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Matillion Data Productivity Cloud vs Snowflake comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.3
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud boosts ROI within a year by reducing costs and enhancing efficiency with Snowflake integration.
Sentiment score
6.8
Snowflake users experience mixed ROI; challenges in calculation exist, but long-term benefits include cost reduction and improved data management.
Consequently, we adjusted our processes to use Matillion Data Productivity Cloud only for extraction and ingestion, while Snowflake handled all transformations and jobs.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.6
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud offers excellent, responsive support with comprehensive resources, exceeding user expectations through proactive engagement.
Sentiment score
7.3
Snowflake's customer service is praised for expertise and helpfulness, though some note delays and lack of SLAs.
They communicate effectively and respond quickly to all inquiries.
I received great support in migrating data to Snowflake, with quick responses and innovative solutions.
The technical support from Snowflake is very good, nice, and efficient.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.6
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is highly scalable, leveraging cloud environments for efficient processing with recent improvements enhancing flexibility and compatibility.
Sentiment score
7.8
Snowflake is praised for scalability and efficiency, but concerns exist regarding cost-effectiveness in medium to large-scale organizations.
The autoscale process works well, allowing the system to start another node automatically if the first machine reaches 80% capacity.
Snowflake is very scalable and has a dedicated team constantly improving the product.
The billing doubles with size increase, but processing does not necessarily speed up accordingly.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is stable and reliable, rated highly by users, with responsive support and minor issues resolved.
Sentiment score
8.2
Snowflake is praised for stability and reliability, with users noting excellent performance, quick issue resolution, and robust architecture.
Snowflake is very stable, especially when used with AWS.
Snowflake as a SaaS offering means that maintenance isn't an issue for me.
 

Room For Improvement

Matillion Data Productivity Cloud requires enhanced API updates, integration, customization, real-time capture, user documentation, UI management, and processing efficiency.
Snowflake users seek improved UI, pricing transparency, analytics, integrations, AI features, and enhanced support, ETL, and machine learning capabilities.
Connections to BigQuery for extracting information are complex.
Enhancements in user experience for data observability and quality checks would be beneficial, as these tasks currently require SQL coding, which might be challenging for some users.
Cost reduction is one area I would like Snowflake to improve.
 

Setup Cost

Matillion Data Productivity Cloud offers flexible pricing on AWS, with competitive rates and potential savings through strategic management and discounts.
Snowflake's pricing offers flexibility but can be unpredictable and expensive compared to Redshift or BigQuery, with room for transparency improvements.
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud offers discounts and special deals, especially when dealing with high-volume clients or fewer existing clients in specific regions, like Spain.
Snowflake's pricing is on the higher side.
Snowflake lacks transparency in estimating resource usage.
 

Valuable Features

Matillion Data Productivity Cloud enhances ETL efficiency with seamless AWS integration, user-friendly UI, and automatic scalability for comprehensive data management.
Snowflake excels in scalable, secure data processing with fast queries, multi-format support, and seamless third-party integration for AI/ML.
Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is effective for ingest functions, particularly when moving information to Snowflake and performing many transformations.
The independence of the compute and storage within Snowflake is key.
Snowflake is a data lake on the cloud where all processing happens in memory, resulting in very fast query responses.
 

Categories and Ranking

Matillion Data Productivity...
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Integration (6th)
Snowflake
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (1st), AI Synthetic Data (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Matillion Data Productivity Cloud and Snowflake aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Matillion Data Productivity Cloud is designed for Cloud Data Integration and holds a mindshare of 3.4%, down 4.7% compared to last year.
Snowflake, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Data Warehouse, holds 20.5% mindshare, down 22.8% since last year.
Cloud Data Integration
Cloud Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

Tomáš Hronek - PeerSpot reviewer
Used for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks
I use Matillion ETL for wrangling or transforming data from sources like S3 and Databricks The most valuable feature of Matillion ETL is the UI experience in which you can drag and drop most of the transformation. Sometimes, we have issues with the solution's stability and need to restart it for…
Snehasish Das - PeerSpot reviewer
Transformation in data querying speed with good migration capabilities
Snowflake is a data lake on the cloud where all processing happens in memory, resulting in very fast query responses. One key feature is the separation of compute and storage, which eliminates storage limitations. It also has tools for migrating data from legacy databases like Oracle. Its stability and efficiency enhance performance greatly. Tools in the AI/ML marketplace are readily available without needing development.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
5%
Educational Organization
37%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Matillion ETL?
The new version with the Productivity Cloud is very simple. It's easy to use, navigate, and understand.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Matillion ETL?
The solution's pricing is not based on the licensing cost but on the running hours when the Matillion instance is up and running. Its pricing model is different from the traditional pricing models ...
What needs improvement with Matillion ETL?
Depending on the use case, the solution's pricing could be improved. Matillion ETL should include more enhanced capabilities for extracting data from the SAP systems.
What do you like most about Snowflake?
The best thing about Snowflake is its flexibility in changing warehouse sizes or computational power.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake?
Snowflake's pricing is on the higher side, rated as eight out of ten. If there were ways to reduce costs, it would be a positive improvement.
What needs improvement with Snowflake?
Cost reduction is one area I would like Snowflake to improve. The product is not very cheap, and a reduction in costs would be appreciated.
 

Also Known As

Matillion ETL for Redshift, Matillion ETL for Snowflake, Matillion ETL for BigQuery
Snowflake Computing
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Thrive Market, MarketBot, PWC, Axtria, Field Nation, GE, Superdry, Quantcast, Lightbox, EDF Energy, Finn Air, IPRO, Twist, Penn National Gaming Inc
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