# SingleStore vs Snowflake

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** SingleStore

| Attribute | SingleStore | Snowflake |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 78.8 (68% (medium)) | 68.1 (63% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A high-performance distributed database that enables real-time data ingestion from and querying of Apache Iceberg data lakes without complex ETL tooling, supporting bi-directional data flow between the database and data lakes. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What is SingleStore?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SingleStore offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.02. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"Is SingleStore free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"SingleStore supports a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What platforms does SingleStore support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. SingleStore can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/pricing/","question":"Can SingleStore be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 16 integrations for SingleStore, including Kafka, Amazon S3, HDFS, MongoDB, Okta, Azure AD, Ping and Apache Iceberg, plus 8 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com","question":"What does SingleStore integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for SingleStore. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as SingleStore not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does SingleStore have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"SingleStore is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://www.singlestore.com/pricing/","question":"Where is SingleStore available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"A fully managed cloud service that unifies data management and analytics across cloud providers, with native support for AI/ML workloads, zero-copy data sharing, and automatic scaling. It is indexed under Data Warehouse Software.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What is Snowflake?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snowflake is sold across 3 plans: Standard, Enterprise and Business Critical. We have not confirmed a published price for every tier. There is no free tier. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"How much does Snowflake cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Snowflake supports the web, Windows, macOS and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What platforms does Snowflake support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Snowflake, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"Can Snowflake be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 9 integrations for Snowflake, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Streamlit, Apache Iceberg, PyTorch, NVIDIA and Jira, plus 1 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","question":"What does Snowflake integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Snowflake. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Snowflake not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.snowflake.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Snowflake have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | SingleStore is a unified database platform that processes both transactions and analytics with low-latency query performance and high-volume data ingestion capabilities, including native Apache Iceberg integration for lakehouse connectivity. | Snowflake is a fully managed cloud service that unifies data storage, analytics, machine learning and AI capabilities in a single platform. It enables organizations to process structured and unstructured data, build AI applications and share live data across organizations and cloud environments. |
| features.capabilities | `{"deployment":"hybrid","sql_dialect":"vendor","architecture":"coupled_mpp","data_sharing":true,"license_class":"proprietary","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","in_db_ml":true,"data_model":"relational","deployment":"managed","sql_support":true,"data_sharing":true,"compute_model":"virtual_warehouse","license_class":"proprietary","managed_cloud":true,"table_formats":"Apache Iceberg","semi_structured":"first_class","federation_query":true,"streaming_ingest":true,"acid_transactions":true,"horizontal_scaling":true,"concurrency_scaling":"automatic"}` |
| integrations.count | 8 | 750 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"HDFS"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Okta"},{"name":"Azure AD"},{"name":"Ping"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg","native":true,"category":"data_integration","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"AWS Glue","native":true,"category":"data_catalog"},{"name":"AWS S3","native":true,"category":"storage"},{"name":"MySQL","native":true,"category":"database"},{"name":"Langchain","native":true,"category":"ai_ml"},{"name":"VS Code","native":true,"category":"ide"},{"name":"Metabase","category":"bi_analytics"},{"name":"Snowflake","category":"data_platform"},{"name":"Cloudera","category":"data_platform"},{"name":"node-mysql2","category":"driver"},{"name":"go-sql-driver/mysql","category":"driver"},{"name":"S3","native":true,"category":"storage","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Power BI","native":true,"category":"analytics","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Streamlit"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"PyTorch"},{"name":"NVIDIA"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"development","direction":"bidirectional"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free Workspace","summary":"Free","features":["Shared Workspace","All SQL and Programmability features","Monitoring","Self-support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Shared workspace for evaluation, development and non-production testing","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"Starts at $0.99/hr + $0.023/GB storage","features":["Read-replicas","All SQL and Programmability features","Database Branching","Monitoring (30-day)","99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)","Standard Support"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.99,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.023,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For general-purpose production workloads","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Standard BYOC","summary":"Contact us for pricing","features":["Fully managed within customer VPC","Read-replicas","All SQL and Programmability features","Monitoring (30-day)","Standard Support"],"description":"Bring Your Own Cloud - fully managed within customer VPC","contactSales":true},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Starts at $1.49/hr","features":["Online PITR","Smart DR","Audit Logging","CMEK","99.9% SLA (1 AZ) or 99.99% SLA (2 AZ)"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"hour"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.49,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Enhanced DR & security for customer-facing workloads","contactSales":true}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.singlestore.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-03T12:41:44.172Z","startingPrice":{"amount":0.023,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","description":"Entry-level offering providing access to core platform functionality","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","description":"For high-growth and large-scale customers with multi-cluster compute, governance and extended data retention","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Business Critical","description":"For highly regulated industries requiring advanced security and compliance capabilities","contactSales":true}],"currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing-options/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T12:39:26.501Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"PCI DSS v4.0.1","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |

## Capabilities (Data Warehouse Software)

| Capability | SingleStore | Snowflake |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Hybrid | Managed cloud |
| **Architecture** |  |  |
| Architecture | Coupled MPP | - |
| Compute model | - | Virtual warehouses |
| **Query** |  |  |
| SQL dialect | Vendor-specific | - |
| Federation / lakehouse query-in-place | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Interoperability** |  |  |
| Table-format support | - | 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 | Proprietary | Proprietary |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T04:30:33.999Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*