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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

What is Snowflake Cortex AI?

Snowflake Cortex AI is a suite of AI capabilities built into the Snowflake data platform. It lets teams access industry-leading large language models such as Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, and Mistral Large 2 through serverless SQL functions and APIs, analyze text, images, and audio alongside structured data, and build AI-powered analytics pipelines without moving data. Cortex AI includes components like Cortex AI Functions for multimodal processing in SQL, Cortex Analyst for natural language to SQL, Cortex Agents for orchestrating insights across structured and unstructured data, Snowflake CoWork for enterprise data Q&A and actions in tools like Slack and Gmail, and Snowflake CoCo for data-native coding. Intended users include data engineers, analysts, and developers who need governed, secure AI within Snowflake's security perimeter. Access starts with a free signup option.

How to use Snowflake Cortex AI

  1. 1

    Sign up for Snowflake

    Create a Snowflake account through the official signup page to access Cortex AI features.

  2. 2

    Explore Cortex AI Functions

    Use SQL functions to analyze text, images, and audio data directly within Snowflake.

  3. 3

    Build with LLMs

    Access models like Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, and Mistral Large 2 via serverless functions and APIs.

  4. 4

    Try Cortex Analyst

    Convert natural language questions into SQL queries for data analysis.

  5. 5

    Orchestrate with Cortex Agents

    Build agents that retrieve and synthesize insights across structured and unstructured data.

Snowflake Cortex AI Features

Access industry-leading LLMs including Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, and Mistral Large 2 via serverless functions and APIs

Analyze multimodal data (text, images, audio) using SQL syntax

Build AI-powered analytics pipelines without complex coding or data movement

Convert natural language to SQL with Cortex Analyst

Orchestrate insights across structured and unstructured data with Cortex Agents

Use Snowflake CoWork for enterprise data Q&A and actions in Slack, Gmail, Jira, and Salesforce

Use Snowflake CoCo for data-native AI coding assistance

Govern and protect data with built-in policies, access controls, and end-to-end observability

Snowflake Cortex AI Use Cases

  • Data engineers building AI-powered analytics pipelines

  • Analysts querying data with natural language

  • Developers integrating LLMs into applications

  • Teams analyzing unstructured data like documents and images

  • Knowledge workers asking questions of enterprise data

  • Organizations needing governed AI within a secure perimeter

Snowflake Cortex AI FAQs

Cortex AI provides access to industry-leading models including Anthropic Claude, Meta Llama, and Mistral Large 2 through serverless functions and APIs.

Yes, Cortex AI Functions allow you to analyze text, images, and audio alongside structured data using SQL syntax.

Cortex Analyst uses AI to convert natural language questions into SQL queries, making data analysis more accessible.

Cortex Agents orchestrate across structured and unstructured data to retrieve and synthesize high-quality data insights.

Snowflake offers a free signup option to start using the platform; specific trial terms are available on the signup page.

Cortex AI operates within Snowflake's security perimeter, with built-in policies, access controls, and end-to-end observability.

Snowflake CoWork is a personal work agent that lets knowledge workers ask questions of enterprise data and act in tools like Slack, Gmail, Jira, and Salesforce within Snowflake's governance perimeter.

Snowflake CoCo (formerly Cortex Code) is a data-native AI coding agent that helps turn complex data engineering, analytics, and AI workflows into simple conversations.

Snowflake Cortex AI Official Information

Company
Snowflake Inc.
Website
https://snowflake.com/en/product/features/cortex
Documentation
https://docs.snowflake.com/
Contact
https://www.snowflake.com/en/contact/

Snowflake Cortex AI Pricing

Not specified

Official Snowflake AI pricing rechecked 2026-11-09. AI Credits cost USD 2.00 with global routing or USD 2.20 with restricted regional routing. These are AI Credit unit rates, not a monthly subscription or per-million-token price; model/service consumption determines credits used. Platform credits, warehouse execution, storage and transfer are separate; contract discounts may apply.

AI Credits — global routing

$2USD / per AI Credit

    AI Credits — regional routing

    $2.2USD / per AI Credit

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