About Snowflake Inc.
Snowflake Inc. is a cloud data platform provider that offers data warehousing, data lake, data engineering, and analytics capabilities as a fully managed software-as-a-service (SaaS). Organizations use Snowflake to store and analyze large volumes of structured and semi-structured data, share data securely, and power business intelligence and machine learning workloads. The platform runs on top of public clouds such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform, and is billed primarily on a usage-based model.
A charge from “SNOWFLAKE COMPUTING” or “Snowflake Inc.” on your card statement is typically related to usage of the Snowflake platform—such as compute credits consumed by virtual warehouses, data storage, data transfer, or marketplace products. These charges may be tied to a direct Snowflake contract, a pay‑as‑you‑go account, or consolidated billing through a master Snowflake account for your company. In some cases, you may see periodic charges (e.g., monthly or annually) if your organization has a subscription or committed spend agreement.
If you’re unsure about a Snowflake charge, first log in to your Snowflake account and review the Billing or Usage dashboards, which break down credit consumption and associated costs by warehouse, database, and user. Corporate users should contact their internal IT, data, or finance team that manages the Snowflake subscription, as they may be using a centrally billed account. For unresolved issues, you can open a support case via the Snowflake Support portal or contact your Snowflake account representative; have your account name, organization name, recent invoice numbers, and the last four digits of the card used ready to help them locate the transaction quickly.