Oracle and Snowflake have announced plans to make Snowflake AI Data Cloud available as a native, first-party service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), allowing customers to access Snowflake’s data analytics and AI capabilities through Oracle’s cloud platform.
Announced on October 27, 2026, the offering will enable customers to purchase, provision and use Snowflake directly through Oracle. The companies said the arrangement would simplify procurement, pricing and billing while allowing enterprises to use their existing Oracle cloud commitments to access Snowflake services.
The integration expands OCI’s portfolio of data and AI services, giving organisations another option for working with enterprise data across cloud environments. It is intended to help businesses use data stored across Oracle’s databases and enterprise applications for analytics, machine learning and AI applications.
Under the arrangement, Oracle will manage the commercial relationship for Snowflake on OCI, including pricing, discounts and billing. Customers will also be able to use Oracle Universal Credits, which can be applied towards eligible cloud services, to pay for Snowflake usage.
Clay Magouyrk, CEO of Oracle, said the offering would give customers greater flexibility in choosing AI and data services while simplifying their deployment and payment processes.
Access to Oracle enterprise data
The availability of Snowflake as a native OCI service is intended to help organisations use Snowflake’s analytics and AI capabilities alongside enterprise data managed through Oracle’s products.
These include Oracle AI Database, Oracle Autonomous AI Database, Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications, Oracle NetSuite, MySQL HeatWave and Oracle NoSQL Database.
Enterprises often maintain business-critical information across databases, enterprise resource planning systems and other business applications. Making Snowflake available through OCI is intended to facilitate the use of this data for analytical and AI workloads.
According to the companies, supported integrations will enable data transfers between systems, reducing the need for organisations to develop and maintain custom data pipelines for supported use cases.
This could help businesses prepare enterprise data for reporting, data engineering, machine learning and AI-driven analysis. The companies said the arrangement would allow customers to access Snowflake’s capabilities while working with data held across their existing Oracle environments.
Sridhar Ramaswamy, CEO of Snowflake, said the offering would help joint customers use their Oracle data estates for AI applications while maintaining security and governance controls.
Simplified procurement and billing
A key element of the arrangement is the commercial model through which customers will access Snowflake on OCI.
Instead of managing the purchase and billing process separately, customers will be able to procure and provision the service directly through Oracle. Oracle will oversee pricing, applicable discounts and billing, giving customers a single commercial relationship for the offering.
The service will also support Oracle Universal Credits, allowing customers to apply their existing cloud commitments towards Snowflake consumption.
The arrangement is aimed at simplifying procurement for organisations already using OCI and seeking to expand their data analytics and AI capabilities. However, the announcement does not specify pricing details, consumption rates or the terms under which Universal Credits can be applied to the service.
Focus on analytics and enterprise AI
The companies have identified four areas where Snowflake on OCI is expected to support enterprise data initiatives: access to analytics and AI capabilities, faster data integration, data security and governance, and lower data transfer costs.
The service is designed to bring Snowflake’s analytics and AI capabilities closer to enterprise data held within Oracle’s cloud environment. Supported integrations are intended to facilitate data movement between systems and reduce the requirement for custom-built transfer pipelines.
For enterprises developing AI applications, access to relevant and governed data is an important part of preparing systems for deployment. By connecting Snowflake with supported Oracle data sources, the offering aims to make enterprise information more accessible for analytics, machine learning and AI workloads.
The companies also said the service would allow customers to maintain control over data access, usage and governance. This is intended to help organisations manage how enterprise information is accessed and used across their data environments.
Another stated benefit is the potential to reduce data egress costs. Moving data between separate cloud environments can result in additional charges, depending on the services and transfer arrangements involved. By enabling data movement within OCI, Snowflake on OCI is designed to reduce cross-cloud transfers and the associated costs.
The actual savings will depend on customers’ existing architectures, data transfer requirements and service usage. The announcement did not provide estimates of potential cost reductions or performance improvements.
Expanding OCI’s data and AI ecosystem
Oracle has been expanding its cloud portfolio across infrastructure, databases, AI services and enterprise applications. Its enterprise products manage business information across areas such as finance, operations and resource planning, while OCI provides the infrastructure for running workloads and applications.
The addition of Snowflake as a native service broadens the data analytics and AI options available to OCI customers. It also gives organisations another way to combine Oracle-based enterprise data with Snowflake’s analytics and AI capabilities without relying entirely on separately managed commercial arrangements.
For Snowflake, the offering extends the availability of its AI Data Cloud through Oracle’s cloud platform, giving joint customers a route to use the service alongside supported Oracle data sources.
The announcement centres on service availability, data integration and commercial simplification. It does not specify a general availability date, regional rollout schedule, detailed technical architecture or pricing for Snowflake on OCI.