Snowflake free trial (general sign-up, not student- or startup-specific) medium confidence
The official trial docs page says the trial lasts 30 days from sign-up or until the free balance runs out, whichever comes first. Sign-up needs only an email address and no payment details. The exact dollar credit amount was NOT confirmed in this run: the fetched page summary says only 'free credits', so the $400 figure is unverified. No student or startup eligibility criteria were found on the fetched pages.
- Eligibility
- Any new person who signs up for a trial account. No student or startup verification or criteria were found.
- How to claim
- Use the 'Start for free' sign-up button linked from the Snowflake pricing-options page (or the trial docs) and register with an email address. No payment details are needed at sign-up.
- Expiry
- 30 days from sign-up, or earlier if the free credit balance is used up.
- Gotchas
- AI features stay off until a credit card is added. A card is also needed to upgrade or to reinstate a suspended trial. This is a general trial, not a student or startup program, so it does not answer the student or startup question by itself. The $400 amount is unverified.
- Source
- docs.snowflake.com