Our notes on Snowflake
We wrote these notes when we read the Snowflake site for our SQL comparisons. For each note, you see the day of our check and a link to the page that we read.
Snowflake content and size
- Snowflake lists SnowPro Core COF-C03 on its certifications page. COF-C02 is not on the list. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- Snowflake marks SnowPro Advanced: Data Analyst (DAA-C01) "Retiring December 1, 2026". Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- For SnowPro Advanced: Data Analyst (Exam DAA-C01), Snowflake gives the prerequisite "SnowPro Core Certified". Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
Snowflake certificate
- Snowflake lists SnowPro Core (COF-C03) on its certifications page. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You pass a proctored exam through Pearson VUE, at a test center or online with OnVUE. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- Snowflake charges $175 for each exam attempt. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- Snowflake describes the SnowPro Core candidate as having "6 or more months of experience using Snowflake". Checked October 20, 2026 (source)
- Snowflake says that all its certifications are valid for two years after it awards them. To renew, you earn an equal or higher certification, or you finish one Snowflake instructor-led course. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- Snowflake sends your digital badge and verifiable certification through Accredible. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- In its COF-C03 study guide, Snowflake names five domains: AI Data Cloud features and architecture (31%), account management and data governance (20%), data loading, unloading, and connectivity (18%), performance optimization, querying, and transformation (21%), and data collaboration (10%). In the fourth domain, Snowflake names aggregate functions, window functions, and SQL for query optimization. Checked October 17, 2026 (source)
- You use the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Checked October 15, 2026 (source)
- You pass a proctored exam at a test center or online, and you get a digital badge and verifiable certification through Accredible. Checked October 17, 2026 (source)
- SQL is one part of one domain of five. In its study guide, Snowflake says: "The exam does not cover cloud fundamentals or basics of SQL syntax." Checked October 17, 2026 (source)