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Snowpipe Streaming

A Snowflake API for low-latency, row-level ingestion of streaming data directly into tables without staging files.

Definition

Snowpipe Streaming is used through client SDKs and the Snowflake Connector for Kafka. It offers lower latency and cost than file-based Snowpipe for high-volume streams. Snowflake introduced a high-performance architecture for it in 2025.

Exam tip

Rows from Kafka needing seconds of latency = Snowpipe Streaming; files landing in S3 = Snowpipe.

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