Snowflake Revenue vs. Cost

Business / By Gennaro Cuofano / March 13, 2023 March 13, 2023

Snowflake generated over $2 billion in revenue in 2023 and reported over $700 million in cost of sales, with a 65% gross margin. Compared to $1.22 billion in revenue in 2022, and $458 million in cost of sales, and a 62% gross margin.

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Snowflake Revenue

snowflake-revenue — Snowflake generated over $2 billion in revenue in 2023, compared to $1.22 billion in 2022 and $592 million in 2021.

Snowflake Revenue Breakdown

snowflake-revenue-breakdown — Snowflake generates most of its revenue from products/software. For instance, in 2023, almost 94% of its revenue came from product and 6% from professional services. Indeed in 2023, product generated $1.93 billion in revenue, compared to nearly $127 million from professional services.

Snowflake Net Loss

snowflake-net-loss — Snowflake reported $797 million in net losses in 2023, compared to $680 million in net losses in 2022 and $539 million in net losses in 2021.

Snowflake Financials

snowflake-financials — Snowflake generated over $2 billion in revenue in 2023, compared to $1.22 billion in 2022 and $592 million in 2021. Snowflake reported $797 million in net losses in 2023, compared to $680 million in net losses in 2022 and $539 million in net losses in 2021.

Snowflake Cost Structure

snowflake-cost-structure — The snowflake cost structure is skewed toward the product business, which not only generates most of the revenue for the company, but its gross margins. Indeed, in 2023, on $2 billion of revenue, the company reported $717 million in cost of sales, and $1.35 billion in gross profits, at a 62% gross margin, mostly coming from the product business, which generated a 71% gross margin in 2023, whereas the professional service business is run at 34% negative gross margin, in the same period. In short, Snowflake leverages the professional service business to boost its product business. And the former is run at negative margins, while the latter is run at widely positive margins.

Snowflake Gross Margins

snowflake-gross-margins — Snowflake generated 65% in gross margins in 2023, compared to 62% in 2022 and 65% in 2021. All gross margins come from products, with a 72% gross margin in 2023, compared to professional services running at negative gross margins of 34% in 2023.

Snowflake Employees

snowflake-employees — Snowflake had 3,992 employees in 2022, with 788 employed in R&D, vs. 2,495 employees in 2021 of which 478 employed in R&D.

Snowflake Customers

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Gennaro Cuofano

Gennaro is the creator of FourWeekMBA, which reached about four million business people, comprising C-level executives, investors, analysts, product managers, and aspiring digital entrepreneurs in 2022 alone | He is also Director of Sales for a high-tech scaleup in the AI Industry | In 2012, Gennaro earned an International MBA with emphasis on Corporate Finance and Business Strategy.