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phData

phData ranks #11 of the 48 ranked firms in the DCF Research directory of data consulting firms, with a DCF Evidence Score of 80/100. Public evidence on file: Snowflake Elite, Databricks partner, 9 capability pages, 3 public case studies.

IndependentNo acquisition or rebrand appears on phData's own site or news page; ownership was not independently verified because web search was unavailable for a final news check.

DCF Evidence Score80/100Rank #11 of 48See the breakdown
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Source: phdata.io
Founded
2014
Source: phdata.io
Website
phdata.io

DCF Evidence Score

Computed only from public evidence with a source link. It measures how much a buyer can verify, not delivery quality.

80/100

Rank #11 of 48 ranked firms

Sum of five components, rounded to a whole number.

  • Platform credentials26/30

    Snowflake Elite (12); Databricks consulting partner (8); AWS partnership (4); Microsoft partnership (2)

  • Capability pages24/25

    9 of 9 tracked capabilities are documented on 7 pages; 8 credited, because one page earns credit for at most 2 (3 each)

  • Public case studies18/25

    3 public data/AI case studies counted (max 3), 0 naming the client

  • Industry pages10/10

    4 industry practice pages counted (max 4)

  • Rate and review transparency2/10

    Hourly rate band on Clutch (2)

  • Total80/100

How the DCF Evidence Score works

Platform credentials

Listings in Snowflake's and Databricks' public partner directories, and documented cloud partnerships, each with its source.

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud

  • AWSFirm's website

    AWS Premier Tier Services Partner for data and AI

    Source: phdata.io

  • MicrosoftFirm's website

    Partners page lists Azure and Power BI among its technology partners; no Microsoft partner tier is stated

    Source: phdata.io

Capabilities

9 of 9 tracked capabilities have a dedicated page on phData's website.

Data practice page: phdata.io/data-engineering

Public case studies

Published by the firm or its platform partner. Outcomes are as the firm reports them; DCF Research has not verified them.

  1. Established Financial Company Improves Latency by 90% from Migrating its ETL Processing to Snowflake
    Industry
    Financial Services
    • Snowflake
    • IBM DataStage

    Firm-reported outcome: Reports 90% lower latency after moving ETL from on-premises IBM DataStage to Snowflake in 12 weeks.

  2. High-Profile Digital Advertising Firm Leverages Snowpark to Slash Data Runtimes & Compute Costs
    Industry
    Advertising / Marketing
    • Snowflake
    • Snowpark
    • Databricks

    Firm-reported outcome: Reports 4x faster processing and an estimated 40% compute savings by consolidating Databricks pipelines into Snowpark.

  3. US Telecom Giant Sharpens ML Capabilities Using Feature Store + Snowflake
    Industry
    Telecommunications
    • Snowflake
    • Feast

    Firm-reported outcome: Reports an eight-week feature store project giving data scientists consolidated datasets without sensitive data.

Industries

Industry pages on phData's website

Compare in the directory

Matched from the firm's industry pages, case studies, and Databricks solution areas.

Rates

Clutch profile

Hourly rate band
$100–$149/hr
Minimum project size
$5,000+

As listed on phData's Clutch profile (checked October 23, 2026). Source: clutch.co

DCF Research assessment

Editorial judgment by DCF Research, based only on the sourced evidence on this page. It does not change the score.

Minneapolis-based data and AI specialist founded in 2014. Snowflake's partner directory lists phData as an Elite partner and Databricks lists it as a consulting and SI partner; it also states AWS Premier Tier Services status. Dedicated pages cover strategy, engineering, migration, ML, generative AI, analytics and governance; its case studies are anonymized Snowflake projects.

Best for

  • Snowflake-centered migrations, such as moving ETL off on-premises tools
  • ML feature stores and Snowpark pipelines on Snowflake
  • Consolidating Databricks pipelines into Snowpark

Watch-outs

  • All three case studies are anonymized, undated Snowflake projects; ask for named references on other platforms.
  • No headcount is published (remote-first, offices in Uruguay and India); ask who would staff your project.

Delivery regions (as stated by the firm) North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific

Similar firms

Same segment or the most overlapping capability pages, highest score first.

  • Tiger Analytics
    Data & AI specialist
    87/100

    Rank #5 · Snowflake Elite · Databricks partner · 9 capability pages · 3 public case studies

  • Lovelytics
    Data & AI specialist
    76/100

    Rank #16 · Databricks partner · 9 capability pages · 3 public case studies

  • Fractal
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    Rank #26 · Databricks partner · 9 capability pages · 3 public case studies

  • Data Reply
    Data & AI specialist
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Sources

Evidence checked October 23, 2026.

Partner directories and rate sources

  1. snowflake.com/en/why-snowflake/partners/all-partners/phdata
  2. databricks.com/partners/partner-directory
  3. phdata.io/blog/databricks-names-phdata-2020-rising-star-award-winner
  4. clutch.co/profile/phdata

Company, service, and case-study pages

  1. phdata.io
  2. phdata.io/about-us
  3. phdata.io/advisory/ai-data-governance
  4. phdata.io/analytics-agentic-activation
  5. phdata.io/case-studies/established-financial-company-improves-latency-by-90-by-migrating-its-etl-processing-to-snowflake
  6. phdata.io/case-studies/high-profile-digital-advertising-firm-leverages-snowpark-to-slash-data-runtimes-compute-costs
  7. phdata.io/case-studies/us-telecom-giant-sharpens-ml-capabilities-using-feature-store-snowflake
  8. phdata.io/data-engineering
  9. phdata.io/data-migrations
  10. phdata.io/data-strategy
  11. phdata.io/generative-ai-services
  12. phdata.io/industries/financial-services
  13. phdata.io/industries/hcls
  14. phdata.io/industries/manufacturing
  15. phdata.io/industries/retail-and-cpg
  16. phdata.io/machine-learning
  17. phdata.io/news-events
  18. phdata.io/partners
  19. phdata.io/partners/aws
  20. phdata.io/sitemap_index.xml

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