"The most valuable features of AWS Snowball for me are its security measures and its flexibility."
"The way the data is moved is very clever. Also, the interface is very simple and user-friendly."
"You are able to scale the solution vertically. It's very scalable."
"It's a nice way of shipping a lot of data without using a network."
"The solution provides an end-to-end integrated tech stack that takes care of all utility/infrastructure topics for you."
"The data lineage is great."
"Encapsulates all the components without the requirement to integrate or check compatibility."
"The security is also excellent. It's highly granular, so the admins have a high degree of control, and there are many levels of security. That worked well. You won't have an EDC unless you put everything onto the platform because it is its own isolated thing."
"The solution offers very good end-to-end capabilities."
"The ease of use is my favorite feature. We're able to build different models and projects or combine different projects to build one use case."
"Palantir Foundry is a robust platform that has really strong plugin connectors and provides features for real-time integration."
"Live video sessions enhance the available documentation and allow you to ask questions directly."
"It would be helpful if Snowball provided more kinds of connectivity. That will make it easier to add and move data."
"It's not an easy product to start using for a beginner, but If you're a professional, it's easy to understand."
"The stability of the solution isn't ideal and should be improved."
"I think AWS Snowball could improve by expanding its availability to more countries."
"Some error messages can be very cryptic."
"The frontend capabilities of Palantir Foundry could be improved."
"Compared to other hyperscalers, Palantir Foundry is complex and not so user-intuitive."
"The data lineage was challenging. It's hard to track data from the sources as it moves through stages. Informatica EDC can easily capture and report it because it talks to the metadata. This is generated across those various staging points."
"Difficult to receive data from external sources."
"There is not a wide user base for the solution's online documentation so it is sometimes difficult to find answers."
"It would be helpful to build applications based on Azure functions or web apps in Palantir Foundry."
"It requires a lot of manual work and is very time-consuming to get to a functional point."
AWS Snowball is ranked 2nd in Data Migration Appliances with 5 reviews while Palantir Foundry is ranked 3rd in Data Migration Appliances with 13 reviews. AWS Snowball is rated 9.0, while Palantir Foundry is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of AWS Snowball writes "Excellent for handling large-scale data transfers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Palantir Foundry writes "The data visualization is fantastic and the security is excellent". AWS Snowball is most compared with Microsoft Azure Data Box, Google Transfer Appliance, IBM Cloud Mass Data Migration and AWS Snowball Edge, whereas Palantir Foundry is most compared with Azure Data Factory, Palantir Gotham, SAP Data Services, AWS Glue and Alteryx Designer.
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