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Broadcom Test Data Manager vs Snowflake comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

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
6.1
Broadcom Test Data Manager significantly saves time and money, enhancing testing efficiency, despite lengthy initial deployment and training phases.
Sentiment score
5.5
Snowflake excels in data management, though its ROI varies among users, with some facing unexpectedly higher costs and complexity.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.4
Broadcom Test Data Manager's customer service is praised for being responsive, knowledgeable, and maintaining efficient, proactive communication.
Sentiment score
5.5
Customers praise Snowflake's customer service for its responsiveness, knowledgeable staff, and convenient support features, despite occasional delay concerns.
We sought this documentation multiple times but faced difficulty in obtaining it.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I received great support in migrating data to Snowflake, with quick responses and innovative solutions.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
I am satisfied with the work of technical support from Snowflake; they are responsive and helpful.
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.2
Broadcom Test Data Manager effectively scales across platforms, with noted flexibility and some speed challenges handling large datasets.
Sentiment score
7.6
Snowflake offers reliable, flexible scalability, automatically adjusting resources to handle large data volumes and user demands efficiently.
Snowflake is very scalable and has a dedicated team constantly improving the product.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
The billing doubles with size increase, but processing does not necessarily speed up accordingly.
Data Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Recently, Snowflake has introduced streaming capabilities, real-time and dynamic tables, along with various connectors.
Senior Data Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.4
Broadcom Test Data Manager is stable and efficient, with rapid support for minor bugs and generally high user ratings.
Sentiment score
8.3
Snowflake offers stable, reliable performance with dynamic scaling, high availability, and quick failover, even for large datasets.
Snowflake is highly stable and performs well even with large data sets exceeding terabytes, maintaining stability throughout.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Snowflake is very stable, especially when used with AWS.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
Snowflake as a SaaS offering means that maintenance isn't an issue for me.
Data Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Broadcom Test Data Manager needs improved integration, performance, and UI along with enhanced scalability, security, and data visualization features.
Snowflake users seek improvements in pricing clarity, integration, data governance, AI capabilities, and support for unstructured data.
A specific example is when they told us they fully support Iceberg, and then they have over three thousand words of bullet point text with a link to reference articles with all the limitations of their Iceberg support.
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.
Data Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
What things you are going with to ask the support and how we manage the relationship matters a lot.
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
 

Setup Cost

Broadcom Test Data Manager's flexible licensing competes with IBM, may be cost-effective, but pricing varies based on usage and needs.
Snowflake offers flexible pay-as-you-go pricing based on compute and storage, appealing despite being mid-range compared to competitors.
When it comes to cloud support, the setup cost is very cheap compared to other platforms, such as Oracle or PostgreSQL, which typically require higher costs.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Snowflake's pricing is on the higher side.
Technology Leader at eTCaaS
Snowflake lacks transparency in estimating resource usage.
Data Architect at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Valuable Features

Broadcom Test Data Manager excels in synthetic data generation, masking, and subsetting, enhancing compliance, efficiency, and cost savings.
Snowflake excels in cost-efficient, cloud-based data management with high scalability, seamless integration, and rapid performance for SQL analytics.
We had a comparison with Databricks and Snowflake a few months back, and this auto-scaling takes an edge within Snowflake; that's what our observation reflects.
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
I have used the Snowflake Zero-Copy Cloning feature in the past while prototyping data in lower environments. This feature is helpful as it saves a lot of time during the data replication process.
Senior Data Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Snowflake has contributed to significant cost savings.
Data Integration Developer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Broadcom Test Data Manager
Ranking in AI Synthetic Data
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
33
Ranking in other categories
Test Data Management (3rd), Data Masking (5th)
Snowflake
Ranking in AI Synthetic Data
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
107
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (4th), AI Software Development (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Synthetic Data category, the mindshare of Broadcom Test Data Manager is 8.1%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snowflake is 5.7%, up from 5.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Synthetic Data Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake5.7%
Broadcom Test Data Manager8.1%
Other86.2%
AI Synthetic Data
 

Featured Reviews

Hosney Osman - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Solution Architect at Vodafone
Offers great utility with synthetic data generation and reliable technical support
Overall, this can definitely be the advantage of the product, and I'm happy with these functionalities that Broadcom provides. I totally recommend any application working on the database layer directly and I don't recommend any applications from other external vendors to perform the same function. Oracle and PostgreSQL have similar applications and they both work directly in the database, reading directly from the database, transforming values in another table within the same database, making it easy to run. The solution is saving me time and money in general because this application saves money and a lot of effort. I can generate any amount of data from Broadcom Test Data Manager, which has a lot of information and equations regarding this task. It saves money because my testing team needs this data to create use cases tested on realistic data. Broadcom Test Data Manager adds great value to my organization, but I believe it can be afforded only in international, large-sized companies. It is not affordable for medium or small-sized organizations.
SunilPatil1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
Have prioritized security while managing multi-agent data migration and cloud adoption
We utilize Time Travel with Snowflake because this is a very useful feature. Everyone finds it crucial because in conventional data platforms, it's very difficult to handle these kinds of things. This feature is essential, though I don't have the use cases currently; it is just there for implementation. Regarding Snowflake's automated scaling and suspension features, this auto-scaling is very significant. We had a comparison with Databricks and Snowflake a few months back, and this auto-scaling takes an edge within Snowflake; that's what our observation reflects.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Outsourcing Company
19%
Construction Company
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise30
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise61
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Broadcom Test Data Manager?
In terms of areas for improvement in Broadcom Test Data Manager specifically, I recognize that building the ERD diagram after connecting to the database is very difficult and requires improvement e...
What is your primary use case for Broadcom Test Data Manager?
When it comes to use cases for Broadcom Test Data Manager, clients may use it for data masking. From a service provider perspective, regarding the data masking, data subsetting, and data virtualiza...
What advice do you have for others considering Broadcom Test Data Manager?
If I were to rate their support from one to ten, I would give them a ten. Let's divide the question about Broadcom's standing compared to other vendors. If we talk about Oracle, PostgreSQL, or any ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake?
I am not the person who manages pricing, setup cost, and licensing. Our team is not limited in pricing. The only experience we have had in terms of running and reprocessing a large number of histor...
What needs improvement with Snowflake?
One main area for improvement in Snowflake is cost visibility and optimization; while it's flexible and scalable, costs can increase quickly if warehouses are left running unnecessarily or workload...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake?
As a Data Engineer, I primarily use Snowflake for data warehousing tasks as well as ETL processing, and sometimes I also use it for data sharing. I personally find Snowflake better than other tools...
 

Also Known As

CA Test Data Manager, DataMaker, DataFinder, Fast Data Masker, CA TDM
Snowflake Computing, Snowflake Data Cloud
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Manheim, Arag
Accordant Media, Adobe, Kixeye Inc., Revana, SOASTA, White Ops
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