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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year ends on January 31. For example, references to fiscal 2026 refer to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all disclosures normally required in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2025.

In management’s opinion, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of October 31, 2025 and the results of operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, and cash flows for the nine months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024. The condensed balance sheet as of January 31, 2025 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other future interim or annual period.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Snowflake Inc., its wholly-owned subsidiaries, and a majority-owned subsidiary in which the Company has a controlling financial interest. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company records noncontrolling interest in its condensed consolidated financial statements to recognize the minority ownership interest in its majority-owned subsidiary. Profits and losses of the majority-owned subsidiary are attributed to controlling and noncontrolling interests using the hypothetical liquidation at book value method.

Segment Information

The Company has a single operating and reportable segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer, who reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis, including, but not limited to, the Company’s consolidated net loss, for purposes of making operating decisions, assessing financial performance, and allocating resources.
The following table presents selected financial information with respect to the Company’s single operating segment (in thousands):

Three Months Ended October 31,Nine Months Ended October 31,
2025202420252024
Revenue
$1,212,909 $942,094 $3,399,952 $2,639,626 
Cost of revenue and operating expenses:
Cost of product revenue(1)(2)
320,810 263,622 908,402 718,861 
Cost of professional services and other revenue(2)
70,063 57,272 203,072 162,628 
Sales and marketing(2)
550,364 437,962 1,510,875 1,239,409 
Research and development(2)
494,027 442,435 1,458,434 1,290,889 
General and administrative(2)
107,118 106,260 436,175 297,171 
Interest income(45,481)(48,655)(148,111)(152,699)
Interest expense2,075 689 6,220 689 
Other expense, net
1,854 8,474 34,897 37,722 
Provision for income taxes
3,682 1,937 9,473 8,444 
Net loss$(291,603)$(327,902)$(1,019,485)$(963,488)
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(1)Third-party cloud infrastructure expenses incurred in connection with customers’ use of the Snowflake platform and the deployment and maintenance of the platform on public clouds, including different regional deployments, represented approximately 72% and 64% of cost of product revenue for the three months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 70% and 65% of cost of product revenue for the nine months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
(2)Personnel-related expenses, excluding stock-based compensation and associated payroll taxes, represented approximately 38% and 37% of the Company’s total cost of revenue and operating expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 37% of the Company’s total cost of revenue and operating expenses for each of the nine months ended October 31, 2025 and 2024. These expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits, bonuses, sales commissions and draws paid to the Company’s sales force and certain referral fees paid to third parties, including amortization of deferred commissions, and associated payroll taxes. They also include salaries, benefits and bonuses allocated as part of overhead costs. See Note 12 , “Equity,” for details regarding the Company’s stock-based compensation.

The measure of segment assets is the total assets on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. See the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements for other financial information regarding its operating segment.

For information regarding the Company’s revenue by geographic area, see Note 3, “Revenue, Accounts Receivable, Deferred Revenue, and Remaining Performance Obligations.”

The following table presents the Company’s long-lived assets, comprising property and equipment, net and operating lease right-of-use assets, by geographic area (in thousands):
October 31, 2025January 31, 2025
United States$421,003 $536,885 
Other(1)
99,482 118,947 
Total$520,485 $655,832 
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(1)No individual country outside of the United States accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s long-lived assets as of October 31, 2025 and January 31, 2025.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Such estimates include, but are not limited to, stand-alone selling prices (SSP) for each distinct performance obligation, software development costs, the expected period of benefit for deferred commissions, the fair value of intangible assets acquired in business combinations, the useful lives and impairment of long-lived assets, the carrying value of operating lease right-of-use assets, stock-based compensation, accounting for income taxes, and the fair value of investments in marketable and non-marketable securities.
The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and also on assumptions that management considers reasonable. These estimates are assessed on a regular basis; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in “Note 2 – Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025, which was filed with the SEC on March 21, 2025. There have been no significant changes to the Company’s accounting policies during the nine months ended October 31, 2025, except for updates to the software development costs accounting policy, as described below.

Software Development Costs

The Company capitalizes qualifying internal-use software development costs, which have historically related primarily to its cloud platform, under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 350-40, Internal-use Software (ASC 350-40). The costs consist of personnel costs (including related benefits and stock-based compensation) that are incurred during the application development stage. Capitalization of costs begins when two criteria are met: (1) the preliminary project stage is completed, and (2) it is probable that the software will be completed and used for its intended function. Capitalization ceases when the software is substantially complete and ready for its intended use, including the completion of all significant testing. Costs related to preliminary project activities and post-implementation operating activities are expensed as incurred.

Capitalized internal-use software development costs are included in property and equipment, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. These costs are amortized over the estimated useful life of the software, which is three years, on a straight-line basis. Cost and accumulated amortization of fully amortized capitalized internal-use software development costs are removed from the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets when the related software is no longer in use. The amortization of capitalized internal-use software development costs related to the Company’s platform applications is primarily included in cost of revenue in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

During the three months ended April 30, 2025, the Company began marketing the Snowflake platform to selected public sector customers who will have contractual rights to take possession of the Company’s software and who will contract with third parties to host the Company’s software. As a result, the Company’s ongoing and future software development costs related to the Snowflake platform must be accounted for under ASC 985-20, Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed (ASC 985-20). All costs to establish technological feasibility are expensed as they are incurred. Technological feasibility is established when the working model is complete, which typically occurs at or shortly before the general release of the software products. Costs incurred subsequent to establishing technological feasibility are capitalized until the software product is available for general release to customers, at which point they are amortized on a product-by-product basis. Software development costs capitalized under ASC 985-20 are included in property and equipment, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, and are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances occur that could impact their recoverability. Costs that meet the criteria for capitalization under ASC 985-20 were not material for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2025.

Software development costs capitalized prior to fiscal 2026 in connection with the Snowflake platform will be amortized over their remaining useful life and recognized as cost of revenue.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires annual disclosure on disaggregation of rate reconciliation categories and income taxes paid by jurisdiction. This guidance is effective for the Company for its fiscal year beginning February 1, 2025 on a prospective basis. Early adoption and retrospective application are permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its disclosures.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disclosure, on an annual and interim basis, of specified information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements. This guidance is effective for the Company for its fiscal year beginning February 1, 2027 and interim periods within its fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028 on either a prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its disclosures.

In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which provides a practical expedient related to the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under Topic 606, including those assets acquired in a business combination. The practical expedient permits an entity to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the current accounts receivable and current contract assets. This guidance is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning February 1, 2026 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which simplifies the capitalization guidance related to internal-use software by removing all references to software development projects stages so that the guidance is neutral to different software development methods. This guidance is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning February 1, 2028 on either a prospective, retrospective or modified transition approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on its condensed consolidated financial statements.