Join SNIA & Get Involved!
The Storage Networking Industry Association is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of member companies spanning the storage market. As a recognized and trusted authority for storage leadership, standards, and technology expertise worldwide, SNIA’s mission is to lead the storage industry in developing and promoting vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and educational services that facilitate the efficient management, movement, and security of information.
Today, our 2,500 active contributing members from 180 industry leading organizations contribute to:
- Standards Development and Adoption
- Interoperability Assurance
- Technology Acceleration and Promotion
- Global Vendor-Neutral Education
Questions? Contact us at membership@snia.org
Why Join SNIA?

Influence
- Influence storage technologies important to the marketplace
- Amplify your vendor storage expertise and reputation
- Participate in the development of international standards

Collaborate
- Participate in multi-vendor interoperability activities
- Gain Insight into disruptive industry trends
- Form strategic alliance partnerships
- Develop relationships throughout industry

Lead the Industry
- Educate on all things storage
- Drive standards development and adoption
- Align strategic business objectives with worldwide standards
Testimonial
Intel Corporation
SNIA Board of Directors
Membership Structure and Fees
(effective December 1, 2020)
Download the SNIA Membership Brochure.
Member
A Member is in the business of manufacturing, licensing, servicing, consulting, designing, researching/publishing, using or selling software, specifications, architecture, hardware or services related to storage or storage networking systems or technologies.
CATEGORY | Yearly Fee | |||
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Voting | Non-Voting | |||
Member revenue greater than $600M | $42,000 | $18,000 | ||
Member revenue >$150M - $600M | $25,000 | $12,000 | ||
Member revenue >$20M - $150M | $18,000 | $9,000 | ||
Member revenue $0 - $20M | $9,000 | $4,000 | ||
Startup - revenue is less than $10M/year AND in business less than 4 years | N/A | $1,000 |
Associate
An Associate is an enterprise (e.g. End-User company that otherwise would not be categorized as a Member, as defined above) that is the ultimate final consumer of a product or service, and is typically represented by the IT department of an organization.
CATEGORY | Yearly Fee | |
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Non-Voting | ||
Associate | $1,000 |
Individual
Individual interested in storage and storage networking systems or technologies. Individual must not be employed by a SNIA member company, or company developing, manufacturing, or otherwise involved in the business of computer storage-related hardware or software products or services. Individual may not be an employee of a SNIA member company that falls into other SNIA membership categories, except Associate membership category.
CATEGORY | Yearly Fee | |
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Non-Voting | ||
Individual | $300 |
Educational Institution
The SNIA grants complimentary access to qualified Educational Institutions. An “Educational Institution” is defined as any accredited higher-learning institution. Candidate for an Educational Institution participant may not be an employee of a SNIA member company or a company that falls into other SNIA membership categories, without disclosing corresponding relationship/status to SNIA Membership and following strict guidelines pertaining to disclosure of representation at beginning of all SNIA technical meetings. Please contact membership@snia.org for consideration.
CATEGORY | Yearly Fee | |
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Non-Voting | ||
Eduational Institution | $0 |
Technology Affiliate
A Technology Affiliate member is a restricted voting membership specific to a technology domain. A Technology Affiliate membership will give company access to only the respective group (no access to other groups without corresponding SNIA membership). It is not required for a Technology Affiliate member to be a member of SNIA core.
CATEGORY | Yearly Fee | |
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Non-Voting | ||
SFF TA TWG | $1,800 |