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Snowflake Cortex Analyst

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Introduction
Conversational analytics on Snowflake data, letting business users ask questions and get AI-powered SQL insights grounded in governed semantics.
Added on
10/26/2026
Pricing
Not specified
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PRODUCT OVERVIEW

What is Snowflake Cortex Analyst?

Snowflake Cortex Analyst is part of Snowflake's AI-powered analytics offering, designed to let people talk to their data. It turns natural-language questions into AI-powered SQL so business stakeholders and analysts can explore data conversationally, while Snowflake Horizon Context supplies a governed semantic layer that builds trusted metrics for both human analysts and AI agents. It sits within a fully managed platform that supports structured, semi-structured and unstructured data, with built-in visualizations, worksheets, notebooks and workspaces. Teams can use it to broaden data exploration beyond SQL specialists and to ground AI conversations in agreed business semantics. Access is through Snowflake; the site offers a 30-day free trial with free credits, and pricing is consumption-based.

How to use Snowflake Cortex Analyst

  1. 1

    Start with a Snowflake trial

    Sign up for the 30-day free trial with free credits to explore Snowflake features, or use an existing Snowflake account.

  2. 2

    Ground metrics with Horizon Context

    Use Snowflake Horizon Context, a governed semantic layer, to define trusted metrics that both human analysts and AI agents can rely on.

  3. 3

    Ask questions in natural language

    Use conversational AI to explore data and generate AI-powered SQL, making data exploration more intuitive for team members of all levels.

Snowflake Cortex Analyst Features

Conversational AI for intuitive data exploration

AI-powered SQL generation for users of all levels

Governed semantic layer via Snowflake Horizon Context for trusted metrics

Support for structured, semi-structured and unstructured data

Built-in visualizations, worksheets, notebooks and workspaces

Fully managed, AI-ready platform

Snowflake Cortex Analyst Use Cases

  • Let business stakeholders ask questions of data without writing SQL

  • Ground AI analytics in governed, agreed business metrics

  • Explore diverse data types conversationally for faster insights

Snowflake Cortex Analyst FAQs

It is part of Snowflake's AI-powered analytics offering that lets users talk to their data through conversational AI and AI-powered SQL, grounded in governed semantics.

You can sign up for a 30-day free trial with free credits, or follow quickstart guides that walk through setting up an environment and performing analytical tasks.

Snowflake Horizon Context is a governed semantic layer that builds trusted metrics for both human analysts and AI agents, and Open Semantic Interchange lets metrics be defined once and shared across tools.

It natively supports structured data including Apache Parquet, semi-structured data such as JSON, Avro and XML, and can store and integrate unstructured data.

Pricing is consumption-based, with compute and storage as the primary cost drivers; detailed breakdowns are on the Snowflake pricing page.

Yes, it offers integrations and dedicated connectors such as ODBC and JDBC for leading BI tools including Tableau, Power BI and Looker.

Snowflake Cortex Analyst Official Information

Company
Snowflake Inc.
Website
https://snowflake.com/en/data-cloud/cortex/analyst
Documentation
https://docs.snowflake.com/
Contact
https://www.snowflake.com/en/contact/

Snowflake Cortex Analyst Pricing

Not specified

Snowflake uses a consumption-based pricing model. Credit prices shown are list prices for AWS, US East (Northern Virginia); prices vary by cloud platform and region. Compute is billed per credit and storage per TB per month. Virtual Private Snowflake pricing is not published. A free trial signup is offered but is not a permanently free plan.

Standard

$2.00USD / per credit

Entry-level, introductory Snowflake edition providing access to core platform functionality on a consumption-based model. Price shown is for AWS, US East (Northern Virginia).

  • All core platform functionality with fully managed elastic compute
  • Security with automatic encryption of all data
  • Snowpark
  • Data sharing
  • Optimized storage with compression and Time Travel

Enterprise

$3.00USD / per credit

Edition for high-growth, large-scale customers, including all Standard features plus additional governance and compute capabilities. Price shown is for AWS, US East (Northern Virginia).

  • All Standard Edition features
  • Ability to use multi-cluster compute
  • Granular governance and privacy controls
  • Extended Time Travel windows

Business Critical

$4.00USD / per credit

Edition for highly regulated industries handling sensitive data, including all Enterprise features plus additional security and availability capabilities. Price shown is for AWS, US East (Northern Virginia).

  • All Enterprise Edition features
  • Tri-Secret Secure
  • Access to private connectivity
  • Failover and failback for backup and disaster recovery

Virtual Private Snowflake

Includes all Business Critical Edition features within a completely separate Snowflake environment isolated from all other Snowflake accounts. Pricing is not published; contact sales.

  • All Business Critical Edition features
  • Completely separate Snowflake environment
  • Isolated from all other Snowflake accounts

On-Demand Storage

$23.00USD / per TB per month

Monthly fee for data stored in Snowflake, calculated using the average amount of storage used per month after compression. Price shown is the list price for AWS, US East (Northern Virginia).

  • Pay for usage month-to-month
  • Calculated on average monthly storage used after compression
  • Capacity storage discounts available per the Service Consumption Table

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