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Snow Angels Come Early to Data : Snowflake's Strength Spells Success for Startups

Tom Tunguz

” Microsoft is now compensating their salespeople for selling Snowflake more aggressively than in the past, perhaps as a competitive joust to Databricks. And as a result, our salespeople are really not inclined to do much in GCP.” Improved terms from the cloud service providers have contributed to margin expansion.”

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Consumption-based pricing models: transition guidance for CFOs

OPEXEngine

For example, technology companies like AWS, GCP, and Snowflake offer no contracts for customers interested in using their self-service option or beta-testing the solution. Pay for performance compensation plan. Sales compensation. Ensure the sales compensation plan aligns with the company’s consumption pricing goals.

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