Snowflake Notebooks
Snowflake Notebooks: A governed notebook workspace for teams developing Python, SQL, and ML workflows on Snowflake. Ranked #26 of 27 in Data Warehouse Software by our editors (6.4/10); pricing: Paid; best for snowflake users building notebook workflows.
At a glance
- Editor score6.4 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forSnowflake users building notebook workflows
- Pricing modelUsage_based
- Founded2012
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Direct access to governed Snowflake data
- Managed CPU and GPU compute for AI and machine learning
- Git collaboration, scheduling, and role-based access controls
Where it doesn't
- Consumption-based pricing varies by provider, region, edition, and account type
- Web-only platform access
- Focused on workflows built around Snowflake data
Our verdict on Snowflake Notebooks
Snowflake Notebooks is a managed, Jupyter-compatible development environment for data scientists, data engineers, and machine-learning teams working with Snowflake data. It supports Python, SQL, and Markdown cells, interactive exploration, visualization, model development, inference, and production data pipelines. Workspaces add file management, shared workspaces, role-based access controls, Git-integrated collaboration, version history, and interactive Python file execution. It is best suited to teams that want notebook development close to governed Snowflake data rather than a standalone notebook environment.
Pricing is consumption-based and varies by cloud provider, region, edition, and account type. The Standard plan includes core platform functionality, fully managed elastic compute, data sharing, and Time Travel. Enterprise adds multi-cluster compute, granular governance and privacy controls, and extended Time Travel windows. Business Critical adds Tri-Secret Secure, private connectivity, and failover and failback. Virtual Private Snowflake includes Business Critical features in an isolated Snowflake environment. These tiers make the product applicable across different governance and infrastructure requirements, while the final cost depends on usage and account configuration.
The platform fits closely with the Snowflake data platform and integrates with Git, Streamlit, Altair, Matplotlib, and seaborn. Managed CPU and GPU compute, notebook scheduling, orchestration, and native machine-learning support give teams a path from preparation and experimentation toward repeatable workflows. Snowflake is also transitioning users from Legacy Notebooks to Notebooks in Workspaces. Choose Snowflake Notebooks when governed Snowflake access, collaboration, and managed compute are central to the workflow. Consider another notebook product when the work must remain independent of Snowflake or outside a web-based environment.
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Snowflake Notebooks fact sheet
| Free plan | Not verified |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Deployment model | Cloud |
| Pricing model | Usage_based |
| Separate storage and compute | Yes |
| Data lake support | Yes |
| Streaming ingestion | Yes |
| In-database machine learning | Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Docs, Community |
| Built for | Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 6 integrations: Git, Snowflake data platform, Streamlit, Altair, Matplotlib, seaborn |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | snowflake.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
Snowflake Notebooks integrations
Snowflake Notebooks lists 6 integrations on its own site.
- Git
- Snowflake data platform
- Streamlit
- Altair
- Matplotlib
- seaborn
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