Snowflake
Operation Modes
Runs fully inside your Snowflake account as a native application. All parsing, lineage analysis, and metadata storage happen within your Snowflake environment using Snowflake-managed compute. Supports live schema change tracking and logic change alerting
✅ Recommended — provides the richest feature set, automatic updates, and integrated billing.
Runs as a service in our cloud. Only static SQL files are analyzed; no connection to Snowflake is required. Ideal for isolated environments or CI/CD validation pipelines.
For restricted environments or local development.
💡 We recommend using the Snowflake Marketplace deployment, as it provides the most complete functionality — including live lineage synchronization, compute-pool execution, governance integration, and seamless billing via your Snowflake account balance.
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