Poolside Agent CLI vs. Snowflake Cortex CLI

Feature	Poolside Agent CLI	Snowflake Cortex CLI

Tagline	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal	Snowflake-native AI coding agent for data engineering
Website	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool	https://snowflake.com/en/product/features/cortex-code/
Language	go	typescript
Release Date	October 25, 2025	February 2, 2026
Last Updated	June 25, 2026	April 28, 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	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	No
Context Window	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.	Snowflake managed models - Claude Opus / Sonnet, GPT 5.2
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$0, Enterprise	Free trial / $20/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool	N/A
Development State	active	active