Integrating Snowflake and Salesforce Data Cloud Using Zero Copy Integration
Danielle Larregui, MBA
International Conference Speaker | Keynote Speaker | World-Renowned Data Expert | Snowflake Data Superhero 2025
In today’s data-driven world, seamless integration between cloud platforms is essential for optimizing business operations and analytics. One of the most cost-efficient ways to integrate Snowflake with Salesforce Data Cloud is through Zero Copy Integration, a powerful approach that eliminates the need for unnecessary data duplication while maintaining a single source of truth. This blog post will help guide you through the advantages of setting up Zero Copy Integration between Snowflake and Salesforce Data Cloud.
What is Zero Copy Integration?
Zero Copy Integration is a method that allows data to be shared and accessed between different platforms without physically copying it. By leveraging secure data-sharing, your virtualized data appears to be retrieved from a single source. Data virtualization eliminates the burdensome and costly data migration process, giving you the ability to analyze your data efficiently and in a more cost-effective manner.
Benefits of Zero Copy Integration
· Real-time Access: Ensures that Salesforce Data Cloud and Snowflake users always have access to the latest data without delays.
· Cost Efficiency: Reduces storage and compute costs by avoiding redundant data copies.
· Improved Data Governance: Maintains a single source of truth and minimizes compliance risks.
How to Integrate Snowflake and Salesforce Data Cloud Using Zero Copy Integration
To learn how to setup this integration step by step refer to two previous blog posts that I have written to show the bi-directional steps for the integration.
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See the Integration in Action!
To see the integration in action check out this codeLive Get Started with Zero Copy on Snowflake on YouTube.
Conclusion
Zero Copy Integration between Snowflake and Salesforce Data Cloud unlocks significant efficiency, cost savings, and real-time analytics potential. By leveraging secure data-sharing capabilities, organizations can drive better decision-making and operational agility. Ready to get started? Try Implementing Zero Copy and transform the way your business leverages data!
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Salesforce Developer|4x Certified|Ranger|Mulesoft | LWC
2moVery informative, easy to follow instructions, working example.
MarTech & Data Cloud Practice Lead | Principal Architect at OSF Digital
2moDanielle Larregui could you also cover the "cons" of a zero copy architecture? And I'm using the quotes because some of them are technical limitations but some are just scenario examples where other integration methods are more suitable, even when the BYOL option is available.
Digital Transformation Manager- MarTech | 5x SF certified | Salesforce Data Cloud , Adobe AEP RTCDP) | Datablazer | Agentblazer
2moDanielle Larregui - thanks for sharing! Very easy to follow instructions. one query though -- should Snowflake and SF Data cloud instances be in same region in AWS or is it just a restriction on demo orgs and trial account ?
Consultant - SF Data Cloud, SFMC, SFDC
2moWhich are the other data lake products that fall under the same paradigm of zero copy/bring your own lake , and integrate with salesforce data cloud without replication?
VP of Casino Marketing Innovation
2moHi Danielle! Thanks for this. Question for you - does the zero copy integration consume DC credits? We currently use SFTP servers to ingest our data, and we struggle with credit consumption. I'm wondering if this could help.