Snowflake Cortex Pricing in 2026: How Much Does It Actually Cost (With Real Examples)

Snowflake changed how it bills for AI on April 1, 2026. If your team is running Cortex functions, Cortex Search, Cortex Agents, or Snowflake Intelligence, the pricing model you learned last year is already out of date. Here’s what Cortex costs today, how the math actually works, and how it stacks up against Databricks.