Why Migrate from Snowflake to Databricks?
9 Times Costlier
Heavy transformation pipelines in Snowflake drive costs up rapidly.
Databricks optimises ETL with Photon and Delta, cutting spend by 20–40%.
How it Works
A step-by-step migration framework to minimise risk and maximise speed.
Discovery
Auto-scan Snowflake metadata to identify tables, pipelines and dependencies. This creates a complete migration inventory ACCOUNT_USAGE.
Exporting
Use automated COPY INTO scripts to unload data from Snowflake into open Parquet files stored in S3 or ADLS.
Ingestion
Exported data is moved into Delta Lake for scalable and reliable storage. Delta lake becomes the new foundation for BI, ML and AI.
Refactoring
Snowflake SQL (UDFs, stored procs) are converted into Databricks SQL and optimised with Photon and Delta Live Tables.
Governance
Snowflake roles, grants and masking policies are mapped into Unity Catalog to maintain governance and compliance with RBAC, lineage and UC parity.
Validation
Validate by repointing BI dashboards and running parallel testing to ensure accuracy and business continuity with good performance.
Cutover
Run Snowflake and Databricks in parallel. They are switched over in a phased-hybrid model.
This approach achieves full Lakehouse adoption with minimal disruption.
Key Features of the Accelerator
Workload Assessment
A toolkit that automatically analyses Snowflake usage with ACCOUNT_USAGE–based discovery.
Data Export Templates
Pre-built COPY INTO scripts
for fast export into open Parquet format on S3/ADLS.
Refactoring
Refactor Snowflake pipelines into Delta Live Tables for optimised performance and lower ETL costs.
SQL Migration Pack
Translate Snowflake SQL, UDFs and stored procedures into Databricks SQL with ready to use templates.
Governance Migration
Migrate Snowflake masking policies into Unity Catalog to preserve governance parity.
Seamless Orchestration
Re-map Snowflake Tasks and Streams into Databricks Workflows.
Delta Sharing
Replace Snowflake Secure Shares with Delta Sharing for open and scalable data collaboration.
Watch Accelerator in Action
