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The car example in the article is exactly backwards. Snowflake is the Toyota Camry. It's a mass market solution that fits a lot of basic use cases. Readers are
by hodgesrm 3y ago
The car example in the article is exactly backwards. Snowflake is the Toyota Camry. It's a mass market solution that fits a lot of basic use cases. Readers are conflating the licensing cost of Snowflake with total cost of ownership, which is quite different. The equation tilts further toward Snowflake as you load more data into it. It has a pretty efficient sharing model using virtual data warehouses.
If you need the Ferrari, that's when you build with open source. If I want real-time response at fixed cost on large amounts of data I'm going to take ClickHouse with a customized stack every time. But not every problem needs that solution.
(I work at a ClickHouse vendor and know its habits. But you could say the same about Druid or other databases.)