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Snowflake Cortex

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Runs models and text analytics directly against Snowflake data.

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3 data points checked · 2026-09-11

Model stack: VerifiedEntry price: VerifiedVersion: VerifiedHow this works →

Current version

Cortex AI

Entry cost

Usage-based consumption pricing (costs vary by Snowflake edition and compute usage)

Changes / 30d

1

The short answers · verified September 10, 2026

What is the latest version of Snowflake Cortex?
The current shipped version of Snowflake Cortex is Cortex AI, as of September 10, 2026.
How much does Snowflake Cortex cost?
Snowflake Cortex has no published flat entry price. Usage-based consumption pricing (costs vary by Snowflake edition and compute usage)
What AI model does Snowflake Cortex use?
Snowflake Cortex runs primarily on Anthropic Claude.

Source: Snowflakesnowflake.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • SQL LLM functions
  • Cortex Analyst
  • Cortex Search
  • Document AI
  • Fine-tuning
  • Cortex Agents
  • Cortex AI Functions
  • Snowflake CoWork
  • Snowflake CoCo
  • Multimodal data processing
  • Serverless LLM APIs
  • Multimodal Data Processing
  • Multimodal processing
  • LLM SQL & API access
  • Unstructured data analytics
  • Serverless functions
  • Built-in guardrails
  • Cortex Code
  • Unstructured Data Analytics
  • LLM functions
  • LLMs
  • SQL Functions
  • APIs
  • Cortex LLM Functions
  • LLM Serverless Functions
  • Role-based access
  • SQL functions
  • Data Agents
  • Serverless APIs
  • LLM APIs
  • LLM serverless functions
  • Serverless LLMs
  • RAG
  • SQL integration
  • LLMs via APIs
  • SQL and APIs
  • Large language models
  • SQL support
  • SQL & API Access

Pricing

  • Standard

    Entry-level core platform compute and storage, usage-based consumption

    Free

  • Enterprise

    Multi-cluster compute, granular governance, usage-based consumption

    Free

  • Business Critical

    High security and regulations, private connectivity, usage-based consumption

    Free

  • Virtual Private Snowflake

    Isolated Snowflake environment, consumption based

    Free

Entry price over time

7/28/2026 · $09/10/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Anthropic Claude

    Anthropic

    disclosed
  • Meta Llama

    Meta

    disclosed
  • Mistral Large 2

    Mistral

    disclosed

Context window

Varies by model

Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • Warehouse-native inference
  • Semantic model YAML

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

Public market scorecard

Snowflake investor relations

Snowflake trades as NYSE: SNOW. Figures below are as reported for Q1 FY2027 on May 20, 2026; market levels are the close on Aug 6, 2026 and are a reference marker, not a live quote.

Q1 FY2027 revenue

~$1.2B

+26% YoY

Net revenue retention
~124%
Customers >$1M product rev
~660

Market reference

Share price~$225
12-month change+30%
Market cap~$75B
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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL & API Access

    38 tracked39 tracked · +SQL & API Access

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL support

    37 tracked38 tracked · +SQL support

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL and APIs, Large language models

    35 tracked37 tracked · +SQL and APIs, Large language models

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLMs via APIs

    34 tracked35 tracked · +LLMs via APIs

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL integration

    33 tracked34 tracked · +SQL integration

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Serverless LLMs, RAG

    31 tracked33 tracked · +Serverless LLMs, RAG

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLM serverless functions

    30 tracked31 tracked · +LLM serverless functions

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLM APIs

    29 tracked30 tracked · +LLM APIs

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Serverless APIs

    28 tracked29 tracked · +Serverless APIs

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL functions, Data Agents

    26 tracked28 tracked · +SQL functions, Data Agents

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Role-based access

    25 tracked26 tracked · +Role-based access

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLM Serverless Functions

    24 tracked25 tracked · +LLM Serverless Functions

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cortex LLM Functions

    23 tracked24 tracked · +Cortex LLM Functions

    source
  • model

    QA auto-correction: model stack updated to Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, Mistral Large 2 after a unanimous jury read of the source page

    Arctic, Claude, Llama, Mistral, Mistral Large 2Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, Mistral Large 2

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLMs, SQL Functions, APIs

    20 tracked23 tracked · +LLMs, SQL Functions, APIs

    source
  • version

    Snowflake Cortex moved to Cortex AI

    2026 releaseCortex AI

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cortex Code, Unstructured Data Analytics, LLM functions

    177

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLM SQL & API access, Unstructured data analytics, Serverless functions

    138

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multimodal processing

    126

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multimodal Data Processing

    116

    source
  • model

    Snowflake Cortex added Mistral Large 2 to its model stack

    Arctic, Claude, Llama, MistralArctic, Claude, Llama, Mistral, Mistral Large 2

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Cortex Agents, Cortex AI Functions, Snowflake CoWork

    57

    source
  • model

    Claude models made available natively inside Cortex

    Llama, Mistral, ArcticClaude, Llama, Mistral, Arctic

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Customer-dedicated virtual warehouses

    5 tracked6 tracked · +Customer-dedicated virtual warehouses

    source
  • version

    Snowflake Cortex moved to Cortex

    Cortex

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Multi-cluster warehouse

    6 tracked7 tracked · +Multi-cluster warehouse

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL data warehouse, Secure Data Sharing, Virtual warehouses

    4 tracked10 tracked · +SQL data warehouse, Secure Data Sharing, Virtual warehouses, Database replication, Search Optimization Service, Dynamic Data Masking

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Data Warehouse, Data Share, Data Marketplace

    6 tracked10 tracked · +Data Warehouse, Data Share, Data Marketplace, External Functions

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: SQL data warehouse, Secure Data Sharing, Multi-cluster warehouse

    8 tracked14 tracked · +SQL data warehouse, Secure Data Sharing, Multi-cluster warehouse, Materialized views, Search Optimization Service, Dynamic Data Masking

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Engineering

    6 tracked14 tracked · +Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Engineering, Data Science & ML, Data Applications, Collaboration, Cybersecurity, Unistore

    source
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Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/snowflake-cortex

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Snowflake Cortex — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-09-17, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/snowflake-cortex
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-snowflake-cortex,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Snowflake Cortex — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/snowflake-cortex}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-09-17}
}