Predictika · Snowflake platform quotes
An AI sales agent prepares a Snowflake quote: region, edition, virtual warehouses, storage, capacity contract, agreement term, support and any compliance requirement, in US dollars. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the pricing and quoting rules, compares the annual total the quote states with the computed one, and returns every finding together with the line-item quote. This is an illustrative model built from public product information with illustrative prices; it is not Snowflake's internal rule set.
This validator models one slice of Snowflake pricing: platform quotes for virtual warehouses and storage, with the region, edition, capacity contract, agreement term, support plan and security features around them. It handles any quote built from those parts, not only the scenarios shown on this page. It does not cover Snowflake features outside platform pricing, or other vendors.
8 scenarios in 4 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Annual total built from warehouses, credits, capacity, discount and support | Only with care Compute credits depend on size, type, edition and region; capacity discounts the on-demand rates; a deal discount and a support plan sit on top. A rule set can price each step, but every step has to be kept in step with the others. | The whole chain is computed on every call and returned as line items that add up to the annual total and the whole-agreement total. |
| Capacity plan sized against usage, with the term matched to the agreement | Only with care Undersized and oversized plans are two thresholds against the same consumption figure, and the plan term has to match the agreement term. Each works alone; together they are easy to leave out of step. | Consumption, plan and agreement term are compared on every call: a term mismatch blocks, and a plan that is too large or costs more than on demand is flagged with the amounts. |
| Discount allowed only with a capacity contract and only up to a spend-based limit | Only with care The permitted discount depends on the annual platform spend after capacity and on whether there is a capacity contract at all. | The permitted discount is computed from the platform spend on every call and compared with the one requested. |
| Compliance and security features that depend on the edition | Only with care HIPAA, PCI, PrivateLink, Tri-Secret Secure and failover all need Business Critical, while Time Travel and materialized views need Enterprise. The same feature list leads to a block or a price depending on the edition. | The requested features are checked against the edition on every call and the finding names the edition that falls short. |
| Annual total that the agent states must match the computed one | Only with workarounds A validation rule can compare a stated figure with a calculated one only if the stated figure is a field on the quote, which it rarely is. | The stated annual total travels with the quote and is compared with the computed total on every call; a mismatch is its own block. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | Time Travel beyond one day and materialized views need Enterprise edition or higher; Time Travel is also capped per edition (90 days at most). |
| 2 | HIPAA or PCI workloads, PrivateLink, Tri-Secret Secure and failover need Business Critical or higher; Enterprise is blocked. |
| 3 | A multi-cluster warehouse needs Enterprise or higher, and the average clusters must lie between 1 and the maximum. |
| 4 | Virtual Private Snowflake is sold only on a capacity contract. |
| 5 | A snowpark-optimized warehouse starts at Medium; smaller sizes are blocked. |
| 6 | A warehouse cannot be planned for more than 24 hours a day. |
| 7 | A quote with no warehouses is blocked. |
| 8 | The capacity plan must run for the same number of years as the agreement; a mismatch is blocked. |
| 9 | A deal discount needs a capacity contract, and it is limited by the annual platform spend; above the limit it is blocked. |
| 10 | Capacity larger than planned consumption is flagged because the unused part would be lost, and a plan that costs more than on demand is flagged. |
| 11 | Large on-demand spend is flagged, because a capacity contract would lower both compute and storage rates. |
| 12 | Failover keeps a second copy of the storage, so storage is priced twice, with a warning. |
| 13 | Turning auto-suspend off prices the warehouse around the clock; a very long auto-suspend is flagged as idle spend. |
| 14 | The annual total the agent states must match the computed total to within one dollar; otherwise the quote is blocked. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Quote for Larkspur Media on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, 1-year $250K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. A 8 percent deal discount is requested. The quote states an annual total of $295,247.04. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Quote for Larkspur Media on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, 1-year $250K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. A 5 percent deal discount is requested. The quote states an annual total of $303,896.40. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Quote for Ironwood Health on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, On demand plan, Premier support, with 20 TB of storage. Warehouses: Medium standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month. The workloads need HIPAA compliance. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $61,440.00. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Quote for Ironwood Health on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Business Critical edition, 1 year agreement, On demand plan, Premier support, with 20 TB of storage. Warehouses: Medium standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month. The workloads need HIPAA compliance. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $78,720.00. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Quote for Cobalt Freight on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, 3-year $750K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $302,976.00. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Quote for Cobalt Freight on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 3 years agreement, 3-year $750K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $302,976.00. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Quote for Winterbourne Labs on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, 1-year $250K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $334,227.60. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Quote for Winterbourne Labs on AWS US East (N. Virginia), Enterprise edition, 1 year agreement, 1-year $250K capacity plan, Priority support, with 100 TB of storage. Warehouses: Large standard warehouse, 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, up to 3 clusters (average 1.5); Medium snowpark-optimized warehouse, 10 hours a day, 22 days a month; X-Large standard warehouse, 6 hours a day, 30 days a month. No deal discount. The quote states an annual total of $318,312.00. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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