Retail & ecommerce · Snowflake
Flix Eradicates Data Silos with a Snowflake-Powered Data Mesh Architecture
Public case study · not a Metric Oak engagement
- Lower costs upon migration
- <30%
- Growth in number of annual users
- 40%+
What happened
The story in brief
A European travel-tech company running bus and rail networks had data siloed across teams. Moving to a data mesh architecture on Snowflake with shared data products broke down the silos and cut costs.
How it compares
- <30% lower costs upon migration, against a median reported cost reduction of 50% across 16 retail & ecommerce results.
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Frequently asked questions
What results did Flix report?
Flix reported <30% lower costs upon migration; 40%+ growth in number of annual users, according to its customer story published by Snowflake.
Which platform and technologies did Flix use?
Flix used Snowflake, including Apache Spark, Secure Data Sharing, Power BI.
How do these results compare with other retail & ecommerce programs?
<30% lower costs upon migration, against a median reported cost reduction of 50% across 16 retail & ecommerce results.
Source
Customer story published by Snowflake: Flix Eradicates Data Silos with a Snowflake-Powered Data Mesh Architecture (opens snowflake.com in a new tab) on snowflake.com. Figures as published, retrieved 27 October 2026. The summary above is Metric Oak's own. This is not a Metric Oak engagement.
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