Before you begin

If your organization has a Snowflake account, check with your Snowflake account administrator to see if a user was created for you. If your organization doesn’t have a Snowflake account, you can sign up for a free trial account or contact us directly to request an account.

After you have access to a Snowflake account and can sign in as a user, you can access Snowflake by using any of the following methods:

  • Snowflake interfaces:

    • Snowsight, Snowflake’s browser-based web interface

    • Command-line clients:

    • Programmatic interfaces, such as Snowflake connectors, drivers, and the Snowpark API. For an overview of these and other programmatic interfaces, see Develop Apps and Extensions.

  • Applications:

    • You can access Snowflake through an application. Snowflake provides several ways to create and use applications. Your organization might create an application and make it available to you, or you might use a third-party application available on the Snowflake Marketplace or in the Snowflake ecosystem.

For information about these tools and interfaces, see Applications and tools for connecting to Snowflake.

For pricing and service information, see the pricing page on the Snowflake website.

For more information about free trial accounts, see Trial accounts.

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