| Attribute |  SnowflakeOther license |  DatabricksOther license |  dbtOpen source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Primary focus | Cloud data warehousing and controlled sharing | Lakehouse platform for data and AI workloads | SQL-based data transformation for the modern data warehouse |
| Deployment | Not specified | Not specified | Self-hosted |
| Source model | Other license | Other license | Open source |
| Pricing model | paid | paid | freemium |
| API available | Yes | Yes | Not specified |
| Windows desktop | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified |
| Mobile app | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified |
| Overview | Snowflake provides cloud data storage and virtual warehouses for queries, with governed sharing of selected data objects. | Databricks combines data engineering, SQL analytics and machine learning on a lakehouse platform. | dbt lets analytics engineers transform warehouse data using SQL with version control, testing and documentation; dbt Core is free and open source, dbt Cloud adds managed orchestration. |
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