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Snowflake Cortex AI API pricing

Snowflake Cortex AI brings LLM inference directly into the Snowflake data cloud, billed in Snowflake credits. Cortex hosts Snowflake Arctic, Llama 4, Mistral, Reka, and Anthropic Claude, callable from SQL functions like AI_COMPLETE, AI_SUMMARIZE, and AI_EXTRACT — keeping data in-perimeter with native governance.

Founded2024 (Cortex launch — Snowflake founded 2012)
HeadquartersBozeman, MT
Tracked modelsDirectory

Best for

Snowflake customers that want LLMs to run next to their warehouse data without moving it.

Strengths

  • Call LLMs directly from SQL — no data egress required
  • Inherits Snowflake's RBAC, masking, and row-access policies
  • Multi-vendor catalog: Arctic, Llama, Mistral, Reka, Claude
  • Cortex Search and Cortex Analyst for built-in RAG and BI agents