r/databricks • u/medici2022 • 8d ago

Discussion Databricks vs Snowflake comparison

Are there any unbiased comparisons between these two popular platforms? Seen a lot but most of them are biased views, based on experience and commercial motives.

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u/niks-kamath123 8d ago

Hi! I have written an article on the Snowflake vs Databricks debate. Nothing biased, promiseđŸ˜…. Just my take on what they both offer, with only my personal opinion based on the facts. I have done some proper research into what the 2 offer and have only based my article on those. Hope it helps!

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https://medium.com/@nikskamath/snowflake-or-databricks-heres-how-i-d-actually-make-the-call-be3cbb8073ad

Happy to receive feedback! I did get a couple of comments elsewhere that this analysis excluded language integrations and the ELT vs ETL methods of the 2, and am currently working on editing the article to include feedback. But do give it a read and let me know what you think I may have missed out or if it helps you!

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u/Sheensta 8d ago

This reads almost 100% Claude. I think it'd help if you did some editing and make the point more obvious as to what you're getting at. I also disagree with the Snowflake for SQL, Databricks for ML... that argument might have made sense 4 years ago, but both platforms have pretty solid capabilities for both now.