In order to upload data in files to Snowflake, you need to use a stage: external or internal. External stages are paths to external storage buckets (and need to be created). Internal stages are: by user, by table, and named created objects. - Stages allow folders. In fact, you can point specifically to files ([Loading Data — Snowflake Documentation](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/data-load-considerations-load.html#options-for-selecting-staged-data-files)). - Can be automatically deleted when running a COPY INTO: >Files that were loaded successfully can be deleted from the stage during a load by specifying the PURGE copy option in the COPY INTO command (https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/sql/copy-into-table.html) ## Permission - We cannot allow users to easily use table stages since they require ownership privileges (and only one role can have ownership). - I wouldn't want to need named stages, since we would need to manage them. - How can I monitor user stages to avoid problems? Is this enough? [STORAGE_USAGE View — Snowflake Documentation](https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/account-usage/storage_usage.html) . In any case, this is a problem I already have: I cannot prevent a user from using its stage, so I need to monitor stages.