Snowflake Features
Model Development (5)
Language Support
Supports programming languages such as Java, C, or Python. Supports front-end languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript This feature was mentioned in 27 Snowflake reviews.
Drag and Drop
Based on 27 Snowflake reviews. Offers the ability for developers to drag and drop pieces of code or algorithms when building models
Pre-Built Algorithms
Provides users with pre-built algorithms for simpler model development 27 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Model Training
Supplies large data sets for training individual models 27 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Feature Engineering
As reported in 27 Snowflake reviews. Transforms raw data into features that better represent the underlying problem to the predictive models
Machine/Deep Learning Services (6)
Computer Vision
Based on 27 Snowflake reviews. Offers image recognition services
Natural Language Processing
Based on 27 Snowflake reviews. Offers natural language processing services
Natural Language Generation
Based on 27 Snowflake reviews. Offers natural language generation services
Artificial Neural Networks
Offers artificial neural networks for users This feature was mentioned in 26 Snowflake reviews.
Natural Language Understanding
As reported in 27 Snowflake reviews. Offers natural language understanding services
Deep Learning
Based on 24 Snowflake reviews. Provides deep learning capabilities
Deployment (15)
Managed Service
Based on 29 Snowflake reviews. Manages the intelligent application for the user, reducing the need of infrastructure
Application
Allows users to insert machine learning into operating applications This feature was mentioned in 27 Snowflake reviews.
Scalability
Provides easily scaled machine learning applications and infrastructure 27 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Language Flexibility
Based on 12 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to input models built in a variety of languages.
Framework Flexibility
As reported in 12 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to choose the framework or workbench of their preference.
Versioning
Records versioning as models are iterated upon. This feature was mentioned in 12 Snowflake reviews.
Ease of Deployment
Based on 12 Snowflake reviews. Provides a way to quickly and efficiently deploy machine learning models.
Scalability
Based on 12 Snowflake reviews. Offers a way to scale the use of machine learning models across an enterprise.
On-Premise
Based on 140 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides On-Premise deployment options.
Cloud
Based on 175 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides Cloud deployment options (private or public cloud, hybrid cloud).
Language Flexibility
Allows users to input models built in a variety of languages. This feature was mentioned in 10 Snowflake reviews.
Framework Flexibility
Allows users to choose the framework or workbench of their preference. 10 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Versioning
Records versioning as models are iterated upon. 10 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Ease of Deployment
As reported in 10 Snowflake reviews. Provides a way to quickly and efficiently deploy machine learning models.
Scalability
Based on 10 Snowflake reviews. Offers a way to scale the use of machine learning models across an enterprise.
Database (3)
Real-Time Data Collection
As reported in 98 Snowflake reviews. Collects, stores, and organizes massive, unstructured data in real time
Data Distribution
Facilitates the disseminating of collected big data throughout parallel computing clusters This feature was mentioned in 101 Snowflake reviews.
Data Lake
Creates a repository to collect and store raw data from sensors, devices, machines, files, etc. 95 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Integrations (2)
Hadoop Integration
Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Hadoop This feature was mentioned in 76 Snowflake reviews.
Spark Integration
Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Hadoop 81 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Platform (3)
Machine Scaling
Based on 91 Snowflake reviews. Facilitates solution to run on and scale to a large number of machines and systems
Data Preparation
As reported in 97 Snowflake reviews. Curates collected data for big data analytics solutions to analyze, manipulate, and model
Spark Integration
As reported in 81 Snowflake reviews. Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Hadoop
Processing (2)
Cloud Processing
As reported in 96 Snowflake reviews. Moves big data collection and processing to the cloud
Workload Processing
Based on 94 Snowflake reviews. Processes batch, real-time, and streaming data workloads in singular, multi-tenant, or cloud systems
Data Transformation (2)
Real-Time Analytics
As reported in 86 Snowflake reviews. Facilitates analysis of high-volume, real-time data.
Data Querying
As reported in 86 Snowflake reviews. Allows user to query data through query languages like SQL.
Connectivity (4)
Hadoop Integration
Based on 78 Snowflake reviews. Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Hadoop
Spark Integration
Aligns processing and distribution workflows on top of Apache Spark This feature was mentioned in 79 Snowflake reviews.
Multi-Source Analysis
As reported in 80 Snowflake reviews. Integrates data from multiple external databases.
Data Lake
Facilitates the dissemination of collected big data throughout parallel computing clusters. 81 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Operations (8)
Data Visualization
Based on 83 Snowflake reviews. Processes data and represents interpretations in a variety of graphic formats.
Data Workflow
Strings together specific functions and datasets to automate analytics iterations. 79 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Governed Discovery
Isolates certain datasets and facilitates management of data access. 75 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Embedded Analytics
Based on 80 Snowflake reviews. Allows big data tool to run and record data within external applications.
Notebooks
Use notebooks for tasks such as creating dashboards with predefined, scheduled queries and visualizations 77 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Metrics
Control model usage and performance in production This feature was mentioned in 10 Snowflake reviews.
Infrastructure management
As reported in 10 Snowflake reviews. Deploy mission-critical ML applications where and when you need them
Collaboration
Easily compare experiments—code, hyperparameters, metrics, predictions, dependencies, system metrics, and more—to understand differences in model performance. This feature was mentioned in 10 Snowflake reviews.
Management (12)
Cataloging
Records and organizes all machine learning models that have been deployed across the business. 12 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Monitoring
Based on 12 Snowflake reviews. Tracks the performance and accuracy of machine learning models.
