How much does Snowflake Cortex Analyst cost?

AI Credits cost $2.00 with global routing or $2.20 regionally across Snowflake editions. Warehouse compute for the SQL is billed separately.

Can Cortex Analyst query data outside Snowflake?

No. It answers against data loaded into Snowflake through a semantic view. Other warehouse data must be ingested first, and semantic views cannot be joined.

Can I use Snowflake CoWork in Slack?

Not as a one-click app yet. Snowflake still described the CoWork Slack app as an upcoming private preview in August 2026.

All comparisons

Dot vs Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork

Dot is the better fit when questions span sources, dbt, Looker, Slack, or Teams. Cortex Analyst stays inside Snowflake.

What are the differences between Dot and Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork?

Showing 26 of 43 capabilities across 8 categories

02 / 10

Where can users receive answers?

Native Slack app

Dot: Yes. Native Slack app, install and ask in-channel
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Slack app still 'private preview soon' Source

Native Microsoft Teams app

Dot: Yes. Native Teams app, same experience as Slack
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Via custom MCP connector, not packaged app Source

Answers and reports by email

Dot: Yes. Automated reports and alerts land straight in inbox
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Automations (preview) email scheduled question re-runs Source

Native mobile apps

Dot: No. Web app works in mobile browser only
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Yes. Native apps on iOS App Store, Google Play Source

03 / 10

Which data sources can it access?

Warehouse and database connectors

Dot: Yes. 31 connectors: Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, Postgres, more
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. Snowflake-native only; other warehouses ingested first Source

Joins data across separate sources

Dot: Yes. Joins separate sources inside one workspace
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. Routes among views; cross-view joins undocumented Source

04 / 10

Which business context grounds its answers?

Grounded in dbt models and metrics

Dot: Yes. Reads existing dbt models and metrics, no redefinition
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. dbt package manages Snowflake Semantic Views, not metrics Source

Grounded in LookML

Dot: Yes. Reads existing LookML explores and fields directly
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. Uses Snowflake semantic views, not LookML Source

Your own metric and term definitions

Dot: Yes. Org glossary, business-term glossary and playbooks reused everywhere
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Semantic-view synonyms plus Cortex Sense, no glossary layer Source

06 / 10

Who owns and maintains the business logic?

Business context lives in a repository you own

Dot: Yes. Two-way sync with your GitHub or GitLab
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Exportable YAML supports version control, not Git ownership Source

Context and apps use Git and pull requests

Dot: Yes. Every publish is versioned through Git and PRs
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Cortex Sense stays scoped inside Snowflake only Source

Context stays current when schemas change

Dot: Yes. Schema changes trigger assisted context review
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Evaluations suggest fixes; schema drift remains manual Source

Context remains portable if you leave

Dot: Yes. Readable context and apps stay in your repository
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Exports readable YAML, Ossie, and DDL definitions Source

07 / 10

Which outputs can it produce?

Scheduled reports

Dot: Yes. Scheduled PowerPoint and PDF business reviews
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Automations (preview) re-run a question on schedule Source

Exports decks and PDFs

Dot: Yes. Automated Reports ship as finished PowerPoint/PDF decks
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Code execution outputs PDFs/PPTX; File Output in preview Source

Conditional alerts and monitoring

Dot: Yes. Background monitoring, messages only on threshold
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. SQL Alerts threshold-based; CoWork Automations schedule-only Source

White labeling and embedded analytics

Dot: Partly. Dashboard embedding; limited white-label controls
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. No packaged white-label embedded analytics product Source

Notebook or IDE for analysts

Dot: No. No notebook workspace; Python runs internally
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Yes. Snowflake Notebooks: cell-based SQL/Python/Markdown IDE inside Snowsight Source

08 / 10

Which governance and security controls are included?

