Snowflake Horizon Catalog

SnowflakeSecurityFree tier available

Built-in governance and discovery layer for Snowflake and Apache Iceberg data — access policies, masking, tagging, classification, lineage, data-quality monitoring and an Iceberg REST catalogue for external engines.

Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
USBozeman, USA

Subject to CLOUD Act, FISA-702, DPF

Region locations
APACEEAEUUKUSOther53 regions across 6 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 5 sovereign-flagged regions available

Sub-services (3)

Trust Center

Evaluates account security against CIS benchmarks and best practice

Data Metric Functions

Data-quality monitoring with system and custom metrics

Masking and Row Access Policies

Dynamic data masking and row-level access controls

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

Where this runs

53 regions
23 countries
5sovereign
Sovereign regions (5)
  • US East (Commercial Gov - N. Virginia) · AshburnSnowflake on AWS FedRAMP Moderate / DoD IL4 (US)
  • US Gov West 1 (FedRAMP High Plus) · San Francisco Bay AreaSnowflake SnowGov (AWS GovCloud: FedRAMP High Plus / DoW)
  • US Gov East 1 (FedRAMP High Plus) · ColumbusSnowflake SnowGov (AWS GovCloud: FedRAMP High Plus)
  • US Gov Virginia (FedRAMP High Plus) · VirginiaSnowflake SnowGov (Azure Government: FedRAMP High Plus)
  • US West (Commercial Gov - Oregon) · BoardmanSnowflake Commercial Gov (US)
Commercial regions (48)

Europe (14)

  • EU (Paris)
  • EU (Frankfurt)
  • Europe West 3 (Frankfurt)
  • EU (Ireland)
  • North Europe (Ireland)
  • West Europe (Netherlands)
  • Europe West 4 (Netherlands)
  • Sweden Central (Gävle)
  • EU (Stockholm)
  • EU (Zurich)
  • Switzerland North (Zurich)
  • Europe (London)
  • UK South (London)
  • Europe West 2 (London)

North America (13)

  • Canada (Central)
  • Canada Central
  • Mexico Central (Querétaro)
  • US East (N. Virginia)
  • US East 4 (Virginia)
  • East US 2 (Virginia)
  • East US (Virginia)
  • US East (Ohio)
  • US Central 1 (Iowa)
  • Central US (Iowa)
  • US West (Oregon)
  • West US 2 (Washington)
  • South Central US (Texas)

South America (1)

  • South America (São Paulo)

Asia (12)

  • Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
  • Central India (Pune)
  • Asia Pacific (Jakarta)
  • Asia Pacific (Osaka)
  • Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
  • Japan East (Tokyo)
  • Asia Pacific (Malaysia)
  • Asia Pacific (Singapore)
  • Southeast Asia (Singapore)
  • Asia Pacific (Seoul)
  • Korea Central (Seoul)
  • Asia Pacific (Thailand)

Oceania (4)

  • Australia Southeast 2 (Melbourne)
  • Asia Pacific (Sydney)
  • Australia East (Sydney)
  • Asia Pacific (New Zealand)

Middle East (3)

  • Middle East Central 2 (Dammam)
  • Middle East (UAE)
  • UAE North (Dubai)

Africa (1)

  • Africa (Cape Town)

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Pricing

Pricing model:included-with-platform