Oracle Big Data Appliance vs Snowflake Analytics comparison

Oracle and Snowflake Computing are both solutions in the Cloud Data Warehouse category. Additionally, 71% of Oracle users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Snowflake Computing users who would recommend it.

Oracle Big Data Appliance

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71% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Oracle Big Data Appliance and Snowflake Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Data Warehouse solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Oracle Big Data Appliance

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Data Warehouse (19th)

Snowflake Analytics

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Web Analytics (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (8th)

Featured Reviews

Mohammed Hamad

AI & Data Engineering Lead at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Provides clean, centralized data

From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera. Oracle could also improve Big Data Appliance by having one technology on their stack and working on it instead of continually changing the name or technologies or features. In addition, they could have a program to enable their partners to use this technology because right now, I have to have an expert to use the AI elements.

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KamleshPant

Senior Software Architect at USEReady

Data ecosystem thrives with advanced governance and streaming capabilities

It is a data offering where I can see data lineage, data governance, and data security. Snowflake has a streaming capability to work with real-time streaming data and delta tables. Additionally, task management, job scheduling, and connecting multiple data sources unify my data across internal and external sources. The system ecosystem for analytics is enhanced, and AI capabilities are incorporated.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Because Big Data Appliance allows me to have a single source of truth, it means I have clean data that can be monetized and leveraged to gain more insights with real-time reports from the dashboard."

"The best thing about the product is that the end-user can build the reports by themselves without really knowing anything about databases."

"This is a comprehensive solution that is easy to deploy."

"It's cloud-based technology, so users can spin it up a lot faster"

"The most valuable feature of Snowflake Analytics is its performance."

"Snowflake has a streaming capability to work with real-time streaming data and delta tables."

"The most valuable feature of Snowflake Analytics is the ability to control and manage the cost."

"Features like the fact that the solution is very fast and available on the cloud are some of the valuable attributes of the solution."

"I am impressed with the product's data-sharing feature."

"It ensures the optimization of the application development while maintaining the user-friendly nature of its UI."

"Snowflake Analytics' most valuable feature is its inbuilt infrastructure for executing queries, which I don't have to manage based on my data volume as it's taken care of by Snowflake."

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Cons

"From a technical perspective, Big Data Appliance could be improved with more innovation in the AI and machine-learning parts instead of relying on Cloudera."

"It seems like the deployment of repositories has become more difficult in later versions of the product rather than easier."

"The product should be simplified for the average user."

"The solution's high price can be an area of concern that needs improvement."

"The scheduling of jobs requires improvement, particularly in terms of the user interface which currently lacks certain features found in comparable platforms."

"The platform could work easier for AI implementation compared to one of its competitors."

"Navigating the user console can be challenging, particularly when looking for details like the account ID."

"The distribution methodology isn't as strong as Bethesda or SAP HANA. It's not as strong as other competitors."

"The tool should support EIM use cases. I guess the product is already working on it. I look forward to seeing inbuilt AI generative tools in the solution's future releases. The tool's price can be a little lower. The solution's on-premises support is also very limited. We have to rely on other support services to deploy it on-premises."

"Snowflake Analytics can improve the integration with machine learning tools and AI and it will make the solution more usable."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Oracle's prices are too high compared to others in the market."

"The tool is quite expensive."

"The product's pricing is subjective."

"When using Snowflake, you pay based on your usage. They calculate how much CPU has been used. If you use excess warehouse storage, you are charged one credit per hour. If you are in Asia, you are charged $3 per credit. If you have 10 users running parallel with the same excess, you will be charged $30."

"It's not costly if you configure it properly to ensure optimal performance. People don't configure it properly, which is why costs go up."

"The solution's price is high and I would rate it an eight out of ten."

"Snowflake Analytics is not an expensive solution, and its pricing is average."

"The cost of Snowflake Analytics is low, any small organization can use it."

"It is an expensive solution, but the kind of usability and flexibility it proactively provides for the organizations justify the price."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

University

Computer Software Company

19%

Retailer

13%

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By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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What do you like most about Snowflake Analytics?

Its performance speed is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake Analytics?

Snowflake is better and cheaper than Redshift and other cloud warehousing systems. It's economical.

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What needs improvement with Snowflake Analytics?

Most features are already available. Perhaps AIML integration might be further needed, or Snowflake is already implementing it. AIML-based SQL prompt and query generation could be an area for enhan...

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Overview

Oracle Big Data Appliance is a flexible, high-performance, secure platform for running diverse workloads on Hadoop and NoSQL systems. With Oracle Big Data SQL, Oracle Big Data Appliance extends Oracle’s industry-leading implementation of SQL to Hadoop and NoSQL systems. By combining the newest technologies from the Hadoop ecosystem and powerful Oracle SQL capabilities together on a single pre-configured platform, Oracle Big Data Appliance is uniquely able to support rapid development of new Big Data applications and tight integration with existing relational data.

For more information on Oracle Big Data Appliance, visit Oracle.com

Oracle

Conventional data platforms and big data solutions struggle to deliver on their fundamental purpose: to enable any user to work with any data, without limits on scale, performance or flexibility. Whether you’re a data analyst, data scientist, data engineer, or any other business or technology professional, you’ll get more from your data with Snowflake.

To achieve this, we built a new data platform from the ground up for the cloud. It’s designed with a patented new architecture to be the centerpiece for data pipelines, data warehousing, data lakes, data application development, and for building data exchanges to easily and securely share governed data. The result, A platform delivered as a service that’s powerful but simple to use.

Snowflake’s cloud data platform supports a multi-cloud strategy, including a cross-cloud approach to mix and match clouds as you see fit. Snowflake delivers advantages such as global data replication, which means you can move your data to any cloud in any region, without having to re-code your applications or learn new skills.

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Sample Customers

Caixa Bank

Lionsgate, Adobe, Sony, Capital One, Akamai, Deliveroo, Snagajob, Logitech, University of Notre Dame, Runkeeper

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