> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sonarx.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> How Leveraging SonarX's Instant Data Shares is a Better Solution for Analytical Read Layer than using RPC nodes.

In the rapidly evolving world of blockchain and Web3 technologies, access to accurate and comprehensive data is critical for making informed decisions. Whether you are a crypto enthusiast, a developer, or a business looking to navigate the decentralized finance landscape, having reliable data at your fingertips is crucial. While blockchain networks provide transparency, extracting actionable insights from these networks can be a formidable challenge. Traditional approaches to ingesting data from blockchain networks, such as using RPC (Remote Procedure Call) nodes, have their limitations. These nodes can be slow, unreliable, and expensive to maintain, particularly when handling multiple chains.

SonarX's Instant Data Shares simplify the process of accessing blockchain data by removing the complexity of engineering pipelines. This makes all of SonarX's data readily available at the user’s fingertips, as if it were in their own database, without needing to copy the data over. Customers can finally focus on faster analytics and insights, rather than managing pipelines. Additionally, there is no need to backfill blocks from node providers, clean and curate data, and build and maintain a load-intensive, costly data infrastructure. For instance, the average cost of running your own node across multiple chains can reach up to \$40,000/month! \
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Building an enterprise data infrastructure to enable data analytics on blockchain presents a sizable technical challenge that will increase in cost over time as the volume of data grows.

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## ​Benefits of Instant Data Shares

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  <Card title="Secure & Flexible Integration" icon="shield-check">
    Whether you bring your own account or leverage the simplicity of a reader account, you can access SonarX's blockchain data on multiple cloud data platforms with the flexibility of integrating your own data.
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  <Card title="Stay in control of your usage & cost" icon="gauge-high">
    Instant Data Shares over the supported cloud platforms eliminate storage costs for these XXXL datasets, while you only pay for the price of querying the data.
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  <Card title="Privacy First" icon="lock">
    SonarX never sees the queries you run with datashares.
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  <Card title="Advanced Analytics Workloads" icon="chart-network">
    SonarX's Instant Data Shares are optimized to maximize query speed, thus minimizing compute cost, to run complex analytics workloads.
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## ​Accessing SonarX's Instant Data Shares

SonarX's Instant Data Shares integrate seamlessly with market-leading data lake destinations, connecting blockchain data with your existing infrastructure. We also support a wide range of data connectors and formats to drop files into your cloud environment.

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  <Card title="Snowflake" icon="snowflake" href="/datashares/snowflake-overview">
    Query blockchain data directly via Snowflake Shares (30-minute or less Freshness)
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  <Card title="Databricks" icon="database" href="/datashares/databricks">
    Access data through Databricks Delta Sharing (30-minute or less Freshness)
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  <Card title="Amazon Public Blockchain Dataset" icon="aws" href="https://registry.opendata.aws/aws-public-blockchain/">
    Access data in the Amazon Public Blockchain Dataset (updated weekly)
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  <Card title="S3, GCS & ABS" icon="cloud" href="/datashares/s3-gcs">
    Get data delivered to Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage (with 30-minute or less Freshness) or pull them from SonarX’s data lakehouse
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  <Card title="Connectors, Integrations, SDKs and Visualization tools" icon="connectdevelop" href="/datashares/integrations-overview">
    Visualize data with Tableau, Looker, Power BI, and more
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## ​Data Export Methods

| Integration             | Mechanism                                                                                    | Supported Destinations                                                                                                                                                              |
| :---------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Instant Data Shares** | Query blockchain data directly via your data lake                                            | ❄️  [Snowflake Shares](/datashares/snowflake-overview)  <br />🧱  [Databricks Delta Sharing](/datashares/databricks)       <br />🔍  [BigQuery Analytics Hub](/datashares/bigquery) |
| **Data Dumps**          | Get data delivered to your cloud storage. Multiple formats supported (CSV, Parquet, Iceberg) | ⛁  [Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, and Azure Blob Storage](/datashares/s3-gcs)                                                                                                    |

## ​Regional Availability

SonarX's Instant Data Shares are natively hosted in AWS's US-West-2 region and can be made available in every other region worldwide upon customer request.

| Platform                                                        | Regions & Coverage              |
| :-------------------------------------------------------------- | :------------------------------ |
| **Snowflake & Databricks**                                      | US-West-2 region                |
| • Worldwide delivery available with 30-minute or less freshness | includes Solana and Hyperliquid |
| **Amazon Public Blockchain Dataset**                            | Us-East-2 region                |
| **BigQuery**                                                    | Coming in 2026                  |

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  Need a different region, platform, or format?  [Contact us](https://www.sonarx.com/trial) to discuss your requirements.
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