Snowflake vs Redshift vs BigQuery: Which One Should You Use?

If you’ve ever Googled “which cloud data warehouse should I use” and ended up more confused than when you started — this post is for you. Snowflake, Redshift, and BigQuery are the three biggest names in cloud data warehousing right now. They all do similar things. They all use SQL. They all run in the cloud. So how do you choose? The answer depends on your situation. Let’s break it down. What They All Have in Common Before the differences, here’s what all three share: They store massive amounts of data — we’re talking billions of rows — and let you query it with standard SQL. They all run entirely in the cloud, so there are no servers to buy or maintain. And they’re all used by major companies at scale. The differences come down to three things: cost model, ecosystem, and who they’re built for. ❄️ Snowflake The cloud-agnostic powerhouse. Snowflake is unique because it runs on AWS, Azure, AND Google Cloud. No other major data warehouse does this. That means if your company uses multiple