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Gretel.ai 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:
 

Categories and Ranking

Gretel.ai
Ranking in AI Synthetic Data
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
3.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Snowflake
Ranking in AI Synthetic Data
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (6th), AI Software Development (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the AI Synthetic Data category, the mindshare of Gretel.ai is 6.8%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snowflake is 6.0%, down from 6.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Synthetic Data Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake6.0%
Gretel.ai6.8%
Other87.2%
AI Synthetic Data
 

Featured Reviews

Gouthami  - PeerSpot reviewer
senior software engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Synthetic test data has accelerated compliant development and reduces manual masking work
In my opinion, the best features that Gretel.ai offers are faster performance, better accuracy, and lower computing costs. When I mention better accuracy and performance, I refer to improved model accuracy. Whatever data we are getting has rare scenarios. Gretel.ai can detect those scenarios and generate more examples for training, which reduces manual effort from that perspective, meaning it has better model accuracy and performance. Besides that, I want to add that it has better testing and is faster. Compliance with regulatory actions is also a benefit because data sharing is advantageous. Since using Gretel.ai, the positive impact on my organization includes a reduction in manual effort and infrastructural cost in training the AI model due to compliance issues, resulting in faster development and reduced waiting time.
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Since using Gretel.ai, the positive impact on my organization includes a reduction in manual effort and infrastructural cost in training the AI model due to compliance issues, resulting in faster development and reduced waiting time."
"Snowflake is an enormously useful platform. The Snowpipe feature is valuable because it allows us to load terabytes and petabytes of data into the data mart at a very low cost."
"The most valuable features are the clustering, LS50, being able to change the size, the pay per use feature, the flexibility with many different sources and analytic applications."
"It was relatively easy to use, and it was easy for people to convert to it."
"The solution's computing time is less."
"Data Science capabilities are the most valuable feature."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The technical support from Snowflake is very good, nice, and efficient."
"The most valuable feature is the clone copy."
 

Cons

"Before concluding, I believe it is not for every organization due to costs."
"Snowflake has support for stored procedures, but it is not that powerful."
"However, Snowflake has been the biggest mistake we have made since we started the company."
"For the Snowflake database, there should be some third-party features for the ETL."
"Snowflake has to improve their spatial components since it doesn't have much in terms of geo-spatial queries."
"Snowflake can improve its machine learning and AI capabilities."
"I don't know about GCP, if they have connected for GCP. If they don't, they should allow for it."
"The solution could improve the user interface and add functionality to the system."
"Sizing seems to be a bit of trial and error."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Users have to pay a licensing fee for the solution, which is expensive."
"It is pay-as-you-go. Its cost is in the medium range."
"You pay based on the data that you are storing in the data warehouse and there are no maintenance costs."
"It is on a monthly basis. It is based on your usage. There are no additional costs from the point of the licensing fee. We do give some kind of evaluation to the customers about how much it is going to be. You can decide in Snowflake the virtual machine that you are using for customers. There are several kinds of virtual machines that you can use. It is similar to the clothing sizes: small to extra large. If you need more power in the coming month, you can decide in advance and take a more powerful machine. You can just select it from the platform. You can also decide which machine you want to take for extracting data."
"On average, with the number of queries that we run, we pay approximately $200 USD per month."
"Oracle is less expensive than Snowflake."
"Snowflake is cost-effective. However, the cost can depend on how it's being used and how efficiently the code is written. If engineers don't write efficient code and usage is billed based on processing, it can become costly. If they write optimal code and choose the best solution, it can reduce costs in comparison to other options, such as Oracle."
"The tool's pricing is based on the number of queries you want on your database. The cost is small. To get the tool's pricing, you can do the math based on the cost per query, which is $0.002. If you're running your queries frequently, your charges will be higher than running fewer queries."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
33%
Comms Service Provider
11%
Transportation Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise61
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Gretel.ai?
Gretel.ai might need to enhance security purposes and provide better explainability on the use cases we are developing, including the addition of domain-specific templates and risk metrics. Regardi...
What is your primary use case for Gretel.ai?
My main use case for Gretel.ai is data generation and dataset generation. Additionally, my main use case with Gretel.ai involves a production database that contains millions of data points. We need...
What advice do you have for others considering Gretel.ai?
Gretel.ai is not for everyone. If you are handling sensitive data that can be used for AI and ML models, that is where you can use it. QA teams struggle with frequent data sharing with external ven...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake?
We find the metering and billing experience for Snowflake to be expensive because there are many limitations to what it can do. When we compared performance-wise and cost-wise to Bedrock for some o...
What needs improvement with Snowflake?
Lessons learned about our main use case or how Snowflake performed in those areas include that the sales representatives do not really understand the product, and that the solutions consultants bas...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake?
Our main use case for Snowflake was to ingest data, use it for search, analytics, and data sharing with our customers; however, in reality, those use cases did not work. When it came to our challen...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Snowflake Computing, Snowflake Data Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

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