Pros and cons. What Snowflake does well, and what to expect.
Pros
- Theoretically unlimited compute and storage scalability.
- Native cross-cloud and multi-region.
- Secure collaboration and data sharing.
- Generous free trial with a credit allowance.
- Transparent per-credit and storage pricing.
Cons
- Complex pricing, rapid cost escalation with volume.
- Caching and optimization optimization steep learning curve.
- Initial setup requires data engineering skills.
- Inter-region data egress is expensive.