Overview
Snowflake is a cloud computing-based data cloud company. It offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed 'data warehouse-as-a-service'.
Key Features
- Multi-cluster Shared Data Architecture: Decoupled storage and compute.
- Zero-copy Cloning: Creating instant copies of data without extra storage.
- Data Sharing: Securely sharing data across organizations.
- Support for Semi-structured Data: Native support for JSON, Avro, Parquet.