Comparison
Looker vs Snowflake
Scored side by side on data-analytics, using the same criteria we apply across the category.
Looker
Governed BI built on a version-controlled semantic layer.
4.2(3,400)Custom, typically $60k+ per year
Snowflake
Cloud data warehouse with separated storage and compute and per-second billing.
4.5(6,100)$2 per credit, consumption-based
Scored side by side
Governance
Looker
4.9
Snowflake
4.6
Value for money
Looker
3.2
Snowflake
3.7
Looker verdict
The strongest governance story in BI. Only justifiable if you will genuinely maintain the semantic layer.
- Semantic layer ends metric disputes
- Excellent embedded analytics
- Version control brings engineering rigour to BI
Snowflake verdict
The lowest-operations warehouse available. Budget for a FinOps owner from the start.
- Almost no operational overhead
- Zero-copy cloning transforms development workflows
- Best-in-class cross-organisation data sharing