Service types

This page lists the types of usage that can incur costs in Snowflake. Features in Private Preview might not appear in this list. Service types are subject to change as new features are added and existing features evolve.

Service type

Usage statement name

Description

Category

Unit

AI_INFERENCE

AI INFERENCE

Compute credits for running AI model inference workloads.

AI and Machine Learning

Million Tokens

AI_INFERENCE_TOOLS

AI INFERENCE (TOOLS)

Compute credits for running AI model inference tool calls.

AI and Machine Learning

N/A

AI_SERVICES

AI SERVICES

Usage of Snowflake AI and ML services including Cortex functions.

AI and Machine Learning

Credits

ARCHIVE_STORAGE_COLD

ARCHIVE STORAGE COLD

Long-term cold archive storage for infrequently accessed data.

Storage

TiB-Months

ARCHIVE_STORAGE_COOL

ARCHIVE STORAGE COOL

Mid-tier archive storage for occasionally accessed data.

Storage

TiB-Months

ARCHIVE_STORAGE_DATA_RETRIEVAL

ARCHIVE STORAGE DATA RETRIEVAL

Charges for retrieving data from archive storage tiers.

Databases

TiB

ARCHIVE_STORAGE_RETRIEVAL_FILE_PROCESSING

ARCHIVE STORAGE RETRIEVAL FILE PROCESSING

Processing charges for file retrieval operations from archive storage.

Databases

Credits

ARCHIVE_STORAGE_WRITE

ARCHIVE STORAGE WRITE

Charges for writing data to archive storage tiers.

Storage

Credits

AUTOMATED_REFRESH_AND_DATA_REGISTRATION

AUTOMATED REFRESH AND DATA REGISTRATION

Compute for automated refresh and data registration in Iceberg tables.

Databases

Credits

AUTO_CLUSTERING

AUTOMATIC CLUSTERING

Serverless compute for automatic reclustering of tables.

Databases

Credits

BACKUP

BACKUP

Compute and storage for backup snapshots.

Storage

Credits

BLOCK_STORAGE

BLOCK STORAGE

Block storage used by Snowpark Container Services and Hybrid Tables.

Storage

TiB-Months

BLOCK_STORAGE_ADDITIONAL_IOPS

BLOCK STORAGE ADDITIONAL IOPS

Additional IOPS provisioned beyond baseline for block storage.

Storage

Thousand IOPS-Months

BLOCK_STORAGE_ADDITIONAL_THROUGHPUT

BLOCK STORAGE ADDITIONAL THROUGHPUT

Additional throughput provisioned beyond baseline for block storage.

Storage

GB/Second-Months

CLOUD_SERVICES

CLOUD SERVICES

Always-on services including authentication, metadata, and query optimization.

Compute

Credits

COPY_FILES

COPY FILES

Serverless compute for COPY FILES operations between stages.

Migration

Credits

CORTEX_CODE_CLI

CORTEX CODE: CLI

Self-service Cortex Code command-line interface subscription.

AI and Machine Learning

N/A

DATA_QUALITY_MONITORING

DATA QUALITY MONITORING

Serverless compute for data quality monitoring and metrics.

Management and Governance

Credits

DATA_TRANSFER

DATA TRANSFER

Network egress charges for data transferred out of Snowflake.

Networking

TiB

EGRESS_COST_OPTIMIZER

EGRESS COST OPTIMIZER

Service that optimizes and reduces data egress costs.

Management and Governance

TiB-Months

FAILSAFE_RECOVERY

FAILSAFE RECOVERY

Charges for recovering data from Fail-safe storage.

Databases

Credits

HYBRID_TABLE_DEDICATED_STORAGE_MODE

HYBRID TABLE DEDICATED STORAGE MODE

Dedicated storage mode for Hybrid Tables.

Storage

Days

HYBRID_TABLE_STORAGE

HYBRID TABLE STORAGE

Storage used by Hybrid Tables for transactional data.

Storage

TiB-Months

INTERNAL_DATA_TRANSFER

INTERNAL DATA TRANSFER

Data transfer between Snowflake regions or cloud providers.

Networking

TiB

LOGGING

LOGGING

Storage and compute for event logging and audit trails.

