MIGRATE TO SNOWFLAKE
snowflake liftoff program
Quickly establish your production-ready Snowflake foundation with LiftOff, a funded, partner-led program. Receive a clear, executable path to full migration with Snowflake best practices and SnowConvert AI.
AI-ready foundation
Jumpstart your migration with a secure, scalable and governed Landing Zone built by Snowflake partners based on Snowflake best practices. Scale with a future-minded foundation that’s ready for your AI and analytics innovation.
Personalized modernization plan
Confidently deploy Snowflake with your customized, complete migration plan and critical knowledge transfer. Get the support you need to modernize successfully and quickly.
Secure, cost-effective migration
Reduce manual effort and costly errors by leveraging pre-validated partners and cutting-edge tools like SnowConvert AI. Position your organization for a predictable, successful migration with a structured and efficient approach that optimizes resources.
Faster time to value
Realize the full benefits of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud in weeks — not months. Count on expert guidance and a proven blueprint to rapidly build your foundational environment with LiftOff.
3 Steps to Accelerate Data Warehouse Migrations to Snowflake
Explore our step-by-step guide with a proven methodology for migrating your data to Snowflake, all with insights, tools and lessons learned from experience.
How to Accelerate Data Warehouse Migrations with SnowConvert AI
This guide will walk you through the complete end-to-end migration process using SnowConvert AI.
what you get
Initial Landing Zone setup
Build a secure, scalable and governed environment within Snowflake that aligns with your enterprise standards and best practices.
Migration prototype
Test your proposed migration methodology with tools like SnowConvert AI. Pilot your modernization on a small, representative subset of data and workloads.
End-to-end migration plan
Reduce risk, cost and business disruption with a detailed, phased strategy for moving remaining workloads.
Best practices and tooling guidance
Empower your internal teams to manage and optimize your new environment independently thanks to clear, Snowflake-specific guidance delivered in a partner-led workshop.
Frequently asked questions
Snowflake migration partners bring proven expertise in delivering successful, complex data warehouse migrations to Snowflake and the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Through the Snowflake LiftOff migration program, partners use expert resources — such as quickstart templates, Snowflake migration best practices and ongoing Snowflake training — to accelerate time-to-value and support migration risk reduction. For qualifying engagements, Snowflake may also offer funded migration support, helping offset upfront Snowflake migration costs and enabling a faster, optimized enterprise data platform modernization.
Yes. Customers may work with any approved Snowflake migration partner eligible for Microsoft Azure or AWS funding, including Snowflake on Azure and Snowflake on AWS deployments. If your preferred partner is not currently on the eligibility list and you believe they should be, please let us know.
Snowflake LiftOff is a Snowflake-funded migration program, and activities may be partially funded depending on the scope and type of work. Snowflake migration cost considerations vary by use case, so please discuss details directly with your Snowflake contact and assigned partner.
A typical Snowflake migration workshop runs 2–3 weeks, depending on requirements, scope and scheduling. This timeline supports early Snowflake migration readiness and helps accelerate an end-to-end migration plan.
At the conclusion of the LiftOff engagement, customers receive a working Snowflake environment setup aligned with Snowflake landing zone best practices. You’ll also receive actionable recommendations for next steps in Snowflake migration planning, including migration prototypes, production rollout and long-term modernization.
Snowflake LiftOff supports a wide range of legacy data platform migration scenarios, including on-prem to Snowflake migration and cloud-to-cloud migrations. The program is ideal for customers planning a data warehouse migration to Snowflake as part of broader enterprise modernization.
Yes. SnowConvert AI is required for Snowflake LiftOff workshops. SnowConvert AI enables AI-powered data migration, including automated SQL migration and Snowflake migration automation. This ensures consistent, end-to-end migration coverage and supports faster, higher-quality outcomes as part of a Snowflake partner-led migration.
