VeloDB vs Snowflake

Supports three deployment options:

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  Cloud-native SaaS service on AWS, Azure, and GCP
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  Cloud-native BYOC service on AWS, Azure, and GCP
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  On-premise deployment with enterprise-grade reliability

• Supports only Cloud SaaS

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  High-throughput real-time data updates reach millions of records per second
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  Consume data from sources like Flink, Kafka, and APIs in real-time, with data visibility in seconds

• Not ideal for frequent data updates
• Batch data ingestion

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  Supports Arrow Flight for high-speed data reading

• Only supports low-speed data reading via JDBC, ODBC

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  Skip Index: Minmax Index, BloomFilter Index
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  Point Query Index: Prefix Index, Inverted Index

• Only supports skip index (Minmax Index, BloomFilter Index)

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  Supports synchronous materialize view, real-time data refreshing
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  Supports asynchronous materialized view for multi-table

• No support real-time data refreshing
• No support for asynchronous materialized view

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  Real-Time Analytics
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  Data Warehouse and Lakehouse
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  Logging and Observability

• Supports data warehouse and lakehouse, yet not ideal for real-time analytics