Oracle, Snowflake, MongoDB: Who's Winning the Battle for Customers?

Quantity, quality, deal size, and product mix are all part of the equation

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Snowflake, MongoDB, and Oracle each announced quarterly financial results over the past two weeks and, as tech companies often do, they showcased some of their latest and greatest customer wins.

We also got a snapshot of each company’s total customer count. Looking strictly at the aggregate numbers, MongoDB has about 5X as many customers as Snowflake, and Oracle has 13X MongoDB.

Of course, there’s more to the story. Let’s take a look.

Snowflake - 5,900+ Customers

Snowflake was first out of the gate with the March 2 announcement of its Q4 and FY22 earnings. The company had a total of 5,944 customers at the end of January 2022, a 10% increase compared to the end of Q3 FY22.

FYI, here’s how Snowflake does the math:

“For purposes of determining our customer count, we treat each customer account, including accounts for end-customers under a reseller arrangement, th…