> I guess my strong opinion is that Snowflake is massively overrated and it will perform worse and cost you more than you expect.
Are there specific use cases or experiences that prompt you to say this? I've seen a lot of examples (such as web analytics or SEIM) where teams have built very capable stacks on ClickHouse or similar analytic databases. Basically if you have a focused use case it's often possible to built a custom stack with open source on Kubernetes that outperforms Snowflake along axes like p95 response, cost-efficiency at scale, and data ownership. It would be interesting to hear more about your experience.
Are there specific use cases or experiences that prompt you to say this? I've seen a lot of examples (such as web analytics or SEIM) where teams have built very capable stacks on ClickHouse or similar analytic databases. Basically if you have a focused use case it's often possible to built a custom stack with open source on Kubernetes that outperforms Snowflake along axes like p95 response, cost-efficiency at scale, and data ownership. It would be interesting to hear more about your experience.