MotherDuck vs Snowflake Cortex
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Snowflake Cortex
SQL-callable LLM functions and agents that run inside Snowflake
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 7.2 / 10 |
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| Value for money | — | |
| Ease of use | — | |
| ASEAN readiness | — | |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | 10 GB storage, 10 compute-hours/month, up to 3 users — no credit card required | 30-day trial, $400 usage credit (or $40 for Cortex Code CLI); no card required to start |
| Paid from | Business plan from $250/month + pay-as-you-go compute ($0.60–$36/hr) | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | Thousands of developers and data teams (approx. 2,000 at Sep 2023 waitlist removal / Series B) | — |
| Founded | 2022 | 2012 |
| Maker | MotherDuck (independent, VC-backed) | Benoit Dageville, Thierry Cruanes, Marcin Żukowski |
| Verdict | MotherDuck is one of the most compelling new entries in the data warehouse space for small-to-mid-sized teams. Its DuckDB foundation delivers genuine sub-second query performance on local and cloud data, the Python/R/Nod... |
If your data already lives in Snowflake, Cortex spares you from standing up a separate AI pipeline: you call an LLM the same way you'd call any SQL function. AI_COMPLETE, AI_CLASSIFY and AI_EXTRACT cover the common jobs,... |
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