Cosine vs. Snowflake Cortex CLI

Feature	Cosine	Snowflake Cortex CLI

Tagline	Your coding agent in your terminal.	Snowflake-native AI coding agent for data engineering
Website	https://cosine.sh/cli	https://snowflake.com/en/product/features/cortex-code/
Language	go	typescript
Release Date		February 2, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
Context Window	Model dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Lumen Scout, Lumen Outpost; GPT-5.5/5.4, Claude Opus 4.7/4.6, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3 Flash, Kimi K2.6, GLM 5.1, MiniMax M2.7, Qwen 3.6 Plus, DeepSeek v4 Pro	Snowflake managed models - Claude Opus / Sonnet, GPT 5.2
Pricing Model	Usage Based, Freemium, Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$19-999/mo	Free trial / $20/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	N/A	N/A
Development State	active	active