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Google Analytics vs Snowflake Analytics comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Google Analytics
Ranking in Web Analytics
5th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Cross-Channel Attribution Providers (1st)
Snowflake Analytics
Ranking in Web Analytics
2nd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
44
Ranking in other categories
Cloud Data Warehouse (11th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Web Analytics category, the mindshare of Google Analytics is 10.7%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snowflake Analytics is 3.4%, down from 4.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Web Analytics Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake Analytics3.4%
Google Analytics10.7%
Other85.9%
Web Analytics
 

Featured Reviews

Navcharan Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistent Seo Manager at RTDS
Have improved decision-making with effective reporting
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether it's public, private, or hybrid. The overall rating for Google Analytics 360 is 9 out of 10, where 10 represents the best product.
Garima Goel - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Principal Engineer at Nagarro
Have created secure cloud-based data lakes and improved real-time data processing using integrated AI features
There are many capabilities which Snowflake Analytics offers that I find valuable, such as the storage and compute engine that allows working with any cloud system such as AWS or Azure, alongside its efficiencies in storage computation and cost-effectiveness, which saves money compared to on-premise systems. We also have features such as pre-cached results, Time Travel, and fail-safe, which are very useful for restoring data if deleted accidentally, and the streams and data pipes that facilitate real-time ingestion are great features as well. Snowflake Analytics offers multiple new connectors, allowing me to connect it with Kafka, and with Snowpark, I can work with any programming language such as Python, Java, or Scala for data processing and analysis. The data sharing feature offered by Snowflake Analytics is good because it allows sharing specific sets of data to end customers or users from different Snowflake Analytics accounts without exposing the entire dataset for data security reasons. Snowflake Analytics' support for machine learning models and real-time insights has enhanced significantly. Originally, it wasn't strong in AI/ML, but now it has multiple models and forecasting capabilities, providing good competition to tools such as Databricks and Spark. In BI, I have worked majorly with Microsoft Power BI, and the integration with Snowflake Analytics is very easy. The way we integrate Snowflake Analytics with other on-premise systems just requires the warehouse details, username, passwords, and the account name, along with multiple options such as client ID and credentials for logging in and creating a session. The end-to-end encryption provided by Snowflake Analytics is very important because, in my previous firm, working in finance and investment management, data encryption is necessary due to the sensitive nature of customer data and the involvement of people's money. It's crucial to have encryption in transit and at rest, along with data masking features which Snowflake Analytics offers.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our organization has improved because we have solid data that we can use to analyze the impact of our public policies."
"It's got incredible depth, yet it’s free."
"The User Explorer is a definite favorite because it allows us to pinpoint a user and check their entire journey through our website including all the events triggered and the pages visited."
"Every online business needs to know where traffic is coming from and what it does when it gets to you."
"The customizable reporting feature is important in general, and it helps with making data-driven decisions."
"I previously used WebTrends, but Google Analytics was more appealing because it was easy to setup, and it was available online for free."
"Once you get the hang of GA, you can really use it to your advantage."
"A solid choice for users who need simple, straightforward analytics, accessed through an easy to use interface."
"Very good flexibility and it offers computation completely decoupled from the storage."
"Time Travel and Snowpipe are good features."
"Its performance speed is very good."
"Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Snowflake Analytics is its performance."
"It ensures the optimization of the application development while maintaining the user-friendly nature of its UI."
"One of the distinctive features of Snowflake is its ability to handle large datasets efficiently."
"Its structure aids in storing, managing, and analyzing large datasets in the cloud, using various relationships like one-to-one and many-to-one, ensuring consistency in the data structure."
 

Cons

"Additionally, Google Analytics can be hard to pick up when you're just starting to use it."
"Google stripped out search rankings with “not provided.” It upsets many who want to understand how well they are doing in searches."
"Some spam data is messing up the analytics report; Google should remove spam data."
"One area that Analytics falls short is in creating a report archive."
"There is a time lag of 4 hours for the tracking to get updated in the system."
"Not the right product if you need detailed click stream analysis or integration with your firm's customer segmentation."
"If you do not use JavaScript, you will be invisible to Google Analytics. If you have the option of JavaScript disabled in your browsers, you will be invisible to the data, since the tool will not be able to register you."
"It would be nice if Google Analytics provided all statistics, rather than a segment of the statistics."
"I would prefer Snowflake Analytics to improve their support response times, as sometimes the responses we receive are not very prompt and ticket assignments may not be timely."
"Machine learning in Snowflake isn't as advanced as in other products. I haven't heard of any successful industry-wide use cases of machine learning implemented in Snowflake. It might take a couple of years to reach the same level as Databricks."
"The UI could be more user-friendly."
"Integration into different Python and Jupyter notebooks needs to be improved."
"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."
"The solution’s scalability could be improved."
"The platform could work easier for AI implementation compared to one of its competitors."
"Moving data from legacy systems to Snowflake is not that easy. There are some cases where processors are not actually compatible with Snowflake."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The installation cost is really low and does not require a team with a super performance to run."
"Snowflake charges per query, which amounts to a very minor cost, such as $0.015 per query."
"The cost of Snowflake Analytics is low, any small organization can use it."
"Snowflake Analytics is not an expensive solution, and its pricing is average."
"I have been using free trial version."
"The solution's price is high and I would rate it an eight out of ten."
"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."
"I rate the product's licensing cost a five or six on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price, and ten is high price."
"Snowflake Analytics is a little more costly than Azure."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
Construction Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Construction Company
17%
Outsourcing Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business15
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise23
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Google Analytics?
My general rating for Google Analytics 360 is nine out of ten, where ten is the best. This is the most important question regarding room for improvement. They could add new features or enhance exis...
What is your primary use case for Google Analytics?
For Google Analytics 360, I can describe a few use cases and their purposes.
What advice do you have for others considering Google Analytics?
Several positive aspects about the product stand out as advantages. Valuable insights can be gained from the unsampled reports available in the product. The cloud type needs to be specified whether...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake Analytics?
The pricing for Snowflake Analytics is reasonable, but as I am not part of the management team, I am not certain about our organization's exact costs. Overall, the return on investment for this too...
What needs improvement with Snowflake Analytics?
One improvement Snowflake Analytics could benefit from is in cost, particularly during peak hours. Sometimes, due to its automatic scalability, we think it has scaled up, but it does not always hap...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake Analytics?
I am using Snowflake Analytics because we are already using Snowflake for data engineering and data warehousing tasks, and we are using it for analytics as well as business intelligence reporting. ...
 

Also Known As

Google Attribution 360, Google Analytics 360, GA4
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Sample Customers

Air Show Buzz, AlfaStrakhovanie, Amari, Global Tech LED, Klarna, La Tienda, Nissan Motor Company, Rasmussen College, Shoes of Prey, Twiddy
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