DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28Rev 04 / 2026

Section 8.4 - Register entry

DOC-REF: FRC-MKT-FR1809360202A

The Data Cloud on Azure Government (High)

Snowflake Inc. lists The Data Cloud on Azure Government (High) on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the status FedRAMP Certified, at High impact, on the Agency path under the Rev5 process. Package FR1809360202A, read from the marketplace feed as of September 3, 2026.

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Section A. Register entry

What the marketplace records

FedRAMP package ID
FR1809360202A
Cloud service provider
Snowflake Inc.
Certification status
FedRAMP Certified
Impact level
High
Certification class
Class D (High)
Authorization path
Agency
Certification type
Rev5
Marketplace phase
Ongoing Certification
Deployment model
Government Community Cloud
Register snapshot
September 3, 2026
Service model
SaaS
Independent assessor
Fortreum, LLC
Sponsoring agency
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Certification date
June 17, 2025
Status date
June 17, 2025
Annual assessment
April 23, 2011
Agency authorizations
1
Business categories
Analytics, Collaboration, Cybersecurity & Risk Management, Data Management, Research, Storage
Milestones on record
3

The marketplace carries The Data Cloud on Azure Government (High) under package FR1809360202A with 19 recorded fields. Its certification date is June 17, 2025. Fortreum, LLC is named as the independent assessor, with an annual assessment date of April 23, 2011. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is recorded as the sponsoring agency. 1 agency is listed as having authorized it, among them Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It is delivered as SaaS on a government community cloud, filed under 6 business categories including Analytics, Collaboration, Cybersecurity & Risk Management and 3 more.

Section B. Milestones

3 entries in the marketplace event log

Most recent first, as recorded by FedRAMP.

Event log
DateCategoryRecorded
June 17, 2025Status ChangeStatus changed from PMO Review to FedRAMP Certified
May 13, 2025Status ChangeStatus changed from Agency Review to FedRAMP In Process
May 13, 2025Status ChangeStatus set to Agency Authorization In Process

Section C. Cost context

What reaching High costs

Our own published ranges for a provider going through this level. Nothing here is a figure this provider has disclosed.

Cost context

Budget for a High authorization

Initial authorization$2,500,000 to $5,000,000+
Continuous monitoring$300,000 to $600,000+ a year
Typical timeline18 to 24 months
Control baseline421+ controls
Annual assessment$180,000 to $450,000 a year

Our published planning range for a provider pursuing High. It is not a figure any listed provider has disclosed.

Read the FedRAMP High cost guide / annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Path

Agency Authorization is the route for 578 of the offerings on the marketplace. Our cost pages put it at $800,000 to $2,000,000 over 12 to 18 months for Moderate. Agency authorization cost

Assessment and monitoring

An annual assessment date of April 23, 2011 is on the record, and that assessment recurs for as long as the package stays listed. Annual assessment cost / continuous monitoring cost

Section E. Agencies on the record

1 agency listed against this package

As published on the marketplace. An agency named here has issued its own authorization to operate; FedRAMP does not issue ATOs itself.

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Section G. Nearest entries on the register

Comparable offerings

Scored on impact level, path, status, shared business categories and how close the two entries sit in the register's own timeline.

Snowflake Inc. lists 3 offerings on the marketplace. The others are:

Section H. Description

As published on the marketplace

The provider's own description of the service, reproduced from the FedRAMP feed without edits.

Snowflake is the only data warehouse built for the cloud, enabling the data-driven enterprise with instant elasticity, secure data sharing and per-second pricing, across multiple clouds. Snowflake combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. Find out more at https://www.snowflake.com/.

Next step

What the same authorization would cost you

The worksheet turns an impact level, an existing security posture and an organization size into a line-by-line budget, with the 3PAO fee split out.

Provenance and independence

Source: the FedRAMP Marketplace product feed, produced by the General Services Administration. The feed's own last-change stamp is September 3, 2026; this copy was taken on September 5, 2026.

GSA's disclaimers page states that FedRAMP content about a specific commercial product or service is provided for the information and convenience of the public and “does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the General Services Administration”. A listing here is a record of a certification status, not a judgment about the product.

FedRAMPCost.com is an independent cost reference. We are not affiliated with FedRAMP, the GSA, any provider listed on this page, or any assessment organization, and no provider pays to appear in this register.

DOC-REF: FRC-2026-04-28 / Updated 2026-04-28