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Snowflake Pricing in 2026

Usage-based

Model one published AWS US East Standard scope with schedule-aware warehouse compute and compressed storage.

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Estimate monthly warehouse compute and storage costs, and see what drives the estimate.

Modeled scope: AWS · US East (Northern Virginia) · Standard edition · Gen1 Standard X-Small warehouse · On Demand

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Serverless and cloud-services charges, data transfer, replication, multi-cluster scaling, resizing, taxes, negotiated discounts, and unmodeled retention costs are excluded.

Estimate based on public list pricing. This is not an official vendor quote.

Published pricing reference

These published rates are the inputs to the calculator. Taxes and negotiated discounts are excluded.

Component	Rate and unit	Commitment and region	Verified	Source
compute	$2 USD per 1 credit	AWS · US East (Northern Virginia) · Standard X-Small · On demand	Sep 22, 2026	Official source Official source2 Official source3
storage	$23 USD per 1 tb	AWS · US East (Northern Virginia) · Standard X-Small · On demand	Sep 22, 2026	Official source Official source2

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AWS · US East (Northern Virginia) · Standard edition · Gen1 Standard X-Small warehouse · On Demand

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Each Gen1 Standard X-Small warehouse runs continuously once per active day; every start or resume has the verified 60-second minimum, followed by per-second billing.
Average billed storage is Snowflake's compressed stored data, including retained data, averaged over the month.

Serverless and cloud-services charges, data transfer, replication, multi-cluster scaling, resizing, taxes, negotiated discounts, and unmodeled retention costs are excluded.

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What drives Snowflake cost

Warehouse runtime and stored data are only part of a Snowflake bill. Check these differences before applying this fixed-scope estimate to a production workload.

Warehouse schedule

More active days, running hours, or identical warehouses increase compute credits. Starts and resumes have a minimum billed duration.

Warehouse size and scaling

The model fixes one Gen1 Standard X-Small size. Larger sizes, resizing, and multi-cluster scaling change credit use.

Stored data and retention

Billed storage reflects compressed data and retained data averaged over the month; unmodeled retention can increase it.

Other services

Serverless features, cloud services, transfer, and replication can add charges outside warehouse compute and storage.

Contract scope

Region, edition, and negotiated commitments can change rates. This estimate uses one AWS US East Standard on-demand scope.

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Snowflake pricing FAQ

Why can a Snowflake bill exceed this estimate?

Resumes, larger or multi-cluster warehouses, serverless services, cloud services, transfer, replication, and retained data can add usage the fixed-scope model does not include.

Does stopping a warehouse remove all charges?

Stopping warehouse compute limits future running time, but stored data and other active services can still incur charges. Each start or resume also has a minimum billed duration.

Are contract discounts included?

No. The estimate uses the published on-demand scope. Private contract rates, taxes, and credits are excluded.