Snowflake Honors Top AI Data Cloud Partners

As Snowflake Summit 2026 kicks off, the company is celebrating the partners who are not just preparing for an AI-driven future, but actively shaping it. These collaborators are leveraging Snowflake's platform to transform businesses amidst rapid disruption.

The Snowflake Partner Network (SPN) has become a critical engine for delivering on the promise of the AI Data Cloud. The 2026 Snowflake Partner Awards honor those who have set new benchmarks for excellence, innovation, and customer value.

This year's evaluation focused on technical innovation and measurable business results. Criteria included customer impact, scalability, creative use of features like Snowflake CoCo, consumption growth, certifications, and successful deployments. These awards recognize top performers across the Snowflake ecosystem.

Services Excellence

Deloitte secured the Global Snowflake Services Partner of the Year award. phData was named Global Services AI Partner of the Year, while Accenture took home Global Services Implementation Partner of the Year. Regional implementation honors went to phData (AMER), EY (EMEA), and NTT Data (APJ).

Slalom was recognized as Global Services Innovation Partner of the Year, with IBM (AMER), Capgemini (EMEA), and Accenture (APJ) also receiving innovation awards. For services growth, evolv Consulting (AMER), Datalab (EMEA), and Mantel (APJ) were honored.

Industry-Specific Impact

EY led the Financial Services sector, while Accenture was awarded for Healthcare & Life Sciences. Deloitte was recognized in Manufacturing & Industries, DAS42 in Marketing & Advertising, and Spaulding Ridge in Media & Entertainment.

Archetype and GDIT took top honors in Public Sector (SLED and FED, respectively). Tredence led in Retail & Consumer Goods, and [kipi.ai](https://kipi.ai), part of Capgemini, in Telecom.

Resale and Product Innovation

CDW, Softcat, and MegazoneCloud earned top resale partner awards for AMER, EMEA, and APJ, respectively. In the product categories, Posit was recognized for AI/ML Data Science Tooling and Global Product Innovation. Dataiku won for AI Platform and APJ Product Innovation.

Kumo received an award for AI Tooling, while Elementum was honored for Agentic Transformation and Hex for Agentic Analytics. dbt Labs was recognized for Data Integration, Sigma Computing for Business Intelligence, and Monte Carlo for Data Governance. dltHub won for the Startup Program.

Glean (AMER), LSEG (EMEA), and Dataiku (APJ) were also highlighted for product innovation. Blue Yonder (AMER), Sigma Computing (EMEA), and Braze (APJ) received product growth awards.

Industry Product Leaders

Fiserv, Inc. led in Financial Services products, with NielsenIQ in Retail & Consumer Goods. TransUnion was recognized in Media & Entertainment, and Verato in Healthcare & Life Sciences.

Hightouch won for Marketers & Advertisers, Yes Energy for Manufacturing & Industrials, and RelationalAI for Telecom.

CoCo Catalyst Awards

New this year, the CoCo Catalyst Award celebrates early adoption of Snowflake CoCo to democratize the AI Data Cloud. Accenture received the Global Services Adoption award, with BlueCloud (AMS) and INFOMOTION (EMEA) also recognized.

NTT Data won for APJ Services Adoption. dbt Labs and Sigma Computing were honored for DCP Adoption. CitiusTech, Cognizant, and evolv Consulting received awards for Impactful Customer Stories, demonstrating how partners are accelerating development cycles from weeks to days.

The company noted the high quality of submissions made final decisions challenging, underscoring the vibrant growth of the Agentic Era Snowflake ecosystem and its AI Data Cloud partners.