Databend Cloud vs Snowflake
You don't own your Snowflake warehouse, you just rent it. Take back control with an open-source alternative and cut your bill by 50%.
Stop letting Snowflake hide your data. With Databend, it lives in your S3 bucket, in 100% open Parquet format. Use our 100% open-source warehouse for ultra-fast analysis and cut your bill by 50-70%. It's your data, your warehouse, your savings.
Is Your Data Warehouse Holding You Hostage?
Let's be real. You're trying to build fast, but your data stack feels like it's actively working against you.
The Monthly Bill Surprise
That feeling when you open the Snowflake bill and the "Cloud Services" credit sink is 40% of the total... for what exactly? Compute should be compute. Not a magic black box of fees.
Real-Time is a Lie
Your boss wants sub-second analytics, but your P99 query time is measured with a calendar. Ingesting data shouldn't require a coffee break.
The Golden Handcuffs
Your data, trapped in a proprietary format. Want to use dbt, Spark, or any tool you like without a slow, expensive ETL step? Good luck.
We got fed up and built the alternative. Databend is what a data warehouse should be in 2025:
Cut Your Bill in Half (or More)
We charge for compute, per-second. That's it. Our architecture is so efficient, you just need less of it. See for yourself.
Actually Fast
Built in Rust on top of Apache Arrow. Vectorized query engine. We speak in milliseconds. Run a complex query on a billion rows—you won't have time to refill your water.
Migrate in 3 Weeks, Not 3 Quarters
With 90%+ SQL parity with Snowflake, you're not rewriting your entire world. Point your BI tools and dbt models at a new endpoint. Done.
AI-Ready Out of the Box
Native vector support, Python/JS functions, and seamless integration with AI models. Stop moving data for ML.
Your Data, Your Rules
Open source core. Open Parquet format. Run it on our cloud, in your AWS/GCP account (BYOC), or on your own bare metal. Zero lock-in.
How a Global Gaming Leader Cut Their Bill by 70% in 3 Weeks
A top gaming studio was stuck. Millions of players, terabytes of real-time data, and a Snowflake bill that was spiraling out of control. Their "real-time" analytics had minute-level lag, and their DevOps team was tired of the vague support and unpredictable costs.
They migrated thousands of workflows to Databend Cloud in three weeks. The result?
70% Cost Reduction
The bill shrunk overnight. No more opaque fees.
Actual Real-Time
Sub-second streaming and ELT became the new standard.
Happy Devs
A seamless migration with SQL they already knew.
CUSTOMER STORY
“We’re incredibly grateful to Databend for their quick and reliable service. Your product’s performance in streaming data has been outstanding, clearly leading the industry. After a smooth three-week integration, our platform is excited to have Databend in our production system.”
— Head of Technology, Global Gaming Platform
No Hype. Just Better Engineering
We didn't just slap a new UI on old tech. We went back to first principles. Building on Rust wasn't the easy choice, but it was the right one.
No Garbage Collector, No Pauses
Java's GC pauses can stall queries at the worst moments. Rust's memory model means predictable, low-latency performance, always.
Fearless Concurrency
We can squeeze every ounce of performance from modern multi-core CPUs without worrying about race conditions. That means your queries run massively in parallel, safely.
SIMD & Vectorized Execution by Default
Instead of slow, row-by-row processing, we process data in large, CPU-optimized batches (via Apache Arrow). It's an architectural cheat code for speed.
Your Data Isn't Just Another Row in a Table
We get it. Security isn't a feature, it's the foundation. We built Databend to be secure by default, so you can sleep at night.
SOC 2 Type 2 & GDPR Compliant
Certified and audited. We've done the paperwork so you don't have to.
End-to-End Encryption
Data is encrypted at rest and in transit. No exceptions.
Granular Access Control
RBAC that makes sense. Give the right people the right access.
If Your Data is Fast, Your Warehouse Should Be Faster.
Databend is built for the high-throughput, low-latency demands of modern data applications.
Real-time player leaderboards and fraud detection that doesn't lag.
GamingAnalyze billions of on-chain events without breaking the bank.
Crypto/Web3Instant inventory analytics and personalization.
E-commerceReal-time fraud detection and risk assessment.
Financial ServicesIngest massive streams of data and query it immediately.
How We're Different, By Design
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