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Accelerating Enterprise AI: The Power of Snowflake Cortex and QuaerisAI

Snowflake Cortex: Native AI Inside the Data Cloud

Snowflake Cortex brings advanced AI, LLM, and ML capabilities natively into the Snowflake Data Cloud—letting enterprises embed intelligence directly into their data workflows.

Key Strengths of Snowflake Cortex:

  • Unified AI/ML Integration: Deploy pretrained ML models, LLMs, and data agents directly within Snowflake’s governed environment—ensuring enterprise-grade security, compliance, and auditability.
  • AISQL & Natural Language Queries: Express complex data questions in natural language. Cortex automatically converts them into optimized SQL across structured, unstructured, and multimodal data (including documents and images). This allows non-technical users to access powerful analytics without writing a single line of code.
  • Comprehensive Document AI: Built-in multimodal document processing supports text summarization, translation, and extraction at scale, unlocking document-driven insights.
  • End-to-End Governance: Security, access controls, and usage monitoring are fully integrated, helping teams meet compliance requirements natively.
  • Fully Managed & Scalable: Cortex is cloud-native and fully managed, ensuring seamless scaling, observability, and easy integration with leading LLM providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

 

QuaerisAI: Platform-Agnostic GenAI Analytics for Business Users

While Snowflake Cortex delivers powerful AI within Snowflake, QuaerisAI extends intelligence across your enterprise by unifying data and documents from any source in one conversational, collaborative platform.

Why Enterprises Choose QuaerisAI:

  • Converged Search Across Data & Documents: QuaerisAI connects structured data and unstructured documents in a single pane of glass. Users can ask natural language questions and get instant, contextual insights without toggling between tools.
  • Actionable, Embedded Analytics: Build, embed, and automate charts, dashboards, and storybooks in just three clicks—complete with GPT-powered narrative explanations.
  • Flexibility Without Lock-In: QuaerisAI integrates with Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and 20+ other platforms. It’s model-agnostic, giving customers freedom to choose their preferred LLMs.
  • Collaboration & Workflow Automation: Real-time chat, shared workspaces, and approval workflows bring business, analyst, and IT teams together—speeding up delivery of reports and automated actions.
  • Rapid Onboarding & Zero Maintenance: Users can be live in a single day. Quaeris is SaaS-managed, so there’s no need for patching, upgrades, or performance tuning.
  • Lower Total Cost of Ownership: Customers report up to 70% savings over traditional BI tools thanks to automation, streamlined workflows, and a consumer-grade user experience.

 

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature

Snowflake Cortex

QuaerisAI

Connectivity to Data Stores

 

Only Snowflake

Integrates with Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, +20 more

Natural Language Query (NLQ)

 

Yes (AISQL)

Yes, optimized for complex operations

Multimodal/Document AI

Yes (PDF, DOC, images)

Yes (data, documents, engineering drawings)

Embedded Dashboards & Reporting

 

Limited

Full-featured, embed in three clicks

Platform & Model Agnostic

 

No (Snowflake-native only)

Yes

Collaboration & Workflow

 

Teams/App integrations

Native collaboration + Teams/Slack integration

No-Code/Low-Code Automation

Yes (preview)

Yes, fully managed SaaS

Choice of LLM

Pre-integrated (OpenAI, Anthropic)

Any user-selected model

Enterprise-Grade Governance

Yes

Yes

Onboarding Speed

Requires warehouse setup

1 day for 100+ users, no maintenance

 

Conclusion: Cortex + QuaerisAI for the Win

Snowflake Cortex is ideal for teams seeking AI innovation within a secure, unified data cloud. QuaerisAI complements this by going beyond the warehouse—making data and document insights accessible across the entire organization, regardless of source.

For enterprises aiming for rapid deployment, user-friendly analytics, and freedom from vendor lock-in, QuaerisAI delivers the missing layer of intelligence: fast, flexible, and built for business users.