Single sign-on

Dot: Yes. SSO via OIDC on Team plan and up
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Federated SSO needs Enterprise; advanced needs Business Critical Source

Self-hosting available

Dot: Partly. Self-hosted available on Enterprise tier
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. Cannot run locally or on private clouds Source

Uses the platform's native governance

Dot: No. Separate service; metadata and samples sync to Dot
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Yes. Data and prompts stay inside Snowflake end-to-end Source

09 / 10

What is the product built to become?

Purpose-built as a full AI analytics platform

Dot: Yes. Purpose-built for AI analytics across the full workflow
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: No. A data warehouse expanding into AI analytics

10 / 10

How do pricing and cost controls work?

Public, predictable pricing

Dot: Yes. Plan prices public; Enterprise is only custom quote
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Per-credit rate public; per-operation cost needs separate lookup Source

Hard usage limits, spend visibility, and ROI

Dot: Yes. Set usage limits; track spend and ROI
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. Usage metering and budgets; ROI tracked separately Source

Free tier or trial

Dot: Yes. Free plan, no card, unlimited users
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Partly. 30-day $400 trial only, no ongoing free tier Source

No new vendor to procure

Dot: No. New vendor: own procurement, security review, contract
Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork: Yes. Billed as AI Credits, no contract amendment required Source

Across all 43 capabilities

Dot36 supported2 partial5 not available

Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork20 supported16 partial7 not available

Category	Decision point	Dot	Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork
02 / 10Where can users receive answers?	Native Slack app	Yes. Native Slack app, install and ask in-channel	Partly. Slack app still 'private preview soon' Source
	Native Microsoft Teams app	Yes. Native Teams app, same experience as Slack	Partly. Via custom MCP connector, not packaged app Source
	Answers and reports by email	Yes. Automated reports and alerts land straight in inbox	Partly. Automations (preview) email scheduled question re-runs Source
	Native mobile apps	No. Web app works in mobile browser only	Yes. Native apps on iOS App Store, Google Play Source
03 / 10Which data sources can it access?	Warehouse and database connectors	Yes. 31 connectors: Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, Postgres, more	No. Snowflake-native only; other warehouses ingested first Source
03 / 10Which data sources can it access?	Joins data across separate sources	Yes. Joins separate sources inside one workspace	No. Routes among views; cross-view joins undocumented Source
04 / 10Which business context grounds its answers?	Grounded in dbt models and metrics	Yes. Reads existing dbt models and metrics, no redefinition	Partly. dbt package manages Snowflake Semantic Views, not metrics Source
	Grounded in LookML	Yes. Reads existing LookML explores and fields directly	No. Uses Snowflake semantic views, not LookML Source
	Your own metric and term definitions	Yes. Org glossary, business-term glossary and playbooks reused everywhere	Partly. Semantic-view synonyms plus Cortex Sense, no glossary layer Source
06 / 10Who owns and maintains the business logic?	Business context lives in a repository you own	Yes. Two-way sync with your GitHub or GitLab	Partly. Exportable YAML supports version control, not Git ownership Source
	Context and apps use Git and pull requests	Yes. Every publish is versioned through Git and PRs	Partly. Cortex Sense stays scoped inside Snowflake only Source
	Context stays current when schemas change	Yes. Schema changes trigger assisted context review	Partly. Evaluations suggest fixes; schema drift remains manual Source
	Context remains portable if you leave	Yes. Readable context and apps stay in your repository	Partly. Exports readable YAML, Ossie, and DDL definitions Source
07 / 10Which outputs can it produce?	Scheduled reports	Yes. Scheduled PowerPoint and PDF business reviews	Partly. Automations (preview) re-run a question on schedule Source
	Exports decks and PDFs	Yes. Automated Reports ship as finished PowerPoint/PDF decks	Partly. Code execution outputs PDFs/PPTX; File Output in preview Source
	Conditional alerts and monitoring	Yes. Background monitoring, messages only on threshold	Partly. SQL Alerts threshold-based; CoWork Automations schedule-only Source
	White labeling and embedded analytics	Partly. Dashboard embedding; limited white-label controls	No. No packaged white-label embedded analytics product Source
	Notebook or IDE for analysts	No. No notebook workspace; Python runs internally	Yes. Snowflake Notebooks: cell-based SQL/Python/Markdown IDE inside Snowsight Source
08 / 10Which governance and security controls are included?	Single sign-on	Yes. SSO via OIDC on Team plan and up	Partly. Federated SSO needs Enterprise; advanced needs Business Critical Source
	Self-hosting available	Partly. Self-hosted available on Enterprise tier	No. Cannot run locally or on private clouds Source
	Uses the platform's native governance	No. Separate service; metadata and samples sync to Dot	Yes. Data and prompts stay inside Snowflake end-to-end Source
09 / 10What is the product built to become?	Purpose-built as a full AI analytics platform	Yes. Purpose-built for AI analytics across the full workflow	No. A data warehouse expanding into AI analytics
10 / 10How do pricing and cost controls work?	Public, predictable pricing	Yes. Plan prices public; Enterprise is only custom quote	Partly. Per-credit rate public; per-operation cost needs separate lookup Source
	Hard usage limits, spend visibility, and ROI	Yes. Set usage limits; track spend and ROI	Partly. Usage metering and budgets; ROI tracked separately Source
	Free tier or trial	Yes. Free plan, no card, unlimited users	Partly. 30-day $400 trial only, no ongoing free tier Source
	No new vendor to procure	No. New vendor: own procurement, security review, contract	Yes. Billed as AI Credits, no contract amendment required Source
Across all 43 capabilities		Dot36 supported2 partial5 not available	Snowflake Cortex Analyst & Snowflake CoWork20 supported16 partial7 not available

Conclusion

Choose for the analytics stack you want to end up with

The decision is not only which tool answers questions today. It is which product can become your analytics platform over time.

Choose Snowflake when governed analytics should stay inside Snowflake

Snowflake policies, RBAC, and audit trails apply without separate setup.
AI Credit pricing is $2.00 globally or $2.20 regionally.
Deep Research supports parallel investigations within Snowflake.

Watch out

Broad semantic views reduce reliability. Practitioners see weaker results when semantic views cover many tables or domains, and recommend separate agents with narrower scopes. ^[1][2][3]

Pricing

AI Credits cost $2.00 globally or $2.20 regionally.
Warehouse compute adds $2 to $4 per credit by edition.
The 30-day trial includes $400 in credits.

Source

Choose Dot for best-of-breed AI analytics that can replace BI

Connect Dot to the data sources and semantic models you already have, then start with one agent. Context, apps, and business logic stay version-controlled in a repository you own, so they never become a Dot-only asset. Add dashboards, reporting, and governed workflows as adoption grows, then retire BI software you no longer need.

Watch out

Dot is growing quickly. Its smaller team may not offer the same level of hands-on support as a larger vendor in every region.

Pricing

Free plan, no credit card
Pro at $200/month, or $180/month billed annually. Unlimited users.
Team at $800/month, or $720/month billed annually. Adds single sign-on and row-level security.
Enterprise is custom: self-hosting, SLAs, and volume terms

Full pricing

Why the pricing model matters

Frontier AI has variable inference cost. A vendor that relies only on seat pricing must eventually meter AI, absorb the cost, or limit capability. Dot makes usage visible, lets teams set limits, and tracks the return on that spend.

Receipts

Benchmarked against human analysts, and measured in production

DABStep is Adyen’s public data-analysis benchmark. Dot scored above trained human analysts. It is independently published and available to inspect. In production, customers report these outcomes.

18× ROI

Choco, from time saved on analytics

12,000+ hours

saved every year at Duolingo, across 5,000+ tables

99% faster

time-to-insight at Emerge

€800K found

in a single investigation at KRY

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