Comparison

Dremio vs Snowflake

On the evidence we track, Dremio leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Dremio72

Snowflake66

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DremioLeader	Snowflake
Vioscale score	72 / 100medium · 71%	66 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✗
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	unknown
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	13	750
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.99	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	-	Available worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Score

Vioscale score

Dremio72 / 100medium · 71%

Snowflake66 / 100medium · 63%

Pricing

Free tier

Dremio✓

Snowflake✗

Model

Dremiofreemium

Snowflakecommercial

Price level

Dremiolow

Snowflakeunknown

Transparent

Dremio✗

Snowflake✓

Integrations

Count

Dremio13

Snowflake750

Security

Disclosure policy

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Fedramp

Dremio–

Snowflake✓

Gdpr

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Iso27001

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Pci

Dremio–

Snowflake✓

Soc2

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Reliability

Sla pct

Dremio99.99

Snowflake–

Status page

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Market

Availability

Dremio–

SnowflakeAvailable worldwide · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for data warehouse software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Data Warehouse Software
Capability	Dremio	Snowflake
Deployment
Deployment	Hybrid	Managed cloud
Architecture
Architecture	Separated storage/compute	-
Compute model	-	Virtual warehouses
Query
SQL dialect	Vendor-specific	-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place	✓	-
Interoperability
Table-format support	Apache Iceberg	Apache Iceberg
Scale
Concurrency scaling	-	Automatic
Ingestion
Streaming ingest	✓	✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)	First-class	First-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions	-	✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace	-	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Source-available	Proprietary

Deployment

DremioHybrid

SnowflakeManaged cloud

Architecture

DremioSeparated storage/compute

Snowflake-

Compute model

Dremio-

SnowflakeVirtual warehouses

Query

SQL dialect

DremioVendor-specific

Snowflake-

Federation / lakehouse query-in-place

Dremio✓

Snowflake-

Interoperability

Table-format support

DremioApache Iceberg

SnowflakeApache Iceberg

Scale

Concurrency scaling

Dremio-

SnowflakeAutomatic

Ingestion

Streaming ingest

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Data model

Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)

DremioFirst-class

SnowflakeFirst-class

Analytics

ML / in-DB functions

Dremio-

Snowflake✓

Sharing

Data sharing / marketplace

Dremio-

Snowflake✓

Licensing

Licence class

DremioSource-available

SnowflakeProprietary

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Dremio

Leader

An open-source lakehouse platform built on Apache Iceberg that enables data analytics and AI workloads with support for CDC, multi-source ingestion, and SQL-based querying.

Independently observed

Snowflake

Snowflake is a fully managed cloud data warehouse that handles data ingestion, processing, analytics, and AI model deployment. It enables zero-copy data sharing across teams, clouds, and external organizations while maintaining built-in governance and security.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Dremio

Leader

from $0.20/moconsumptionFree tier30-day trial

From $0.20 per DCU. Free Community Edition. 30-day free trial.

Dremio Cloud$0.20 per DCU. $400 credit free trial for 30 days.
- Fully managed infrastructure (AWS, Azure coming soon)
- Automatic scaling and optimization
- Automatic feature releases
- Zero infrastructure management
- AI Agent
- +4 more
Dremio EnterpriseContact sales
- Self-managed on Kubernetes, on-premises, or cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Full control over infrastructure, security, compliance
- Flexible deployment options
- AI Agent
- AI Semantic Layer
- +4 more
Dremio Community EditionFree
- Query engine

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

Snowflake

consumption

Consumption-based pricing by compute and storage usage; specific rates referenced in Snowflake Service Consumption Table

Standard-
Enterprise-
Business Critical-
Virtual Private SnowflakeContact sales

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Dremio	Snowflake
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

CLI

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Dremio✓

Snowflake✓

Self-hosted

Dremio✓

Snowflake✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)

Apache Iceberg

Dremio

Leader

13 total - 12 not shared

Apache Polaris
dbt
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
DynamoDB
Oracle
SQL Server
DB2
AWS EMR
AWS Glue
Apache Spark

Independently observed

Snowflake

7 total - 6 not shared

AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Streamlit
PyTorch
NVIDIA

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.