Decagon
Small (~210)
Snowflake
Large (~7,000)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Snowflake
Best for: Professionals interested in Snowflake
Ratings
DecagonSnowflake
3.9
3.7
Overall
3.7
3.4
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.8
Culture & Values
3.2
3.7
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.5
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.5
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 74% Recommend
👤 78% CEO Approval (CEO)
Culture Values
Decagon only
🎯 Direct Product Impact
Snowflake only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Pros & Cons
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Snowflake
- Massive-scale distributed systems work with top-tier compensation and RSUs
- High technical bar, accessible senior leaders, and real learning opportunities
- Culture shifting under new leadership — holiday cuts and increased performance pressure
- Quarterly planning overhead and oncall load vary significantly by team
Bottom Line
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Snowflake
Snowflake — check Glassdoor for detailed reviews.
Open Roles
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Snowflake — 419 jobs
💻 Engineering
181
💼 Sales / GTM
93
📣 Marketing
29
📋 Product
22
📊 Data
14
⚖️ Legal
6
⚙️ Operations
6
🧠 ML / AI
5
💰 Finance
3
🎨 Design
2
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Snowflake scores 3.7/5.0 overall with a 3.4 WLB. That’s a 0.2-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Strong Comp & Equity. Decagon also emphasizes Direct Product Impact. Snowflake also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Snowflake has 419 open roles.