectors
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scale
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Architecture
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.6
7
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
8.1
6
Configuration
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.9
13
Database Administration
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
8.3
11
Availability
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
9.2
12
Security
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
8.6
7
Data Management
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
9
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
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
Snowflake and Tiger Data are categorized as Columnar Databases and Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Unique Categories
Snowflake is categorized as Data Clean Room, MLOps Platforms, Big Data Integration Platforms, Big Data Processing and Distribution, Big Data Analytics, Data Warehouse, and Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Tiger Data is categorized as Real-time Analytic Database, Time Series Databases, Database as a Service (DBaaS), Relational Databases, Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Vector Database
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Snowflake
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Tiger Data
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%
Computer Software
24.2%
Financial Services
21.2%
Information Technology and Services
12.1%
Consulting
6.1%
Renewables & Environment
6.1%
Other
30.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
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.
Please click on this link...Read more
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
What is the difference between Snowflake vs Redshift? Which one is Good to Learn.
2 Comments
DW
I've used both; Snowflake is superior in my view. Redshift certainly offers a lot of power being an AWS product, however Snowflake is more fully-featured....Read more
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