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Snowflake vs Zilliz Cloud comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Snowflake
Ranking in AI Software Development
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
105
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (1st), Cloud Data Warehouse (1st), AI Synthetic Data (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (7th)
Zilliz Cloud
Ranking in AI Software Development
27th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
4.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the AI Software Development category, the mindshare of Snowflake is 0.6%. The mindshare of Zilliz Cloud is 0.4%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Software Development Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake0.6%
Zilliz Cloud0.4%
Other99.0%
AI Software Development
 

Featured Reviews

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.
PrinceKumar2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineer at Rishabh Software
Managed vector search has reduced infrastructure overhead and empowers faster AI workloads
Zilliz Cloud has allowed us to focus on building the AI products without the overhead of operating vector database infrastructure. The best features Zilliz Cloud offers, in my opinion, include high-performance similarity search, managed infrastructure for cluster maintaining, infrastructure scaling, backup management, storage planning, Milvus compatibility, and metadata filtering. The offering of this managed infrastructure of a vector database is most useful for me, and the high-performance similarity search is useful in my case. Regarding the similarity search, it delivers low latency retrieval and maintains strong relevance in returned units, which is particularly useful for me. Zilliz Cloud has positively impacted my organization because initially, we spent too much time hosting self-hosted Milvus and planning for infrastructure that did not yield very useful results. Now, we do not have the overhead of managing infrastructure for my vector database, so we can directly focus on building our RAG system and AI workload. Time saved is the first and foremost outcome since all the time we invested in self-hosting Milvus has been redirected towards building the AI workloads. Time has definitely been saved, which is the primary benefit of using Zilliz Cloud.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Its performance is a big advantage. When you run a query, its performance is very good. The inbound and outbound share features are also very useful for sharing a particular database. By using these features, you can allow others to access the Snowflake database and query it, which is another advantage of this solution. It has good security, and we can easily integrate it. We can connect it with multiple source systems."
"Data sharing is a good feature. It is a majorly used feature. The elastic compute is another big feature. Separating compute and storage gives you flexibility. It doesn't require much DBA involvement because it doesn't need any performance tuning. We are not really doing any performance tuning, and the entire burden of performance tuning and SQL tuning is on Snowflake. Its usability is very good. I don't need to ramp up any user, and its onboarding is easier. You just onboard the user, and you are done with it. There are simple SQL and UI, and people are able to use this solution easily. Ease of use is a big thing in Snowflake."
"The solution's computing time is less."
"Snowflake has a variety of other ETL provisions that they provide. You can use your own ETL pipeline. Additionally, they provide adapters, and they are always evolving, it is a well-developed solution."
"The platform's most valuable features include its ability to effectively summarize and manage large datasets, allowing multiple teams to analyze and generate insights."
"Snowflake has evolved significantly over time; initially, they started with scalability, but more recently, they have introduced streaming capabilities, real-time and dynamic tables, along with various connectors."
"The most valuable features are sharing data, Time Travel, Zero Copy Cloning, performance, and speed."
"We switched to Snowflake for the availability, security, and loading times."
"Zilliz Cloud has allowed us to focus on building the AI products without the overhead of operating vector database infrastructure."
"The best feature of Zilliz Cloud is that it helps in very high-performance vector search, and it is also very scalable, with very low latency that helps provide faster results."
 

Cons

"It is not that friendly with relational structures."
"I see room for improvement when it comes to credit performance. The other thing I'd like to be improved is the warehouse facility."
"It would be helpful if Snowflake could create good reports instead of using Power BI reports."
"To ensure the proper functioning of Snowflake as an MDS, it relies heavily on other partner tools."
"Portability is a big hurdle right now for our clients. Porting all of your existing SQL ecosystem, such as stored procedures, to Snowflake is a major pain point."
"Their strategy is just to leverage what you've got and put Snowflake in the middle. It does work well with other tools. You have to buy a separate reporting tool and a separate data loading tool, whereas, in some platforms, these tools are baked in. In the long-term, they'll need to add more direct partnerships to the ecosystem so that it's not like adding on tools around Snowflake to make it work. They can also consider including Snowflake native reporting tools versus partnering with other reporting tools. It would kind of change where they sit in the market."
"There is a need for improvements in the documentation, this would allow more people to switch over to this solution."
"Maybe there could be some more connectors to other systems, but this is what they are constantly developing anyway."
"It can be improved a little bit on the search functionality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is pay-as-you-go. Its cost is in the medium range."
"Snowflake licensing is more flexible and it is cheaper than other solutions. I can use it for only 10 days for MVP, or three years, and for flexible models. I can scale up, or down, and the pricing is based on the volume and duration. There are many licensing permutation combinations available."
"You need to be aware of the bloating costs. It is easy to use, but if you don't use it wisely, then your monthly bill can bloat a lot. You need to be a bit aware of its consumption cost."
"The price of Snowflake is very reasonable."
"Currently, we have a trial account, so we don't need a license. After our project starts, we would need a permanent license."
"I am not much aware of the price, but based on what I have analyzed so far, its cost is reasonable as compared to on-prem data warehouse solutions. It provides a great deal for production."
"I believe that pricing is reasonable for this solution."
"It's expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
6%
Healthcare Company
6%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise60
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Questions from the Community

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?
Snowflake can be improved in terms of its recent switch to a new user interface, which feels less intuitive compared to the old one. Moving to this new interface is something that I would like to s...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake?
My main use case for Snowflake is building ETL pipelines and ad-hoc analytics on data that we have. A specific example of a pipeline and ad-hoc analytics task I have worked on using Snowflake invol...
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Comparisons

 

Also Known As

Snowflake Computing, Snowflake Data Cloud
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Sample Customers

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