Snowflake Apache Iceberg Tables

Name: Snowflake Apache Iceberg Tables
Brand: Snowflake

SnowflakeAnalytics

Open-format table support letting Snowflake query, write, and govern Apache Iceberg tables stored in customer-owned cloud storage — full Snowflake performance without vendor lock-in

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Sub-services (3)

Snowflake-managed Iceberg

Snowflake handles metadata and compaction in BYO-storage buckets

Externally-managed Iceberg

Read tables managed by AWS Glue, Databricks Unity Catalog, etc.

Snowflake Open Catalog

Managed Iceberg REST catalog (Polaris) with cross-engine governance

Compliance & Certifications

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

GDPRSOC 2ISO 27001HIPAAPCI DSSFedRAMP

Where this runs

27 regions

11 countries

2sovereign

Sovereign regions (2)

US East (Commercial Gov - N. Virginia) · AshburnSnowflake on AWS FedRAMP Moderate / DoD IL4 (US)
US Gov West 1 (VPS) · San Francisco Bay AreaSnowflake on AWS GovCloud (FedRAMP High)

Commercial regions (25)

Europe (8)

EU (Frankfurt)
EU (Ireland)
North Europe (Ireland)
West Europe (Netherlands)
Europe West 4 (Netherlands)
Europe (London)
UK South (London)
Europe West 2 (London)

North America (10)

Canada (Central)
Canada Central
US East (N. Virginia)
US East 4 (Virginia)
East US 2 (Virginia)
US East (Ohio)
US Central 1 (Iowa)
Central US (Iowa)
US West (Oregon)
West US 2 (Washington)

South America (1)

South America (São Paulo)

Asia (4)

Asia Pacific (Mumbai)
Asia Pacific (Tokyo)
Asia Pacific (Singapore)
Southeast Asia (Singapore)

Oceania (2)

Asia Pacific (Sydney)
Australia East (Sydney)

Equivalent services on other platforms

Amazon S3 TablesAWS

Apache Iceberg-native bucket type for analytical workloads with fully-managed table optimisation, automatic compaction and snapshot expiration, plus first-class integration with Athena, Redshift, EMR, and Glue — launched at re:Invent 2024

Pricing

Pricing model:per-credit-plus-storage