Snowflake is a cloud data platform that separates compute from storage, so organizations can scale data warehousing, analytics, data engineering and AI workloads independently. It runs on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
With Snowpark, data engineers and data scientists process data inside Snowflake using Python, Java or Scala. Cortex AI gives managed access to large language models and vector search, and Snowflake ML handles model development and MLOps from one central interface. Notebooks offer an interactive workspace for data and AI teams, and Streamlit turns Python scripts into web apps. Openflow moves data for integrations, while Horizon centralizes governance, with compliance, security, privacy and access controls built in.
Snowflake groups its products into data engineering, analytics, AI, and applications and collaboration. It lists industries such as financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, the public sector, retail and consumer goods, telecom, technology, and advertising, media and entertainment. Data Clean Rooms support collaboration that protects privacy, and you can share live data across clouds and organizations. Snowflake says it helps with migrations from on-premises systems to the cloud or from one cloud to another.
Snowflake Marketplace offers data, data services and Snowflake Native Apps, including third-party data sources you can connect. Native Apps let you build and distribute apps inside Snowflake, and Open Catalog manages and governs data across many engines and storage locations. Partners and system integrators help you connect other tools and applications. For help, Snowflake offers in-house deployment experts, community forums, hands-on tutorials, training, certifications and Snowflake University.
Pricing is consumption-based. Compute is billed in credits, and warehouses use more credits per hour as they get bigger. Storage is billed at a flat rate per TB per month, and cloud services and data transfer can add charges. Cortex AI features are billed separately in AI Credits. Current rates are in the pricing box above.