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COF-R02 · Question #98

Which statement about billing applies to Snowflake credits?

The correct answer is D. Credits are consumed based on the warehouse size and the time the warehouse is running. Snowflake credits are used to pay for the consumption of resources on Snowflake. A Snowflake credit is a unit of measure, and it is consumed only when a customer is using resources, such as when a virtual warehouse is running, the cloud services layer is performing work, or…

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Question

Which statement about billing applies to Snowflake credits?

Options

  • ACredits are billed per-minute with a 60-minute minimum
  • BCredits are used to pay for cloud data storage usage
  • CCredits are consumed based on the number of credits billed for each hour that a warehouse runs
  • DCredits are consumed based on the warehouse size and the time the warehouse is running

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    11% (4)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    83% (30)

Explanation

Snowflake credits are used to pay for the consumption of resources on Snowflake. A Snowflake credit is a unit of measure, and it is consumed only when a customer is using resources, such as when a virtual warehouse is running, the cloud services layer is performing work, or serverless features are used. https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/what-are-credits.html

Topics

#credit billing#warehouse cost#compute pricing

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