Management and Governance

Credits

MATERIALIZED_VIEW

MATERIALIZED VIEWS

Serverless compute for maintaining materialized views.

Compute

Credits

OPENFLOW_COMPUTE_BYOC

OPENFLOW COMPUTE BYOC

Openflow compute using Bring Your Own Cloud resources.

Compute

Credits

OPENFLOW_COMPUTE_SNOWFLAKE

OPENFLOW COMPUTE SNOWFLAKE

Openflow compute managed by Snowflake infrastructure.

Compute

Credits

ORGANIZATION_USAGE

ORGANIZATION USAGE

Compute for organization-level usage tracking and reporting.

Management and Governance

Credits

OUTBOUND_PRIVATELINK_DATA_PROCESSED

OUTBOUND PRIVATELINK DATA PROCESSED

Data processed through outbound private connectivity connections.

Networking

TiB

OUTBOUND_PRIVATELINK_ENDPOINT

OUTBOUND PRIVATELINK ENDPOINT

Endpoint charges for outbound private connectivity connections.

Networking

Thousand Hours

PIPE

SNOWPIPE

Serverless compute for continuous data ingestion via Snowpipe.

Migration

Credits

POSTGRES_COMPUTE

POSTGRES COMPUTE

Compute for PostgreSQL-compatible interface workloads.

Compute

Credits

POSTGRES_COMPUTE_HA

POSTGRES COMPUTE HA

High-availability compute for PostgreSQL-compatible workloads.

Compute

Credits

POSTGRES_STORAGE

POSTGRES STORAGE

Storage for PostgreSQL-compatible interface data.

Storage

TiB-Months

POSTGRES_STORAGE_HA

POSTGRES STORAGE HA

High-availability storage for PostgreSQL-compatible data.

Storage

TiB-Months

QUERY_ACCELERATION

QUERY ACCELERATION

Serverless compute for accelerating eligible queries.

Compute

Credits

REPLICATION

REPLICATION

Compute and transfer for database and account replication.

Networking

Credits

SEARCH_OPTIMIZATION

SEARCH OPTIMIZATION

Serverless compute for search optimization service maintenance.

Compute

Credits

SENSITIVE_DATA_CLASSIFICATION

SENSITIVE DATA CLASSIFICATION

Serverless compute for classifying sensitive data.

Management and Governance

Credits

SERVERLESS_ALERTS

SERVERLESS ALERTS

Serverless compute for alert condition evaluation.

Management and Governance

Credits

SERVERLESS_TASK

SERVERLESS TASKS

Serverless compute for scheduled task execution.

Compute

Credits

SERVERLESS_TASKS_FLEX

SERVERLESS TASKS FLEX

Flexible serverless compute for scheduled tasks.

Compute

Credits

SNOWPARK_CONTAINER_SERVICES

SNOWPARK CONTAINER SERVICES

Compute and resources for Snowpark Container Services workloads.

Compute

Credits

SNOWPIPE_STREAMING

SNOWPIPE STREAMING

Serverless compute for low-latency streaming ingestion.

Migration

Credits

SNOWWORK

SNOWWORK

Project SnowWork autonomous enterprise AI platform usage.

AI and Machine Learning

Credits

STORAGE

STORAGE

Compressed data storage including Time Travel and Fail-safe.

Storage

TiB-Months

STORAGE_LIFECYCLE_POLICY_EXECUTION

STORAGE LIFECYCLE POLICY EXECUTION

Compute for executing storage lifecycle policies.

Management and Governance

Credits

STORAGE_REQUEST

STORAGE REQUEST

Request-based charges for storage operations.

Databases

Million Requests

TABLE_OPTIMIZATION

TABLE OPTIMIZATION

Serverless compute for automatic table optimization.

Compute

Credits

TELEMETRY_DATA_INGEST

TELEMETRY DATA INGEST

Ingestion of telemetry and observability data.

Management and Governance

Credits

TRUST_CENTER

TRUST CENTER

Serverless compute for Trust Center security monitoring.

Management and Governance

Credits

WAREHOUSE_METERING

COMPUTE

Virtual warehouse compute credits for query execution.

Compute

Credits