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The Hidden Cost of Snowflake Cortex AI: A $5K Single-Query Wake-Up Call

Seemore Team
Guy Biecher
Feb 25, 2026
TL;DR Snowflake Cortex AI is transforming how teams work with unstructured data, but it comes with a new cost management challenge: a single query can consume thousands of credits without warning. Unlike traditional warehouse costs, Cortex AI charges are based on token ...
AI-powered transformation of data engineering - from complex technical workflows to streamlined natural language development, perfectly representing Snowflake Cortex Code's value proposition.
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Snowflake Cortex Code: Complete Guide to Features, Pricing & Implementation (2026)

Matan Avneri
Feb 05, 2026
On February 3, 2026, Snowflake unveiled Cortex Code at BUILD London 2026, marking a significant shift in how data teams approach development. Unlike generic coding assistants that merely suggest code snippets, Cortex Code operates as a Snowflake-native AI agent that und...
A split-screen showing SQL code with ALTER SESSION SET QUERY_TAG on one side and a real-time cost dashboard on the other, using brand colors for syntax highlighting
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Snowflake Query Tags: Implementation Guide with Python, dbt & SQL Examples

Yaniv Leven
Yaniv Leven
Jan 20, 2026
Snowflake query tags let you attach meaningful metadata to every SQL query you run. That sounds simple, but used the right way, query tags unlock visibility most teams never get: fine-grained cost attribution, performance tracking, and clear workload classification. Her...
Snowflake Cortex Agent Cost is a Black Box. And Snowflake AI Observability shed some light onto it.
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Snowflake AI Observability for Cortex Agents: Tracking Token-Level Costs with SQL

Seemore Team
Guy Biecher
Jan 12, 2026
TL;DRSnowflake Cortex Agent costs are not fully visible in native dashboards. By querying SNOWFLAKE.LOCAL.AI_OBSERVABILITY_EVENTS and applying model-specific pricing, you can calculate 100% of agent costs, attribute spend to agents/users/teams, and build daily cost moni...
Auto- clustering in scale with AI recommendation
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Intelligent Snowflake Auto Clustering: How to Optimize Auto-Clustering at Scale with AI

Seemore Team
Guy Biecher
Jan 12, 2026
TL;DR Snowflake auto-clustering can dramatically improve query performance — but at scale, it often becomes a guessing game that quietly burns credits. Manual clustering analysis doesn’t keep up with changing query patterns, table growth, and data churn. This post expla...

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    Visual representation of Snowflake Cortex AI with a glowing snowflake symbol over cloud servers, highlighting AI and data processing infrastructure
    9 min read

    The Hidden Cost of Snowflake Cortex AI: A $5K Single-Query Wake-Up Call

    Seemore Team
    Guy Biecher
    Feb 25, 2026
    AI-powered transformation of data engineering - from complex technical workflows to streamlined natural language development, perfectly representing Snowflake Cortex Code's value proposition.
    6 min read

    Snowflake Cortex Code: Complete Guide to Features, Pricing & Implementation (2026)

    Matan Avneri
    Feb 05, 2026
    A split-screen showing SQL code with ALTER SESSION SET QUERY_TAG on one side and a real-time cost dashboard on the other, using brand colors for syntax highlighting
    4 min read

    Snowflake Query Tags: Implementation Guide with Python, dbt & SQL Examples

    Yaniv Leven
    Yaniv Leven
    Jan 20, 2026
    Snowflake Cortex Agent Cost is a Black Box. And Snowflake AI Observability shed some light onto it.
    6 min read

    Snowflake AI Observability for Cortex Agents: Tracking Token-Level Costs with SQL

    Seemore Team
    Guy Biecher
    Jan 12, 2026
    Auto- clustering in scale with AI recommendation
    7 min read

    Intelligent Snowflake Auto Clustering: How to Optimize Auto-Clustering at Scale with AI

    Seemore Team
    Guy Biecher
    Jan 12, 2026
    Illustration showing a global cloud data ecosystem with DoiT and SELECT connected at the top, and multiple cost intelligence layers below—representing how different players share the data cost optimization market.
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    What DoiT’s Acquisition of SELECT Signals About the Data Cost Intelligence Market?

    Seemore Team
    Ariel Utnik
    Jan 07, 2026
    Clean blog header image with the title “Top Snowflake Cost Management Tools – 2026.” A central Snowflake-style icon is surrounded by minimal line icons representing cost, settings, performance, and security. Below, a simple bar and line chart visualizes cost trends. The design uses Seemore’s brand colors on a soft gradient background,
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    Top Snowflake Cost Management Tools in 2026

    Idan Birnboim
    Dec 23, 2025
    An infographic titled 'Snowflake Warehouse Optimization in 2026' highlighting four key strategies: Right Sizing, Multi-Cluster Strategies, Gen1 vs Gen2 Warehouses, and Auto-Suspend configuration, all part of an Automated Platform.
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    How to Automate Snowflake Warehouse Optimization (2026 Guide)

    Snir Siboni
    Dec 21, 2025
    Snowpipe pricing announcement in Snowflake summit 2025
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    How Snowflake’s New Snowpipe Pricing Cut Costs by 80–95% (With Queries to Measure It Yourself)

    Seemore Team
    Guy Biecher
    Dec 10, 2025
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    Intelligent Snowflake Auto Clustering: How to Optimize Auto-Clustering at Scale with AI

    Seemore Team
    Guy Biecher

    Jan 12, 2026

    TL;DR Snowflake auto-clustering can dramatically improve query performance — but at scale, it often becomes a guessing game that quietly burns credits. Manual clustering analysis doesn’t keep up with changing query patterns, table growth, and data churn. This post expl...

    Auto- clustering in scale with AI recommendation

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    How to Automate Snowflake Warehouse Optimization (2026 Guide)

    Snir Siboni

    Dec 21, 2025

    TL;DR Snowflake warehouse optimization in 2026 requires right-sizing compute (vertical scaling), controlling concurrency with multi-cluster policies (horizontal scaling), choosing Gen1 vs Gen2 based on workload type, and eliminating idle time with aggressive suspensi...

    An infographic titled 'Snowflake Warehouse Optimization in 2026' highlighting four key strategies: Right Sizing, Multi-Cluster Strategies, Gen1 vs Gen2 Warehouses, and Auto-Suspend configuration, all part of an Automated Platform.

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    Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Snowflake Query Profile

    Matan Avneri

    May 23, 2024

    Comprehensive Guide to Mastering the Snowflake Query Profile

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    Smart Pulse – Hourly Autonomous Snowflake Warehouse Optimization for Smarter Scaling

    Yaniv Leven
    Yaniv Leven

    Aug 13, 2025

    Introducing Smart Pulse In the constant balancing act between performance and cost in cloud data warehouses, timing is everything. Optimize too slowly, and you waste budget on oversized resources. React too late, and users face query slowdowns or missed SLAs. That’s...

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    What is Smart Snowflake Auto Suspend: Auto Shutdown

    Yaniv Leven
    Yaniv Leven

    Nov 03, 2025

    Managing Snowflake warehouses efficiently has always been a delicate balance. You need compute resources available when your data teams need them, but leaving warehouses running when idle can drain budgets fast. Traditional Snowflake Auto Suspend features help, but they...

    Comparison infographic showing traditional static auto-suspend versus intelligent AI-powered warehouse auto-shutdown for Snowflake optimization

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