Snowflake vs. Databricks · Data Innovators Exchange

Aug 30 in General

Snowflake vs. Databricks

Just finished watching a breakdown of Snowflake and Databricks. While the comparison itself isn't new, the focus on their origins and how that shaped their current offerings was insightful.

Key takeaways:

Foundational Philosophies: Snowflake's roots in traditional data warehousing vs. Databricks' academic, notebook-centric beginnings are evident in their core strengths even today.
Architectural Choices: Snowflake's virtual warehouses & micro-partitions vs. Databricks' Spark clusters & Delta Lake highlight differing approaches to storage, compute & scalability.
The paths of the two platforms, Snowpark and the data lakehouse concept, reflect their initial goals.

Share your thoughts! Which platform's philosophy resonates more with your data workflows?

Snowflake

Databricks

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