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Data clean rooms · November 2026 Edition
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms vs Databricks Clean Rooms
Eleven of fourteen models named Snowflake Data Clean Rooms first on the direct prompt; one named Databricks Clean Rooms. Snowflake Data Clean Rooms was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Databricks Clean Rooms by thirteen and Snowflake Data Clean Rooms carries 58 labels and Databricks Clean Rooms 26, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Snowflake Inc., San Mateo, United States, founded 2012. Named in three categories this edition.
By Databricks, San Francisco, United States, founded 2013. Named in one category this edition.
First-choice share27%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#1#6A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels5826A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.AWS Clean Rooms was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Snowflake Data Clean Rooms vs Amazon Marketing Cloud · Snowflake Data Clean Rooms vs Google Ads Data Hub · Snowflake Data Clean Rooms vs AWS Clean Rooms
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the data clean rooms page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Snowflake Data Clean RoomsFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDatabricks Clean Rooms
Direct1111 against Databricks Clean Rooms
Paraphrase511 against Snowflake Data Clean Rooms · 1 against Databricks Clean Rooms
Comparative10
Budget-constrained102 against Snowflake Data Clean Rooms · 1 against Databricks Clean Rooms
Scale-constrained10
Negative211 against Snowflake Data Clean Rooms
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms and Databricks Clean Rooms were named in the same answer seventy-two times, of the 173 answers naming Snowflake Data Clean Rooms and the 74 naming Databricks Clean Rooms. In those answers Databricks Clean Rooms took the first choice one time and Snowflake Data Clean Rooms twenty-five.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Snowflake Data Clean Rooms and Databricks Clean Rooms stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.20 | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | ||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | ||||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | | | ||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | | |
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms Databricks Clean Rooms first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms on the left and Databricks Clean Rooms on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Snowflake Data Clean Rooms and Databricks Clean Rooms stood in it.
Both were the first choice
1 of 14 modelsThe answer named them together, and the judge labeled each a first choice.Gemini 3.5 FlashDatabricks Clean Rooms, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: Google BigQuery Data Clean Rooms, Habu, InfoSum
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms first, Databricks Clean Rooms an alternative
10 of 14 modelsDatabricks Clean Rooms was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Claude Haiku 4.5AWS Clean Rooms, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: Amazon Marketing Cloud, Google Ads Data Hub
GPT-5.4 miniSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms
Perplexity SonarSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, Databricks Clean Rooms, LiveRamp Clean Room
Grok 4.20Snowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon Marketing Cloud, Google Cloud BigQuery or Ads Data Hub, LiveRamp Clean Room
Mistral SmallSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, LiveRamp Clean Room
DeepSeek V4 FlashSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon Marketing Cloud, Crossbeam, Google Ads Data Hub, LiveRamp Clean Room
Kimi K2AWS Clean Rooms, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: Amazon Marketing Cloud, Crossbeam, Google Ads Data Hub, InfoSum
MiniMax M2.5LiveRamp Safe Haven, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, InfoSum
GPT-6 LunaSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, Databricks Clean Rooms
Muse Glimmer 30BSnowflake Data Clean Rooms alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, InfoSum, LiveRamp Safe Haven
Neither was the first choice, one was named
2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Llama 4 MaverickGoogle Ads Data Hub alternatives: AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon Marketing Cloud, Meta Advanced Analytics, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms
GLM 4.7 FlashXCrossbeam alternatives: Google Ads Data Hub, Snowflake Data Clean Rooms
Neither was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Qwen 3.7 FlashGravic Clean Room, InfoSum, Snowflake Data Exchange / Partner Extensions alternatives: Salesforce Identity Resolution
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms leads by six points.
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms6%#5 of 13Databricks Clean Rooms0%#13 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms leads by twenty-four points.
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms27%#1 of 11Databricks Clean Rooms3%#6 of 11Enterprise
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms leads by forty-six points.
Snowflake Data Clean Rooms52%#1 of 11Databricks Clean Rooms6%#5 of 11What the models said about Snowflake Data Clean Rooms
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Avoid Snowflake, LiveRamp, InfoSum, or Decentriq unless their additional identity, collaboration, or compliance capabilities justify contract and integration costs” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid - LiveRamp / Snowflake Data Clean Rooms: ... enterprise-grade in pricing and complexity” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“it isn't cost-free: usage and compute are billed, and data providers need Enterprise Edition” GPT-6 Luna · budget prompt · soft negative
“For 90% of mid-market B2B companies, the pragmatic choice is to start with your primary Cloud Data Warehouse's native DCR (typically Snowflake DCR or Databricks Clean Rooms)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“AWS Clean Rooms or Snowflake Data Clean Rooms offer the best balance of capability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness for mid-market B2B companies” Kimi K2 · direct prompt · first choice
“start with Google BigQuery Data Clean Rooms or Snowflake's free trial. Both offer low barriers to entry, scalable pricing, and robust features.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Databricks Clean Rooms
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“Databricks requires data to live in Databricks storage or an accessible cloud bucket, which can add setup complexity” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · soft negative
“Strong for advanced analytics if you're in that ecosystem, but steeper learning curve for mid-market teams.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · soft negative
“more accessible than heavy engineering-heavy options like raw Databricks or AWS Clean Rooms” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Databricks Clean Rooms is generally the most flexible for mid-size companies needing cross-cloud, privacy-policy governed collaboration with full audit logs.” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Prefer neutral, interoperable platforms (like Snowflake, Databricks, AWS Clean Rooms, InfoSum, or independent providers)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · first choice
“start with your primary Cloud Data Warehouse's native DCR (typically Snowflake DCR or Databricks Clean Rooms)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.