Pricing snapshot
Snowflake describes its pricing model as consumption-based. Cortex AI provides LLM access through serverless functions and APIs within Snowflake, while the wider platform identifies compute and storage as the two primary cost drivers.
What to evaluate
Evaluate the compute resources used by the workload; Snowflake says compute is a primary cost driver.
Evaluate stored data, because Snowflake says storage costs are based on the terabytes per month stored in Snowflake.
For current, workload-specific pricing, use Snowflake’s consumption table and pricing calculator.
Buying take
Cortex is a fit for teams that want to build AI applications in SQL or through APIs alongside data governed in Snowflake. Budget it as part of the wider Snowflake consumption model: define expected AI activity, compute use and stored-data requirements before selecting an edition or capacity approach.