FAQ's
Snowflake is capable of managing many read-consistent readings simultaneously Additionally, ACID-compliant updates are permitted. While Hadoop writes immutable files that cannot be modified or updated because it does not support ACID compliance. Users must read a file in, write it after making the changes.
Yes. Snowflake needs some coding knowledge. In order to manage day to day operations, You need to work with ANSI SQL language. Snowflake also supports programming languages like C, Java, Python, .Net, Go, Node.js, etc.
Both Snowflake and Hadoop are popular data lake platforms. But Snowflake stands on the top of cloud data warehousing platforms in the market today. Its high performance, low latency, real time data ingestion, and query optimization features makes it more popular than Hadoop.
There are many reasons behind Snowflake’s higher valuation. It is the fastest growing company in the global markets with a faster and scalable delivery model. Moreover, it is a cloud data platform and the business model is consumption-based. It provides more flexibility to business entities and developers. Also, its market expansion and revenue growth make it a very popular company.