What is a key billing characteristic of Snowpipe's serverless compute model?

• A. It scales automatically with load
• B. It requires dedicated sizing
• C. It is billed by the hour regardless of usage
• D. It cannot handle small loads

Answer: (A)

Snowpipe's serverless compute model is designed to scale automatically with ingestion load. This means you don’t have to provision or size a dedicated warehouse—the system adds or reduces compute as data arrives, matching the workload. Billing follows usage, so you pay for the actual compute performed during ingestion rather than a fixed hourly rate, and the service can handle both small and bursty loads efficiently.