Effective: May 13, 2025
Consumption
Generally. The Snowflake Service is a cloud data platform provided by Snowflake ('Snowflake', 'we', 'us', 'our') to Snowflake customers (each a 'Customer', 'you', 'your') as a service which consumes resources for distinct functions as set forth herein and is available in several different editions (' Editions ') and hosted in different geographical regions (' Regions ') by certain third-party cloud providers (' Cloud Providers '), as described more fully in your agreement with Snowflake (' Agreement ') and the Documentation. Customer Data is uploaded into Customer's account on the Snowflake Service (' Account ') and may be stored in a central repository in each Account (' Storage '). Customer can create and manage virtual warehouses (each, a ' Virtual Warehouse ') or Snowpark container services compute nodes (' Compute Nodes ') as needed to combine and process Customer Data from Storage (respectively, ' Virtual Warehouse Services ' and ' SPCS Compute '). As set forth in the tables below 'Azure,' 'AWS,' and 'GCP' each refer to the Cloud Providers, Microsoft Corporation, Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Google LLC, respectively. Any ($) values set forth in the below tables are in U.S. dollars (USD).
Snowflake Credits
Compute (Virtual Warehouse Services and SPCS Compute). Snowflake bills for Virtual Warehouse Services and SPCS Compute using purchasable credits, as described herein (' Snowflake Credits' or 'Credits' ). Virtual Warehouses and Compute Nodes use Snowflake Credits at certain rates based on the effective size 1 of the Virtual Warehouse or Compute Node while the applicable Virtual Warehouse or Compute Node is in operation, as set forth in the Snowflake Credit Tables below, as determined by Customer. When a Virtual Warehouse or Compute Node is suspended, it does not use any Snowflake Credits. Unless otherwise noted, when a Virtual Warehouse is started or resumed, a minimum of one minute's worth of Snowflake Credits will be consumed; when a Compute Node is started or resumed, a minimum of five minutes' worth of Snowflake Credits will be consumed. Thereafter, Virtual Warehouses and Compute Nodes will be charged on a per second basis, rounded up to the nearest whole second.
Cloud Services. 2 Operating the Snowflake Service requires the use of the Snowflake cloud services layer (' Cloud Services '). Cloud Services is charged based on the amount of Cloud Services compute resources used while operating the Snowflake Service. You will be charged 4.4 Credits per hour of Cloud Services use. Your daily use of Cloud Services will not incur any charges if the daily Snowflake Credits charged for such use is less than or equal to 10% of the daily Snowflake Credits consumed for use of Virtual Warehouse Services (' Cloud Services Adjustment '). Cloud Services usage associated with: (i) Serverless Features (as described below); or (ii) SPCS Compute do not contribute to the Cloud Services Adjustment.
Serverless Features. Snowflake offers a number of Serverless Features as described in the Documentation. Serverless Features operate on Snowflake-managed compute resources which are charged by the number of Compute-Hours used to operate the Serverless Feature. One ' Compute-Hour ' is defined as the computing resources comparable to running an XS Virtual Warehouse for one hour. In the event Snowflake uses computing resources that are equivalently larger or smaller than an XS Virtual Warehouse, the Credit consumption rate will be adjusted accordingly. For example, if a Serverless Feature uses computing resources comparable to an S Virtual Warehouse for 30 minutes, such use is measured as one Compute-Hour. Compute-Hours are calculated on a per second basis, rounded up to the nearest whole second. For Serverless Features, Snowflake-managed compute is billed at the rate of one Credit per Compute-Hour, multiplied by the applicable feature multiplier in Table 5. Some Serverless Features also incur Cloud Service charges, which are also multiplied by the applicable feature multiplier in Table 5. Some Serverless Features also incur Unit Charges. The Serverless Feature charges for Snowflake-managed compute resources, Cloud Services, and Unit Charges appear in the usage statement as a single line item for that Serverless Feature.