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tool: "Snowflake"
slug: "snowflake"
category: "Developer & Infrastructure"
pricing_model: "Per Usage"
pricing_transparency: "Public"
entry_price_monthly: 0
entry_price_annual: 0
annual_discount_pct: 0
native_currency: "USD"
free_plan_available: false
free_trial_days: 30
enterprise_pricing_available: true
number_of_plans: 4
key_limit_metric: "Compute credits + storage GB/mo"
last_checked_date: "2026-08-18"
last_manually_verified: "2026-08-18"
verification_status: "Pending Review"
vendor_pricing_page: "https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing/"
vendor_website: "https://www.snowflake.com/"
source: https://saaspricehub.io/tools/snowflake
---

# Snowflake pricing

Snowflake is the AI data cloud with decoupled compute + storage pricing. Standard ~$2/credit; Enterprise ~$3/credit; Business Critical ~$4/credit (HIPAA/PCI); Virtual Private Snowflake custom. Compute per second (60-sec minimum); storage ~$23/TB/mo. 30-day trial with $400 credit.

## Current entry price

**$0/month** billed monthly. **$0/month** billed annually.

**Usage-based pricing:** $2-$4+ per compute credit (per-second billing) + ~$23/TB/mo storage

## All tiers

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Key limit |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Standard | $2 | $2 | per credit, single-cluster warehouses, standard support |
| Enterprise | $3 | $3 | per credit, multi-cluster warehouses, materialized views, 90-day time travel |
| Business Critical | $4 | $4 | per credit, HIPAA/PCI, tri-secret secure, customer-managed keys |
| Virtual Private Snowflake | custom | custom | dedicated environment, isolated from all other Snowflake accounts |

## Pricing model

- **Model:** Per Usage
- **Key limit metric:** Compute credits + storage GB/mo
- **Free plan:** No
- **Free trial:** 30 days
- **Enterprise pricing:** Available (custom quote)
- **Native currency:** USD

## Verification

- **Last automated check:** 2026-08-18
- **Last manual verification:** 2026-08-18
- **Verification status:** Pending Review
- **Source:** https://www.snowflake.com/en/pricing/

## Recommendation

In other words, Snowflake is ideal for enterprises building a data cloud who want decoupled compute + storage billing so idle warehouses don't rack up cost.

## Alternative to consider

Google-native? BigQuery. Microsoft-native? Azure Synapse or Fabric. Open-source lakehouse? Databricks. Serverless Postgres? Neon or Supabase.

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*Pricing data maintained by SaaS Price Hub. Human-readable page: [https://saaspricehub.io/tools/snowflake](https://saaspricehub.io/tools/snowflake). All prices in USD unless otherwise noted. This file is machine-readable and updated within 24 hours of any tracked price change.*