Public data sets are public data organized around a theme or topic that are generally accessible to the public (usually in an online format). Although public data is theoretically suitable for public consumption, only around 10% of data classified as public is easily accessible.

What is Open Data?

Open data is public data sets that are easily accessible to the general public, usually through an online portal or platform.

Public Data Sets and the Snowflake Marketplace

Snowflake Marketplace allows users to access ready-to-query, live data to unlock insights. The Snowflake Marketplace gives business intelligence and analytics professionals, data scientists, and others, easy, immediate access to live and ready-to-query data sets from hundreds of third-party data providers and data service providers.