Snowflake Cortex
Runs models and text analytics directly against Snowflake data.
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Snowflake Cortex vs AI/BI Genie
Snowflake Cortex (Snowflake) and AI/BI Genie (Databricks) both sit in Data & Analytics. AI/BI Genie shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Snowflake Cortex Snowflake | AI/BI Genie Databricks |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Data & Analytics | Data & Analytics |
| Version | Cortex AI | Genie |
| Entry cost | Consumption-based pricing. Included in Snowflake Standard and higher tiers. Refer to AI credit pricing. | No per-seat or per-license fees. Included with Databricks Lakehouse (standard DBU rates apply). |
| Pricing tiers | Standard free · Enterprise free · Business Critical free · Virtual Private Snowflake (VPS) free | AI/BI (with Databricks Lakehouse) free |
| Model stack | Anthropic Claude · Meta Llama · Mistral Large 2 | Claude · DBRX · Generative AI · Genie · Llama |
| Context window | Varies by model | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | SQL LLM functions, Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, Document AI, Fine-tuning, Cortex Agents, Cortex AI Functions, Snowflake CoWork | Natural language queries, Unity Catalog governance, Instruction tuning, Trusted assets, Dashboards, conversational analytics, natural language queries, Genie Spaces |
AI/BI Genie
Natural-language analytics over governed Databricks data.
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