In which use cases does Snowflake apply egress charges?

The correct answer is C. Database replication. Snowflake applies data egress charges when data is transferred across cloud regions or cloud providers. Database replication moves data from a primary account in one region to a replica in another region or cloud, which crosses network boundaries and incurs egress fees. Data…

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AData sharing within a specific region
BQuery result retrieval
CDatabase replication
DLoading data into Snowflake

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B
2% (1)
C
93% (41)
D
5% (2)

Explanation

Snowflake applies data egress charges when data is transferred across cloud regions or cloud providers. Database replication moves data from a primary account in one region to a replica in another region or cloud, which crosses network boundaries and incurs egress fees. Data sharing within the same region (option A) uses metadata-based access and does not physically move data, so there are no egress charges. Query result retrieval (option B) does not incur egress charges in the traditional sense. Loading data into Snowflake (option D) is ingress, not egress.

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