Databricks is growing at three times the rate of Snowflake
Ron Gabrisko · 20Sales: $0-$3.7BN: The Databricks CRO's Playbook to Build the Fastest GTM Engine in SaaS History | How Databricks Beat Snowflake | How To Build a Sales Org of 5,000 and Close $190M Deals with Ron Gabrisko · Aug 4, 2025 · at 59:44
Ron Gabrisco, CRO of Databricks, compares Databricks' revenue growth rate against competitor Snowflake.
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“And if you look at it too, right, we're three times their growth rate.”
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