Governing
As reported in 12 Snowflake reviews. Provisions users based on authorization to both deploy and iterate upon machine learning models.
Model Registry
Allows users to manage model artifacts and tracks which models are deployed in production. 12 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Data dictionary
As reported in 83 Snowflake reviews. Stores the database metadata, that is the definitions of data elements, types, relationships etc.
Data Replication
Creates a copy of the database to maintain consistency and integrity. 83 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Query Language
Based on 88 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to create, update and retrieve data in a database.
Data Modeling
Based on 86 Snowflake reviews. Defines the logical design of the data before building the schemas.
Performance Analysis
Monitors and analyzes critical database attributes like query performance, user sessions, dead lock detail, system errors etc and visualize them on a custom dashboard. This feature was mentioned in 87 Snowflake reviews.
Cataloging
As reported in 10 Snowflake reviews. Records and organizes all machine learning models that have been deployed across the business.
Monitoring
Tracks the performance and accuracy of machine learning models.
Governing
Based on 10 Snowflake reviews. Provisions users based on authorization to both deploy and iterate upon machine learning models.
System (1)
Data Ingestion & Wrangling
Gives user ability to import a variety of data sources for immediate use 28 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Data Management (6)
Data Integration
Based on 183 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Consolidates, Cleanses and Normalizes data from multiple disparate sources.
Data Compression
Based on 168 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Helps save storage capacity and improves query performance.
Data Quality
Based on 175 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Eliminates data inconsistency and duplications ensuring data integrity.
Built-In Data Analytics
Based on 170 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. SQL based analytics functions like Time series, pattern matching, geospatial analytics etc.
In-Database Machine Learning
Based on 150 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides built in capabilities like machine learning algorithms, data preparation functions, model evaluation and management etc.
Data Lake Analytics
Based on 154 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows data querying across data formats like parquet, ORC, JSON etc and analyze complex data types on HDFS
Integration (3)
AI/ ML Integration
Based on 141 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Integrates with data science workflows, Machine Learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
BI Tool Integration
Based on 169 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Integrates with BI Tools to transform data into Actionable Insights.
Data lake Integration
Based on 159 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides speed in data processing and capturing unstructured, semi-structured and streaming data.
Performance (1)
Scalability
Based on 178 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Manages huge volumes of data, upscale or downscale as per demand.
Maintenance (3)
Data Migration
Allows data movement from one database to another. 85 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Backup and Recovery
Provides data backup and recovery functionality to protect and restore a database. This feature was mentioned in 84 Snowflake reviews.
Multi-User Environment
Allows users to access and work on data concurrently, supporting several views of the data. 85 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Security (8)
Data Encryption
Encrypts and transforms data at the database from a readable state into a ciphertext of unreadable characters. 85 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
User Access Control
Allows restricted user acess to modify depending on the access level. This feature was mentioned in 88 Snowflake reviews.
Data Governance
Based on 165 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Policies, procedures and standards to manage and access data.
Data Security
Based on 176 Snowflake reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Restricts data access at a cell level, mask or hide parts of cells, and encrypt data at rest and in motion
Role-Based Authorization
As reported in 44 Snowflake reviews. Provides predefined system roles, privileges, and user-defined roles to users.
Authentication
Allows integration with external security mechanisms like Kerberos, LDAP authentication etc. This feature was mentioned in 45 Snowflake reviews.
Audit Logs
As reported in 38 Snowflake reviews. Provides an audit log to track access and operations performed on databases for regulatory compliance.
Encryption
Based on 38 Snowflake reviews. Provides encryption capability for all the data at rest using encryption keys.
Storage (2)
Data Model
Based on 44 Snowflake reviews. Stores data tables as columns.
Data Types
Supports multiple data types like lists, sets, hashes (similar to map), sorted sets etc. This feature was mentioned in 44 Snowflake reviews.
Availability (3)
Auto Sharding
Implements auto horizontal data partitioning that allows storing data on more than one node to scale out. 39 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Auto Recovery
Restores a database to a correct (consistent) state in the event of a failure. 37 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Data Replication
Copy data across multiple servers through master-slave, peer-to-peer replication architecture etc. 41 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Performance (1)
Integrated Cache
Stores frequently-used data in system memory quickly. 44 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Support (2)
Multi-Model
Provides support to store, index and query data in more than one format. This feature was mentioned in 36 Snowflake reviews.
Operating Systems
As reported in 35 Snowflake reviews. Available on multiple operating systems like Linux, Windows, MacOS etc.
Centralized computation (1)
Centralized Computation
As reported in 25 Snowflake reviews. Offers a centralize, neutral location for parties to conduct data analysis.
Localized computation (1)
Localized computation
Offers localized computation, where data remains where it resides and is called by API in order to conduct analysis. This feature was mentioned in 24 Snowflake reviews.
Generative AI (7)
AI Text Generation
Based on 10 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
Based on 10 Snowflake reviews. Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
AI Text Generation
As reported in 25 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. 25 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
AI Text-to-Image
Based on 25 Snowflake reviews. Provides the ability to generate images from a text prompt.
AI Text Generation
Based on 79 Snowflake reviews. Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary. 80 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms (7)
Autonomous Task Execution
As reported in 13 Snowflake reviews. Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes 13 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases This feature was mentioned in 13 Snowflake reviews.
Adaptive Learning
As reported in 13 Snowflake reviews. Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation This feature was mentioned in 13 Snowflake reviews.
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting 13 reviewers of Snowflake have provided feedback on this feature.
Decision Making
As reported in 12 Snowflake reviews. Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
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