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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Snowflake / Arctic managed task models

Arctic Sentiment

Snowflake-managed sentiment models for overall and aspect-level text analysis, with separate current and legacy interfaces.

Text analysis
availableClosed-source managed componentText analysis
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 15 Oct 2026
7 of 19 specification fields collected
Input token limit2K2,048 tokens
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingSee ratesSnowflake Cortex SQL
Output billingSee ratesPublished units and conditions below

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Context / input limit
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Maximum input tokens
2,048 tokensSource for Maximum input tokens (opens in a new tab)

Primary AI_SENTIMENT interface. Legacy SENTIMENT accepts only 512 tokens; do not apply this limit to that endpoint.

Maximum output
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Parameters
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Reasoning
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Tool calling
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Structured output
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Streaming
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Batch processing
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Fine-tuning
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Context caching
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Release date
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected

Exact-model value not established by the reviewed service or research documentation.

Provider model name
arctic-sentimentSource for Provider model name (opens in a new tab)

Function-specific model governance alias, not a versioned public checkpoint identifier.

Input modalities
TextSource for Input modalities (opens in a new tab)
Output modalities
JSON, LabelsSource for Output modalities (opens in a new tab)
Request limits
AI_SENTIMENT: up to 10 aspects, each at most 30 characters.Source for Request limits (opens in a new tab)
Languages
English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, PortugueseSource for Languages (opens in a new tab)

Current AI_SENTIMENT. Legacy interfaces are documented for English.

Output formats
Overall and requested aspect labels: positive, negative, neutral, mixed or unknown.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)

Unknown means the requested aspect was not mentioned, not a probability threshold.

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

Implicit service routing; no versioned public checkpoint selector established.

Access
Requires SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX_USER plus the function/input object privileges. Model RBAC is checked first; CORTEX_MODELS_ALLOWLIST can permit the underlying model/alias as fallback.
Regions
Exact model-specific deployment regions not established
API endpoint URL
AI_SENTIMENT(text [, categories] [, return_error_details])Source for API endpoint URL (opens in a new tab)
Authentication
Model RBAC or an allowed underlying model/alias is required in addition to normal function/object privileges.Source for Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Request limits
2,048-token context; excess input errors and excess output is truncated. Maximum 10 aspect names of 30 characters each.Source for Request limits (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 15 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Inference AI CreditsSentiment · AI Credits11.6 credits1M processed tokens

Rate conditions

  1. Snowflake AI Credits, not USD. Contract credit conversion and platform compute/storage charges are separate.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Snowflake states that customer data is not used to train models made available to its customer base. Cross-region settings can permit transient payload processing outside the account region. Exact contractual retention terms are not established here.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

Implicit service routing; no versioned public checkpoint selector established.

Access
Requires SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX_USER plus the function/input object privileges. Model RBAC is checked first; CORTEX_MODELS_ALLOWLIST can permit the underlying model/alias as fallback.
Regions
Exact model-specific deployment regions not established
API endpoint URL
SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX.SENTIMENT(text)Source for API endpoint URL (opens in a new tab)
Authentication
Model RBAC or an allowed underlying model/alias is required in addition to normal function/object privileges.Source for Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Maximum input tokens
512 tokensSource for Maximum input tokens (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
English text sentiment score from -1 to +1.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Snowflake states that customer data is not used to train models made available to its customer base. Cross-region settings can permit transient payload processing outside the account region. Exact contractual retention terms are not established here.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
Not collected

Implicit service routing; no versioned public checkpoint selector established.

Access
Requires SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX_USER plus the function/input object privileges. Model RBAC is checked first; CORTEX_MODELS_ALLOWLIST can permit the underlying model/alias as fallback. Legacy compatibility interface scheduled for deprecation by the end of 2026; exact retirement date not published here.
Regions
Exact model-specific deployment regions not established
API endpoint URL
SNOWFLAKE.CORTEX.ENTITY_SENTIMENT(text [, entities])Source for API endpoint URL (opens in a new tab)
Authentication
Model RBAC or an allowed underlying model/alias is required in addition to normal function/object privileges.Source for Authentication (opens in a new tab)
Maximum input tokens
2,048 tokensSource for Maximum input tokens (opens in a new tab)
Output formats
English-language overall and requested entity sentiment results.Source for Output formats (opens in a new tab)

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Snowflake states that customer data is not used to train models made available to its customer base. Cross-region settings can permit transient payload processing outside the account region. Exact contractual retention terms are not established here.

Read the service policy (opens in a new tab)

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Not verified

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How it works
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Limits & data boundaries
Published automatic response caching applies to text-only AI_COMPLETE, not this function. Its TTL and free hits are not assigned here.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Not verified

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How it works
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Limits & data boundaries
Published automatic response caching applies to text-only AI_COMPLETE, not this function. Its TTL and free hits are not assigned here.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

Snowflake Cortex SQL

Not verified

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How it works
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

How to enable it
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Usage fields
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Billing rules
Not collected

No exact-model prompt caching contract or discounted cache-token price established.

Limits & data boundaries
Published automatic response caching applies to text-only AI_COMPLETE, not this function. Its TTL and free hits are not assigned here.Source for Limits & data boundaries (opens in a new tab)

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 15 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

A named Snowflake-managed function model alias. This service record does not establish a distinct private foundation checkpoint or disclose every constituent model.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed