redshift vs databricks vs snowflake on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, snowflake leads redshift vs databricks vs snowflake with 10,716 mentions to redshift’s 5,615, peaking in May 2024.

Mention-over-time for redshift vs databricks vs snowflake, overlaid across 2007–2026 of Hacker News. Each line is a live date-histogram over ~45M posts and comments, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

redshift5,615 mentions, peak Mar 2017databricks2,997 mentions, peak Oct 2021snowflake10,716 mentions, peak May 2024

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How the lead changed hands

The cloud data-platform relay: Redshift defines the cloud warehouse ~2017, Databricks rides the lakehouse pitch into 2021, then Snowflake becomes the era's default name by 2024.

The stories behind each line

Top “redshift” stories

Launch HN: BaseDash (YC S20) – Edit your database with the ease of a spreadsheet 191 points · 2020
Launch HN: Datafold (YC S20) – Diff Tool for SQL Databases 189 points · 2020
AWS Redshift: How Amazon Changed The Game 187 points · 2013
Segment Sources – Load Salesforce, Zendesk, Stripe into Redshift and Postgres 178 points · 2016

Top “databricks” stories

Databricks acquires Neon 389 points · 2025
Scala at scale at Databricks 251 points · 2021
Ask HN: What are good resources to learn system design? 246 points · 2020
Databricks response to Snowflake's accusation of lacking integrity 217 points · 2021

Top “snowflake” stories

Snowflake macro photography (2013) 517 points · 2017
Bear plus snowflake equals polar bear 384 points · 2021
Why is Snowflake so expensive 364 points · 2022
Hacker in Snowflake extortions may be a U.S. soldier 350 points · 2024

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