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Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse vs Snowflake comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 1, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Oracle Autonomous Data Ware...
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
14th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Snowflake
Ranking in Cloud Data Warehouse
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
108
Ranking in other categories
Data Warehouse (1st), AI Synthetic Data (1st), Database Management Systems (DBMS) (6th), AI Software Development (8th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Cloud Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse is 4.1%, down from 5.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Snowflake is 15.4%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Cloud Data Warehouse Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Snowflake15.4%
Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse4.1%
Other80.5%
Cloud Data Warehouse
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer1297710 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Analytics and data security needs are met but optimization requires improvement
We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs. We continue to use it with satisfaction. Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not…
SunilPatil1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Asset Builder at Genpact - Headstrong
Have prioritized security while managing multi-agent data migration and cloud adoption
We utilize Time Travel with Snowflake because this is a very useful feature. Everyone finds it crucial because in conventional data platforms, it's very difficult to handle these kinds of things. This feature is essential, though I don't have the use cases currently; it is just there for implementation. Regarding Snowflake's automated scaling and suspension features, this auto-scaling is very significant. We had a comparison with Databricks and Snowflake a few months back, and this auto-scaling takes an edge within Snowflake; that's what our observation reflects.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Self-patching and runs machine-learning across its logs all the time"
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"The solution has a self-backup, so you don't need a DBA (database administrator) to do a backup."
"The analytics have been very good. We've found them to be quite useful."
"The solution is used for analytics and it works for our data security needs."
"It is an extremely scalable solution since you can dynamically change the resources as some other cloud solutions."
"The performance and scalability are awesome."
"The product has self-repair features."
"The features that I have found most valuable are the ease of use, the rapidness, how quickly the solution can be implemented, and of course that it's been very easy to move from the on-premise world to the Cloud world because Snowflake is based on SQL also."
"The speed of data loading and being able to quickly create the environment are most valuable."
"Working with Parquet files is support out of the box and it makes large dataset processing much easier."
"The features I found most valuable with this solution are sharing options and built-in time zone conversion."
"All the people who are working with Snowflake are extremely happy with it because it is designed from a data-warehousing point of view, not the other way around. You have a database and then you tweak it and then it becomes a data warehouse."
"The solution is very stable."
"The Time Travel feature is helpful for accessing historical data and the ability to clone external tables is useful."
"We mainly used SQL scripts and provided a solution for different owners who want to query a database but have several tables."
 

Cons

"Oracle should increase visibility options because what's available now is limited."
"It is good as data warehouses go, but it is not that good for really big data."
"The setup is complex."
"One of the major problem is creating custom tablespace."
"The initial setup was pretty complex. It was not easy."
"An improvement for us would be the inclusion of support for an internal IP, so we could use it directly with the VCN in Oracle Cloud."
"Optimization should be better."
"We are not satisfied with the technical support. Their understanding is lacking."
"It is difficult in some cases to perform ETL and this is something that should be included."
"Snowflake is expensive, but when I consider what we get for that price, it's fair."
"An additional feature I'd like to see is called materialized views, which can speed up some run times. I'd like it to be able to be used where you can have multiple tables inside them; materialized view. That would be nice. As well as being able to run cursors, to be able to do some bulk updates and some more advanced querying, table building on the fly."
"Snowflake can improve its machine learning and AI capabilities."
"Snowflake needs transparency over costs and pricing."
"The current API is very limited and difficult to configure."
"The complexity of the initial setup of Snowflake depends on the use case. However, Snowflake itself, we don't set it up. The difficulty comes from the ingestion patterns, depending on what data I'm putting in, what kind of enrichment, and what additional value we have to add. However, it does tend to get complex because we have a lot of semi-structured data which we need to handle in Snowflake. There have been some challenges."
"They have a new console, but I couldn't figure out anything in the new console. So, if I shift to the old console, I can figure out where to create the database schema and other things, but I have no idea where to go in the new console. That's one thing they can improve. I don't know why they created a new console to confuse. The old, classic console is much better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost is perfect with Oracle Universal credit."
"In terms of architecture and pricing structure, I feel it is a little bit costly compared to Azure. It's fine compared to RedShift, but compared to Azure, it's a bit pricey when you calculate for one TB storage plus around five hours of reporting with the frequency of 1TB data. The cost adds up, making Oracle a bit expensive."
"Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse's pricing is fair and reasonable compared to the other cloud vendors."
"The licensing cost of the product can vary since you can integrate it very easily with other products or other cloud products...You pay as you use it, so it is not yearly or monthly payments to be made toward Oracle."
"On a scale from one to ten, where one is a low price and ten is a high price, I rate the pricing an eight."
"Cloud solutions are cheaper, but in the long run, they may not be much cheaper. They certainly have a lower initial cost. The licensing is yearly, and it is based on the size of the hardware and the number of users."
"The price depends on the configuration we choose."
"You pay as you go, and you don't pay for services that you don't use."
"It is not cheap."
"Pricing is approximately $US 50 per DB. Terabyte is around $US 50 per month."
"Currently, we have a trial account, so we don't need a license. After our project starts, we would need a permanent license."
"It is pay-as-you-go. Its cost is in the medium range."
"I have worked with multiple clouds, and cost-wise, it is a bit costlier than others, such as Redshift. Its price should be reduced."
"You need to be aware of the bloating costs. It is easy to use, but if you don't use it wisely, then your monthly bill can bloat a lot. You need to be a bit aware of its consumption cost."
"There is a separation of storage and compute, so you only pay for what you use."
"Snowflake is expensive, but when I consider what we get for that price, it's fair. I rate the solution three out of five for affordability, right in the middle."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Media Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise11
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise20
Large Enterprise61
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We pay approximately $70,000 per month. The cost includes maintenance and support.
What needs improvement with Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
Optimization should be better. The SQLs are sometimes very slow. I also noticed that Java is not supported, which is not ideal.
What is your primary use case for Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse?
We are using Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse for analytics in my company.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Snowflake?
We find the metering and billing experience for Snowflake to be expensive because there are many limitations to what it can do. When we compared performance-wise and cost-wise to Bedrock for some o...
What needs improvement with Snowflake?
Lessons learned about our main use case or how Snowflake performed in those areas include that the sales representatives do not really understand the product, and that the solutions consultants bas...
What is your primary use case for Snowflake?
Our main use case for Snowflake was to ingest data, use it for search, analytics, and data sharing with our customers; however, in reality, those use cases did not work. When it came to our challen...
 

Also Known As

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Snowflake Computing, Snowflake Data Cloud
 

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Sample Customers

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