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Comparison

SingleStore vs Snowflake

On the evidence we track, SingleStore 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.

SingleStore full profile →Snowflake full profile →
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★SingleStore72
Snowflake66
Score
Vioscale score
SingleStore72 / 100medium · 72%
Snowflake66 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✗
Model
SingleStorefreemium
Snowflakecommercial
Price level
SingleStorelow
Snowflakeunknown
Transparent
SingleStore✗
Snowflake✓
Integrations
Count
SingleStore7
Snowflake750
Security
Disclosure policy
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Fedramp
SingleStore–
Snowflake✓
Gdpr
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Hipaa
SingleStore✓
Snowflake–
Iso27001
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Pci
SingleStore–
Snowflake✓
Soc2
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Reliability
Sla pct
SingleStore99.99
Snowflake–
Status page
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Deployment
Deployment
SingleStoreHybrid
SnowflakeManaged cloud
Architecture
Architecture
SingleStoreCoupled MPP
Snowflake-
Compute model
SingleStore-
SnowflakeVirtual warehouses
Query
SQL dialect
SingleStoreVendor-specific
Snowflake-
Federation / lakehouse query-in-place
SingleStore-
Snowflake-
Interoperability
Table-format support
SingleStore-
SnowflakeApache Iceberg
Scale
Concurrency scaling
SingleStore-
SnowflakeAutomatic
Ingestion
Streaming ingest
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Data model
Semi-structured (JSON/VARIANT)
SingleStoreFirst-class
SnowflakeFirst-class
Analytics
ML / in-DB functions
SingleStore-
Snowflake✓
Sharing
Data sharing / marketplace
SingleStore-
Snowflake✓
Licensing
Licence class
SingleStoreProprietary
SnowflakeProprietary

What each one is

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

SingleStore

Leader

A hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database that combines real-time transactions, analytics, and AI capabilities in a single engine for enterprise applications.

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.

SingleStore

Leader
from $0.02/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Usage-based with commitment options. Compute from $0.99/hr (Standard) or $1.49/hr (Enterprise); storage $0.023/GB. Includes $600 free credits for Standard.

  • Free WorkspaceFree
    • Shared Workspace
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring
    • Self-support
  • StandardStarts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Database Branching
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
    • +1 more
  • Standard BYOCContact sales
    • Fully managed within customer VPC
    • Read-replicas
    • All SQL and Programmability features
    • Monitoring (30-day)
    • Standard Support
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Online PITR
    • Smart DR
    • Audit Logging
    • CMEK
    • 99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)
as of verify ↗

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 verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
CLI
SingleStore✗
Snowflake✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✓
Self-hosted
SingleStore✓
Snowflake✗

Integrations

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

SingleStore

Leader
7 total
  • Kafka
  • Amazon S3
  • HDFS
  • MongoDB
  • Okta
  • Azure AD
  • Ping
Independently observed

Snowflake

7 total
  • AWS
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Streamlit
  • Apache Iceberg
  • PyTorch
  • NVIDIA
Independently observed

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