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Why you should choose Snowflake over Redshift | Census

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Author
Sylvain Giuliani
Word Count
1,998
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4
Language
English
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No
Summary

Snowflake is a modern data-warehousing solution that's built with the needs of today's data teams in mind, offering quality-of-life features such as easy data sharing and a user-friendly experience that Amazon Redshift still tries to catch up on. Snowflake makes sharing data super simple by allowing users to copy databases within their own data structure and grant instant read access to those databases, which is a safer and more efficient process than traditional methods used by Redshift. Additionally, Snowflake's unique ability to decouple computing and storage costs results in lower overall costs for businesses, with the true cost-savings coming from building a tighter infrastructure. Unlike Redshift, Snowflake scales linearly, allowing small startups to grow on a solid foundation of data, while also handling concurrency and real-time data more efficiently. Furthermore, Snowflake is more flexible and agile than Redshift, making it easier for businesses to adapt to the rapidly changing data industry. While migration from Redshift to Snowflake can be a process with some nuances to consider, the benefits of using Snowflake far outweigh those of Redshift.

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